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Paul Finebaum Tells Cole Cubelic He Has ‘Big Fan in Kirby Smart’

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There are often contentious relationships between college football coaches and the media that covers them. That doesn’t appear to be the case between an SEC head coach and SEC Network reporter and sports radio host Cole Cubelic.

“Before I go, I want to tell you, Cole, you have a big fan in Kirby Smart,” Finebaum said during his Monday appearance on McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning. “He was mentioning to me off the air how impressed he was with your interview with Lane Kiffin the week before.”

“Was it the postgame when Lane was cracking jokes or the halftime when he ran away from me and didn’t want to answer any questions?,” Cubelic joked.

“I think it was the postgame that somehow went viral,” responded Finebaum. “We were talking about something and that came up. He was quite amused by that exchange.”

“I’m glad I could offer Kirby some entertainment,” Cubelic said.

“Kirby pays attention — a lot — to our world and what goes on in the media,” Greg McElroy added. “He got mad at me one time and said ‘You need to go talk to your boy’ because John Parker (Wilson) said he thought Jeremy Pruitt would be a bigger threat to Alabama than Kirby Smart would be. That was like two years later. That’s his high school coach. Of course he’s gonna say that. Come on, man! Kirby holds grudges now. You better be careful on your show today, Paul, if you ever take shots at Kirby.”

“I thought 20 hours before the biggest game of the year in college football and he was asking me about Cole Cubelic was pretty entertaining,” Finebaum concluded.

“Paul, I’ll take it. Not many folks talking about me other times,” admitted Cubelic.

Jermaine Wiggins: Terry Bradshaw Backlash Outlandish

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Jermaine Wiggins: Terry Bradshaw Backlash Outlandish

There was strong pushback from comments FOX NFL analyst Terry Bradshaw made during FOX NFL Sunday, and Jermaine Wiggins of The Greg Hill Show on WEEI couldn’t believe the reaction.

Bradshaw said Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray “would commit suicide or something” if the team ran the football five or six plays in a row. Immediately, the rest of the panel said Bradshaw’s comments were out of line, with Howie Long saying they were “a little dark for this audience”.

“They’re calling for him to be fired?,” a flabbergasted Hill asked.

“He didn’t say like he should go kill himself,” Courtney Cox added.

“If you’re listening to that, you understand the context of what Terry Bradshaw is saying,” Jermaine Wiggins said. “Or the same thing with Mike Milbury. Stephen A. Smith said it before. Once these people — and that’s the culture we live in — once they start this, they get all sensitive. They instantly want people to have their livelihood taken away.

“It’s no different than what ESPN did with Jalen Rose,” Wiggins continued. “He gives his opinion about the Ime (Udoka) stuff and says ‘Well, maybe she should be identified’, and then as soon as they come back from commercial break it’s like the poor guy is being held hostage by Al-Qaeda and he’s like ‘I just wanna take these few minutes out to apologize for the statements that I just made.'”

“It’s a phrase people have used for a long, long time,” Hill argued. “Wiggy’s right.”

ESPN NFL Analyst Jeff Saturday Named Interim Head Coach of Indianapolis Colts

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In a surprising move, ESPN NFL analyst Jeff Saturday has been named the interim head coach of the Indianapolis Colts after the franchise fired head coach Frank Reich Monday.

Saturday, who is in the Colts Ring of Honor, played in Indianapolis from 1999-2011. After his playing career ended in 2012, he joined ESPN as an NFL analyst, contributing to SportsCenter, Get Up, and NFL Live, among others.

“Jeff has been a beloved, integral member of our NFL family for nearly a decade,” ESPN Executive Producer Seth Markman said in a statement released on Twitter. “When he came to us about this incredible opportunity he had with the Colts, we were thrilled for him and his family. We wish him the best of luck as he makes his NFL head coaching debut.”

Saturday, who signed an extension with ESPN in August, has worked as an advisor with the franchise, and is the head coach of Hebron Christian Academy in Dacula, Georgia.

Dave Portnoy Lawsuit Against Insider Dismissed

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After a story published by Business Insider last November made accusations that Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy had acted violently during sexual encounters with several young women, Portnoy filed a defamation lawsuit against the publication now known simply as Insider. A Federal judge today dismissed the case.

Insider Legal Correspondent Jacob Shamsian tweeted documents pertaining to the trial and it’s dismissal in a Twitter thread Monday.

