Wednesday, December 7, 2011

TV Schedule, Wednesday December 7

Remembering those who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor on this day 70 years ago today and celebrating those who survived.

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Central Connecticut St. @ Michigan St. 6pm on ESPNU
Western Carolina @ Purdue 6:30pm on BTN
St. Bonaventure @ Illinois 8pm on ESPN2

Big 12: Iowa @ Iowa St. (women's) 7pm on Mediacom Channel 22

Missouri Valley:

Illinois St. @ Morehead St. 6pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Western Kentucky @ Southern Illinois 7pm on FOX College Sports Atlantic
Oklahoma St. @ Missouri St. 8pm on ESPNU

National Games:

Arizona @ Florida 6pm on ESPN
Colorado St. @ Duke 6pm on ESPN2
Georgia Tech @ Georgia 6pm on FS North
Vermont @ St. Louis 7pm on FS Midwest
Pepperdine @ Norther Arizona 7:30pm on FOX College Sports Pacific
Iona @ Denver 8pm on FOX College Sports Central
Weber St. @ BYU 8pm on BYUtv
Xavier @ Butler 8pm on ESPN
San Diego St. @ San Diego 9pm on The Mnt.

NHL Hockey: Philadelphia @ Buffalo 6:30pm on VERSUS

Soccer:

UEFA Champions League: Ajax vs Real Madrid 1:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
UEFA Champions League: FC Basel vs Manchester United 1:30pm on FOX Soccer

Sports Radio on TV:

Mike & Mike in the Morning: 5am on ESPN2
Dan Patrick: 8am on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
The Herd: 9am on ESPNews
Tim Brando: 9am on CBS Sports Network
Scott Van Pelt Show: 12pm on ESPNews

Disclaimer: All times are Central.

Monday, December 5, 2011

TV Schedule, Tuesday December 6

College Basketball:

Big 10: Appalachian St. @ Minnesota 7pm on BTN

Big 12:

Missouri vs Villanova 6pm on ESPN
Texas A&M vs UCONN (women's) 6pm on ESPN2
Texas Tech @ TCU 6pm on CBS Sports Network
Prarie View A&M @ Iowa St. 7pm on Mediacom Channel 22
Long Beach St. @ Kansas 8pm on ESPNU

Missour Valley: Iowa St. @ Northern Iowa 7pm on KWWL & WOi 5.2

National Games:

Evansville @ North Carolina 6pm on ESPNU
Marquette vs Washington 8pm on ESPN
Memphis @ Miami, FL 8pm on ESPN2

NHL Hockey:

Detroit @ St. Louis 6:30pm on VERSUS
Minnesota @ San Jose 9:30pm on FS North

Soccer:

UEFA Champions League: Porto vs Zenit 1:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North

Sports Radio on TV:

Mike & Mike in the Morning: 5am on ESPN2
Dan Patrick: 8am on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
The Herd: 9am on ESPNews
Tim Brando: 9am on CBS Sports Network
Scott Van Pelt Show: 12pm on ESPNews

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional NHL telecasts outside of Iowa.

NFL to renew their broadcast TV contracts

The Sports Business Journal is reporting that the NFL will will renew their broadcast TV contracts with CBS, FOX, and NBC for just over a whopping one billion dollars per year per network.  That's an increase of 60% from the previous TV contracts and the new deal is worth a combined $24 billion over the next 8 years.

In the past, the broadcast networks have asked local affilates to share the expense of televising NFL games and that's part of the reason why you see the local affiliates asking cable companies for money to to be carried on cable and that's why we often see carriage disputes and in some instances, local stations being removed from cable lineups.

TV Schedule, Monday December 5

College Basketball:

Charleston Southern @ Florida St. 6pm on ESPNU
St. John's @ Detroit Mercy 6pm on ESPNU

English Premier Leauge Soccer: Fulham vs Liverpool 1:55pm on ESPN2

NFL Football: San Diego @ Jacksonville 7:30pm on ESPN

NHL Hockey: Phoenix @ Chicago 7pm on VERSUS (subject to blackout across Iowa)

Sports Radio on TV:

Mike & Mike in the Morning: 5am on ESPN2
Dan Patrick: 8am on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
The Herd: 9am on ESPNews
Tim Brando: 9am on CBS Sports Network
Scott Van Pelt Show: 12pm on ESPNews

Disclaimer: All times are Central.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

TV Schedule, Sunday December 4

College Basketball:

Big 12: Kansas St. @ Virginia Tech 4:30pm on ESPNU

Big 10:

Texas A&M @ Purdue (women's) 11am on BTN
Baylor @ Minnesota (women's) 1pm on BTN
Baylor @ Northwestern 3pm on BTN
Ole Miss @ Penn St. 5pm on BTN

Missouri Valley: Nebraska @ Creighton 4pm on KMTV (Omaha)

National Games:

George Washington vs Virginia Commonwealth 1pm on VERSUS
Bowling Green @ Western Kentucky 2pm on FOX College Sports Atlantic
South Carolina @ Clemson 2:30pm on ESPNU
North Carolina St. @ Stanford 3pm on FS Midwest & FS North
Maryland vs Notre Dame 3;30pm on VERSUS
Cal @ San Diego St. 4pm on The Mtn.
Montana @ Oregon St. 7pm on Fox College Sports Pacific

College Wrestling: Iowa vs Iowa St. 2pm on Mediacom Channel 22

Davis Cup Tennis: Argentina vs Spain 6am & 9am on Tennis Channel

Golf:

