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Posted Tuesday 5/04/21 at 6:35PM EDT
ESPN's inaugural NBA-Marvel Arena of Heroes broadcast was a bust, but the premise showed upside
"The Arena of Heroes broadcast seemed aimed at tapping Marvel fans who might not otherwise be the usual audience for...
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Posted Wednesday 4/28/21 at 6:55PM EDT
James Gandolfini and Edie Falco secretly reprised their Sopranos roles in 2010 to try to lure LeBron James to the New York Knicks
Tony and Carmela Soprano were part of a 10-minute all-star video -- also featuring Donald Trump, Robert De Niro and...
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Posted Friday 4/23/21 at 1:44PM EDT
An NBA game will feature a Marvel-themed Avengers storyline
The May 3 Golden State Warriors vs.
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Posted Tuesday 4/06/21 at 3:22PM EDT
Former NBA star Pau Gasol to get the docuseires treatment
The two-time Los Angeles Lakers champion will be the subject of a four-episode untitled docuseries focusing on his life winding...
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Posted Thursday 3/11/21 at 10:40AM EST
Read an oral history of March 11, 2020: The U.S. coronavirus pandemic became real one year ago today
"For most people in the US, it was March 11, 2020," Buzzfeed News says in introducing its oral history of...
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Posted Tuesday 3/09/21 at 1:20PM EST
NBA All-Star game had its lowest-ever viewership with 5.9 million, but it beat Oprah with Harry and Meghan among young viewers
Among viewers 18-34, the TNT airing of the NBA All-Star Game topped Oprah's special, while coming in second to the...
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Posted Tuesday 12/22/20 at 11:08PM EST
NBA on TNT enlists CNN's Wolf Blitzer and John King to follow in Steve Kornacki's footsteps
King and Blitzer took to the big boards in The Situation Room to explain a number of moves players made...
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How TV Has Adapted to COVID This Fall (And How it Hasn’t)
It’s been seven months since I wrote my first obituary for Pandemic Television, back when I was under the impression...
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Posted Monday 10/26/20 at 7:04PM EDT
HBO picks up Antoine Fuqua and Chris Pauls' coronavirus documentary The Day Sports Stood Still
NBA star Paul will serve as executive producer and narrator on the documentary recounting his personal experience as part of...
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Posted Thursday 10/22/20 at 1:59PM EDT
There is no definitive data on why sports ratings are down amid the pandemic
"Fewer people are watching television," says Kevin Draper, who delved into the sports ratings decline for The New York Times.
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Posted Friday 10/16/20 at 2:13PM EDT
Sports viewership is down across the board, but Republicans have been weaponizing declining NBA ratings
"Weaponizing ratings slips has become a hallmark of Trump-era Republicans, who routinely blame low viewership on the athletes and leagues...
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Posted Friday 10/09/20 at 4:21PM EDT
Why TV ratings are falling for most sports amid the pandemic
The cannibalization of the sports calendar is one reason.
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Posted Friday 10/09/20 at 11:15AM EDT
Tonight's NBA Finals Game 5 will be the first NBA game shown in China in one year
On Oct.
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Posted Wednesday 10/07/20 at 3:09AM EDT
Why are pandemic sports ratings so terrible?
"For an industry reeling from the catastrophic financial effects of the pandemic, huge audiences were thought to be the balm...
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Posted Tuesday 10/06/20 at 3:01PM EDT
A Magic Johnson docuseries is in the works from Dope director Rick Famuyiwa
The Los Angeles Lakers great's docuseries is already being compared to Michael Jordan's The Last Dance.