“Plaintiff cannot seek to establish actual malice by challenging statements that defendants did not publish,” the judge ruled. “And as plaintiff himself concedes, Insider’s articles do not expressly accuse him of criminal sex assault.”

Peter McNab Remembered By Moser, Lombardi, and Kane

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Altitude TV’s Colorado Avalanche analyst Peter McNab succumbed to his battle with cancer over the weekend. The 70-year-old was diagnosed in September of last season. Moser, Lombardi, and Kane of Altitude Sports Radio remembered their friend and colleague Monday morning.

“The thing that hurt me most — I just can’t come to terms with this — last year, that man was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame, and he couldn’t even go to his own induction ceremony,” Vic Lombardi said.

“He needed to do games,” Marc Moser said. “He needed his mind to be able to focus on that and not the misery that he was in. He was always a rock for me. I could rely on him for anything. I knew what the treatments were during the day; what he was going through. I can’t imagine for people who have gone through it was a freaking nightmare it is to have to go through that all the time, and what it does to your body, and what it does to your mind.

“But he showed up, and he kept going and going, and that’s what probably kept him going. He couldn’t be there, but we were there for him and his brother was there accepting on his behalf. It was a wonderful night, and Gary Thorne — his first partner –, was the MC. We were all there to celebrate with his family even though he couldn’t be there. It was an honor to be there for us.”

They then discussed how much fun it was to follow the Avalanche’s run to the Stanley Cup last season, and how much McNab meant to the club, with Moser saying his greatest memory from the season was watching McNab discuss the victory with Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog after the celebration had started to slow down.

Matt Gaetz Joins “The Young Turks” for Midterm Election Coverage

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Cenk Uygur and “The Young Turks” program that prides itself on having the other side (most conservative) to push against their claims, well, they’re going to be doing that again on Election Day.

Uygur announced on Twitter that for their 2022 Midterm Election coverage, they’ll have U.S. representative Matt Gaetz on the show. 

“Matt Gaetz talking to me, Ana and Nina Turner on election night,” Uygur stated on Twitter. “Oughta be interesting!”

In September, Uygur defended having radio host Dennis Prager on “The Young Turks” the host noted that their program isn’t scared to have an alternative perspective which is what the traditional media does in his eyes. 

“Because we’re not afraid of right-wingers and we don’t view media as an a**-kissing exercise, like traditional media does,” Uygur said.

“If you think afterward we didn’t sufficiently challenge him, then rip us. But you assume we’re not going to challenge him because you’re used to soft media.”

The 2022 Midterm Election coverage of “The Young Turks” that will feature Gatez kicks off at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. 

Broadcasters Foundation of America Launches Giving Campaign

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Broadcasters Foundation of America Launches Giving Campaign

The Broadcasters Foundation of America is launching a year-end giving campaign to continue helping broadcast professionals during times of need.

“Our grantees are your colleagues,” said President of the Broadcasters Foundation Tim McCarthy. “They are hard-working men and women who through no fault of their own need our help. Requests for aid continue to increase every year. We cannot turn our backs on those in our industry who need our help.”

The Broadcasters Foundation of America will award nearly $2 million in monthly and one-time grants throughout the year. Monthly grants have increased by 70% over the past 5 years. During the last 20 years, the organization has provided more than $15 million to broadcasters in need.

“Disaster often strikes without notice and extreme circumstances can deplete a life’s savings quickly,” stated Chairman of the Broadcasters Foundation Board of Directors Scott Herman. “We need everyone in radio and TV to spread the word about the Foundation’s charitable mission across their station and company, in case they or someone they know needs our help.”

To donate to the Foundation, click here or call 212-373-8250.

CNN No Longer Relying On Sunday Nights For Ratings Growth

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CNN No Longer Relying On Sunday Nights For Ratings Growth

Since the Warner Bros.-Discovery merger became finalized earlier this year, much restructuring and downsizing has occurred throughout the company, including at CNN.

In late October, CNN CEO Chris Licht announced their “long-term plan will no longer rely on commissioned projects with outside partners.”

A scaling back of original projects is an about-face from the programming strategy of the past decade implemented by former CNN president Jeff Zucker. Among their past notable original programs were the documentaries Blackfish (2013), and John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020) and series like Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown and United Shades of America.

Sunday nights have been a destination for most of these original shows, including the recent runs of the seven-part docuseries The Murdochs: Empire of Influence and the second season of Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.

The Murdochs, which premiered on Sep. 25 and concluded Oct. 30, averaged 428,000 total viewers including 72,000 within the key 25-54 demographic for its seven original telecasts, according to Live plus Same Day data from Nielsen Media Research.

