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• Hiestand on TV

  - 2008-08-20

  Inside the industry CBS re-signed a veteran quarterback Tuesday and picked up some help on defense. Dan Fouts, a CBS analyst from 1988 to 1993 after a Hall of Fame NFL quarterbacking career, will be an analyst on some CBS NFL games...

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• Fox raids NFL booths for BCS crews

  - 2006-11-15

  Fox will formally announce today the complete on-air lineup it has cobbled together to cover the biggest games in a sport the network otherwise doesn't cover. Fox this season inherits four of college football's Bowl Championship Series games -- ABC retains the Rose Bowl -- including the Jan.8 national title...

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• Kornheiser's MNF debut comes across as ho-hum

  - 2006-09-12

  Tony Kornheiser officially joined Howard Cosell and Dennis Miller as a Monday Night Football analyst who neither played nor coached football. But other than that novelty, he doesn't have much in common with either. He came across as far less bombastic than Cosell and more of a sports guy than...

  Tags: ABC Inc., ESPN, Games, Miller, NBC Universal Inc., NFL

• Fox allowing Rose to bloom with BCS

  - 2006-08-23

  When a network doesn't carry a sport, but shows up to cover its biggest games, it needs an instant on-air lineup -- and new faces. Fox doesn't carry college football but next season gets four of the five Bowl Championship Series college football games; ABC has the Rose Bowl....

  Tags: ABC Inc., ESPN, Games, network, NFL, Rose, TVs

• New ABC/ESPN analyst Flutie heads back to college

  - 2006-08-09

  Doug Flutie always figured he'd go into broadcasting and wanted to call college football action, not pro. "The NFL would be easier because of the carryover in players," he says. "I just enjoy college football more. There's so much cynicism in the NFL -- a lot of attitude." As...

  Tags: ABC Inc., CBS Corp., ESPN, Games, NFL

• Vermeil plans spot duty as NFL Network analyst

  - 2006-08-07

  Dick Vermeil is coming out of retirement again. He retired three times from NFL coaching -- from the Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams and, after last season, the Kansas City Chiefs. But Vermeil, who was an ABC college football analyst for 14 seasons after his first NFL retirement, isn't...

  Tags: ABC Inc., analyst, ESPN, Games, NBC Universal Inc., network, NFL

• After sluggish start on biggest stage, Michaels and Madden hit groove

  - 2006-02-06

  Sports fans don't tune in to a game for the announcers. The quality of the sportscasters doesn't ultimately matter as much as the game itself. Those facts of sportscasting life were on display during ABC's broadcast of Super Bowl XL from Detroit on Sunday between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle...

  Tags: ABC Inc., ESPN, Games, NFL

• Stones' real hot stuff doesn't air

  - 2006-02-06

  Sportscasters are only as good as the games they call. Despite broadcasting 16 Super Bowls between them, ABC's Al Michaels and John Madden couldn't turn a mistake-filled contest between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks into a great broadcast Sunday for Super Bowl XL. Leave it to the entertainers...

  Tags: ABC Inc., ESPN, Games, NFL

• Swan song: After its 36-year run, ABC handing off MNF

  - 2005-12-26

  From its inception, ABC's Monday Night Football was a risky experiment that defied American sports tradition. From Howard Cosell's pontification to Don Meredith's down-home songs to Dennis Miller's arcane analogies, it dominated TV viewing in homes and bars across the nation. The broadcast was a hodgepodge of personalities...

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• Nielsen ratings: Nov. 21-27.(Illustration)

  - 2005-12-05

  THE PRIME TIME RACE Top 10 Basic Cable Shows Nov. 21-2T PROGRAM DATE NET ...

  Tags: NFL, ABC Inc., NBC Universal Inc., ESPN