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"THE NFL ON CBS" SCORES WITH HIGHEST RATING FOR AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN 24 YEARS
CBS Sports' coverage of the 2011 AFC Championship Game featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers defeating the New York Jets on Sunday, Jan. 23 (6:45-10:00 PM, ET), earned an average overnight household rating/share of 31.3/46. This was the highest rating in the metered markets for the AFC Championship in 24 years (1987, 31.9 on NBC, DEN at CLE). The Steelers-Jets rating was up 32% from a 23.8/37 in the comparable late-game window in 2009 with Pittsburgh defeating Baltimore and coverage was up 10% compared to its early-game broadcast of last year's AFC Championship Game which saw Indianapolis be...
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"THE NFL TODAY" PREVIEWS AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH FEATURES ON NEW YORK JETS QUARTERBACK MARK SANCHEZ AND PITTSBURGH STEELERS HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN ON SUNDAY, JAN. 23 ON "THE NFL TODAY"
THE NFL ON CBS, celebrating its 51st year broadcasting the NFL, travels to Pittsburgh for the 2011 American Football Conference Championship Game on Sunday, Jan. 23 (6:30 PM, ET) as the No. 6-seeded NEW YORK JETS (13-5) take on the AFC North Champions and No. 2-seeded PITTSBURGH STEELERS (13-4) live on the CBS Television Network. CBS Sports' coverage of the AFC Championship Game begins with THE NFL TODAY, the Network's pre-game studio show, on Sunday (6:00 PM, ET) with host James Brown and analysts Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher, as well as NFL TO...
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THIS JUST IN... from CBS Sports... CBS Sports has announced its Big Ten Wildcard college basketball game for Sunday, Feb. 20 (1:00 PM, ET) will feature Ohio State at Purdue
Verne Lundquist and CBS Sports' lead college basketball analyst Clark Kellogg will call the game. * * * CBS Sports Contact: Jennifer Sabatelle 212/975-4120 jsabatelle@cbs.com
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CBS SPORTS' COLLEGE BASKETBALL TRIPLEHEADER HIGHLIGHTED BY NO. 1-RANKED OHIO STATE VS. NO. 23-RANKED ILLINOIS AND NO. 10-RANKED TEXAS VS. NO. 2-RANKED KANSAS ON SATURDAY, JAN. 22
CBS Sports' college basketball schedule continues with a tripleheader on Saturday, Jan 22 (12:00 NOON-6:00 PM, ET) featuring five of the nation's top 25 teams highlighted by national coverage of *No. 1 Ohio State playing No. 23-ranked Illinois (12:00 NOON, ET). Regional coverage of Tennessee taking on*No. 8-ranked Connecticut and Stanford playing UCLA (2:00 PM, ET) follows. National coverage of *No. 10-ranked Texas battling *No. 2-ranked Kansas (4:00 PM, ET) concludes the day. Gus Johnson and analyst Greg Anthony will be on hand at Assembly Hall in Champaign, Ill. to handle the call fo...
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*** CBS SPORTS MEDIA ADVISORY *** CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS WEEKEND CONFERENCE CALL
THURSDAY, JAN. 20 (11:00 AM, ET/8:00 AM, PT) DIAL: (913) 312-1477 CBS Sports, home of the AFC Championship, will host a conference call on Thursday, Jan. 20 (11:00 AM, ET/8:00 AM, PT) featuring Sean McManus, President of CBS News and Sports, THE NFL ON CBS lead announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, Coordinating and lead NFL game producer Lance Barrow and Harold Bryant, Vice President, Production, to discuss Conference Championships weekend. THE NFL ON CBS, celebrating its 51st year broadcasting the NFL, travels to Pittsburgh for the 2011 American Football Conf...
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CBS SPORTS ROLLS INTO LOS ANGELES FOR MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS ON SUNDAY, JAN. 23
************************************************************************************************************************ CBS SPORTS BULLETIN BOARD ************************************************************************************************************************ CBS SPORTS ROLLS INTO LOS ANGELES FOR MONSTER ENERGY SUPERCROSS ON SUNDAY, JAN. 23 CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR rolls into Los Angeles and historic Dodger Stadium for Round 3 of the 2011 season of the MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS, AN FIM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP on Sunday, Jan. 23 (12:00 Noon-1:00 PM; taped 1/22/11). James Stewar...
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"THE NFL ON CBS's" COVERAGE OF N.Y. JETS' UPSET WIN OVER PATRIOTS SUNDAY RATES AS HIGHEST FOR AFC DIVISIONAL GAME IN 16 YEARS
Sunday's AFC Divisional Playoff Game Earns Rating/Share of 26.2/44, Up 13% THE NFL ON CBS's broadcast of the AFC Divisional Playoff game featuring the New York Jets' 28-21 win over the New England Patriots on Sunday, Jan. 16 (4:45-7:45 PM, ET) scored an average overnight household rating/share of 26.2/44, up +13% from an 23.1/39 for last year's AFC Divisional Playoff game between the New York Jets and San Diego (4:45-8:00 PM, ET). The rating/share for the Jets-Patriots game peaked with a 31.0/47 (7:30-7:45 PM, ET). Yesterday's 26.2/44 for the Jets-Patriots game was the highest...
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"THE NFL ON CBS" BROADCAST OF N.Y. JETS' UPSET WIN OVER PATRIOTS SUNDAY IS MOST-WATCHED DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF GAME AVERAGING 43.5 MILLION VIEWERS
Sunday's AFC Divisional Playoff Game Earns Fast National Rating/Share of 24.2/42, Up 20% THE NFL ON CBS's broadcast of the AFC Divisional Playoff game featuring the New York Jets' 28-21 win over the New England Patriots on Sunday, Jan. 16 averaged 43.5 million viewers, which is projected to be the highest viewer average and most-watched Divisional Playoff game on any network (dating as far back as CBS records exist, 1987-88). (Final ratings will be available on Friday, January 21.) On Saturday, Jan. 15 THE NFL ON CBS's broadcast of the AFC Divisional Playoff game featuring the Pit...
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"THE NFL ON CBS" TRAVELS TO PITTSBURGH FOR 2011 AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AS PITTSBURGH STEELERS HOST NEW YORK JETS LIVE ON CBS ON SUNDAY, JAN. 23
THE NFL ON CBS, celebrating its 51st year broadcasting the NFL, travels to Pittsburgh for the 2011 American Football Conference Championship Game on Sunday, Jan. 23 (6:30 PM, ET) as the No. 6-seeded NEW YORK JETS (13-5) take on the AFC North Champions and No. 2-seeded PITTSBURGH STEELERS (13-4) live on the CBS Television Network. CBS Sports' lead announce team of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms call the action, along with Steve Tasker reporting, from Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pa. Lance Barrow is coordinating producer of THE NFL ON CBS and lead game producer and Mike Arnold is the lead game ...