European PGA Tour: UBS Hong Kong Open (Final Round) 5am on Golf Channel
Chevron World Challenge: Final Round 12pm on Golf Channel & 2pm on NBC
PGA Tour: Q-School (Fifth Round) 2pm on Golf Channel

NFL Football:

Denver @ Minnesota 12pm on FOX
Kansas City @ Chicago 12pm on CBS
Green Bay @ NY Giants 3:15pm on FOX
Detroit @ New Orleans 7:15pm on NBC

NHL Hockey: Minnesota @ Anaheim 7pm on FS North

Soccer:

Italian Serie A: Juventus vs Cesna 8am on FOX Soccer
English Premier League 10am on FOX Soccer
NCAA College Cup (women's) 12pm on ESPN2
Italian Serie A: Parma vs Palermo 1:30pm on FOX Soccer
U-17: United States vs Brazil 4pm on FOX Soccer

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional NHL telecasts outside of Iowa.

NBA tips off the season Christmas Day with a quadruple header on ESPN & ABC

After a NBA-imposed lockout that wiped out nearly the first two months of the 2011-12 NBA season, with the lockout over and the NBA season tipping off Christmas Day, ABC & ESPN will team up for a quadruple header.

According to a Press Release from ESPN, ABC will begin the day with a rematch from the 2011 NBA Finals with Miami traveling to Dallas, that game will begin at 1:30pm (CT), followed by the Bulls traveling to Los Angeles to face the Lakers.

The prime time doubleheader on ESPN will have Orlando traveling to Oklahoma City at 7pm (CT) followed by the Golden State Warriors hosting the LA Clippers at 9:30pm (CT).

The 2010-11 NBA season saw their national TV partners enjoy some of their highest NBA television ratings ever, will basketball fans be able to forget about the lockout and carry over the ratings momentum for the 2011-12 season?  With the NFL putting up big TV ratings this year, sports fans were quick to forget about the NFL lockout, will the NBA enjoy the same success?  Time will tell.

TV Schedule, Saturday December 3

College Basketball:

Big 10:

Iowa St. @ Michigan 11am on BTN
USC @ Minnesota 1:15pm on BTN
Purdue @ Xavier 2pm on ESPNU
Gonzaga @ Illinois 2:15pm on ESPN2
Marquette @ Wisconsin 3:30pm on BTN

Big 12:

Texas @ UCLA 3:30pm on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
South Florida @ Kansas 4:15pm on ESPN2

Missouri Valley:

Air Force @ Drake 7pm on Mediacom Channel 22
Missouri St. @ New Mexico 9pm on The Mtn.

National Games:

UMASS @ Miami, FL 12pm on ESPNU
North Carolina @ Kentucky 11am on CBS
Georgia Tech @ Tulan 1pm on CBS Sports Network
Arkansas @ UCONN 2:15pm on ESPN
Arizona St. @ Tulsa 3pm on CBS Sports Network
BYU vs Oregon 4pm on ESPNU
Pitt @ Tennessee 4:15pm on ESPN
Eastern Washington @ Washington 5:30pm on FOX College Sports Atlantic
Northern Arizona @ Arizona 5:30pm on FOX College Sports Pacific
LSU @ Rutgers 6pm on ESPNU
West Virginia @ Mississippi St. 8pm on ESPNU

College Football:

UCONN @ Cincinnati 11am on ESPN
Conference USA Championship: Southern Miss @ Houston 11am on ABC
Iowa St. @ Kansas St. 11:30am on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Midwest, & FS North
Syracuse @ Pitt 11am on ESPN2
UNLV @ TCU 1:30pm on VERSUS
Texas @ Baylor 2:30pm on ABC
SEC Championship: Georgia vs LSU 3pm on CBS
BYU @ Hawaii 6:30pm on ESPN2
ACC Championship: Clemson vs Virginia Tech 7pm on ESPN
Bedlam: Oklahoma @ Oklahoma St. 7pm on ABC
Big 10 Championship: Michigan St. vs Wisconsin 7pm on FOX
Fresno St. @ San Diego St. 7pm on CBS Sports Network

College Hockey:

Minnesota @ North Dakota (women's) 7pm on FOX College Sports Central
Minnesota St. @ Minnesota 7pm on FS North

College Volleyball: Teams TBA 6:30pm on BTN

Davis Cup Tennis: Argentina vs Spain 9am on Tennis Channel

Figure Skating: ISU Grand Prix, Cup of Russia 12pm on NBC

Golf:

European PGA Tour: UBS Hong Kong Open (Third Round) 5am on Golf Channel
Nedbank Golf Challenge: Third Round 8am on Golf Channel
Chevron World Challenge: Third Round 12pm on Golf Channel & 2pm on NBC
PGA Tour: Q-School (Fourth Round) 2:30pm on Golf Channel

NHL Hockey:

Montreal @ Los Angeles 2:30pm on NHL Network
Toronto @ Boston 6pm on NHL Network
Chicago @ St. Louis 7pm on FS Midwest

Soccer:

English Premier League: Newcastle vs Chelsea 6:30am on ESPN2
English Premier League: Manchester City vs Norwich City 9am on FOX Soccer
English Premier League: Aston Villa vs Manchester United 11:30am on FOX Soccer
Italian Serie A: inter Millan vs Udnesa 1:30pm on FOX Soccer

Disclaimer: All times are Central and blackouts are likely for regional NHL telecasts outside of Iowa.