Viewing Picks for September 17, 2019
TNT and the Univision Networks have a Champions League doubleheader plus we have a slew of national MLB games on ESPN/MLB Network and YouTube
Monday’s WWE Raw broadcast saw multiple match graphics run upside down
This was quite the recurring issue.
Zach Lowe reportedly agrees to multi-year extension with ESPN
It looks like Lowe has again decided to stick with ESPN despite interest from other companies.
Week 3 CFB ratings see lowest Notre Dame home opener since at least 1997, Fox winning noon again, drops for ABC/ESPN and CBS
There were plenty of year-over-year drops in the Week 3 ratings, including for NBC, ABC and ESPN.
Injuries to top quarterbacks like Ben Roethlisberger and Drew Brees could cause major ratings impacts for NFL primetime games
Around 11 primetime games alone could be affected by starting quarterback injuries (and a retirement, in the case of Andrew Luck).
Bill Simmons is returning to ESPN…as a guest host for Monday’s PTI
Bill Simmons is back! ...as a PTI cohost on Monday.
NFL Week 2 ratings: CBS, Fox up, NBC down
Another week of good news for the NFL.
Antonio Brown skipped talking to the media after his Patriots debut
How long will Brown be able to avoid answering questions about his sexual assault case?
Italian pundit Luciano Passirani says “the only way to outmuscle [Lukaku] is to give him 10 bananas to eat,” gets banned from station
Saying Lukaku could only be stopped by giving him bananas to eat was a terrible remark, and one that led to Passirani being banned from Milan station Telelombardi.
Fox’s Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Mike Pereira blasted “killer mistake” by officials that wiped out a Saints’ TD
"Just a killer mistake that hurt the Saints so badly. When it's that close, you have to lead the fumble. You can always come back and kill it with incomplete. But even though they give the ball to the Saints here, and it gives them the ball, it doesn't correct the mistake that really should have resulted in a touchdown."
Crisis averted? Signs point to an AT&T and Disney carriage deal, keeping ESPN on DirecTV, other AT&T platforms
Nebraska-Northern Illinois game gets bumped to Fox Business Network due to Iowa-Iowa State delay
At least in this instance, hope you have Fox Business Network.
DAZN will go head to head with the UFC with their broadcast of Canelo-Kovalev
DAZN is bringing the heat in November.
Football games still in jeopardy of being missed on ESPN networks this weekend despite AT&T and Disney extension
Disney-owned networks with college football games on Saturday include ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, and ACC Network.
Houston cheerleader takes brutal fall after ESPN reporter bumps into base cheerleader (Updated)
While trying to avoid a Houston player that went out of bounds, ESPN reporter Paul Carcaterra bumped into a Houston base cheerleader, who then dropped a cheerleader.