Fox News Channel, the outlet helmed by the Murdoch family, was still more viewed than the documentary. FNC’s competing programs during that period in the same slots Murdochs had aired, which included The Next Revolution and The Big Midterms Show as well as a rebroadcast of their Sunday early evening show Sunday Night in America, drew 953,000 total viewers and 107,000 adults 25-54. 

CNN’s six-part Princess Diana documentary Diana from one year ago (Oct. 10-Nov. 14, 2021) also outdrew Murdochs; it delivered 764,000 viewers and 129,000 adults 25-54. Both Diana (+35%) and Murdochs (+29%, thru Oct. 23) achieved similar percentage lifts in Live + Seven Day viewership, via DVR and on demand platforms.

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy is one of CNN’s most popular shows and stepped in as the network’s global tourism show following the abrupt end of Parts Unknown due to the death of Anthony Bourdain.  Its inaugural season was a ratings hit: original telecasts averaged 1.45 million viewers and 309,000 adults 25-54 from Feb. 14-Mar. 21, 2021.

Its current second season has not been as potent, although faring better than its Murdochs lead-out: from May 1 thru Oct. 30, 758,000 viewers including 137,000 adults 25-54 — down 48 percent and 56 percent, respectively.

The cause of those declines pertain to the network itself and the surrounding various news cycles. The winter and early spring of 2021 featured some of CNN’s most-watched weeks in its history, with the Capitol insurrection, the Biden inauguration, Trump’s second Impeachment trial and the midst of the COVID pandemic while the first vaccines were implemented. In that brief era, CNN had ruled all of cable.

But now, despite the lead-up to the 2022 midterm elections, CNN has not attracted nearly as much interest (as indicated from the weekly averages listed below), and for a while, has relegated back to third-place cable news status in total viewers and a distant runner-up to Fox News in adults 25-54.

One slight non-negative CNN tidbit: Since returning for its recent episode run on Oct. 9, Searching for Italy has relatively matched its time slot competitor, FNC’s The Next Revolution based on adults 25-54 (Sundays from Oct. 9-30: Italy 115,000, Revolution 114,000).

Nonetheless, FNC’s Sunday 9 p.m. program easily bested Tucci in Live+Same Day viewers (1.19 million vs. 663,000).

As an aside, factoring the Live+7 figures for Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, its total audience substantially jumped 73 percent to 1.16 million per episode, as of Oct. 23.

NewsNation achieved some ratings milestones during the week ending Oct. 30. The nascent news outlet surpassed the 100,000-viewer average mark in prime time, all due to its most-watched exclusive event of its brief history: the Pennsylvania U.S. Senate debate between Democratic incumbent John Fetterman and Republican challenger and former daytime talk show host Dr. Mehmet Oz from Tuesday, Oct. 25 (figures listed in the rankings below). The post-debate analysis took place on Cuomo, lifting the already No. 1 show on the network to its biggest total viewers yet, with 214,000 viewers.

Cable news averages for October 24-30, 2022:

Total Day (Oct. 24-30 @ 6 a.m.-5:59 a.m.)

  • Fox News Channel: 1.625 million viewers; 225,000 adults 25-54
  • MSNBC: 0.705 million viewers; 76,000 adults 25-54
  • CNN: 0.468 million viewers; 91,000 adults 25-54
  • HLN: 0.158 million viewers; 41,000 adults 25-54
  • Fox Business Network: 0.129 million viewers; 15,000 adults 25-54
  • CNBC: 0.126 million viewers; 28,000 adults 25-54
  • Newsmax: 0.113 million viewers; 12,000 adults 25-54
  • The Weather Channel: 0.083 million viewers; 16,000 adults 25-54

Prime Time (Oct. 24-29 @ 8-11 p.m.; Oct. 30 @ 7-11 p.m.)

  • Fox News Channel: 2.557 million viewers; 329,000 adults 25-54
  • MSNBC: 1.056 million viewers; 104,000 adults 25-54
  • CNN: 0.557 million viewers; 110,000 adults 25-54
  • CNBC: 0.177 million viewers; 57,000 adults 25-54
  • HLN: 0.174 million viewers; 41,000 adults 25-54
  • Newsmax: 0.144 million viewers; 11,000 adults 25-54
  • NewsNation: 0.110 million viewers; 20,000 adults 25-54
  • The Weather Channel: 0.090 million viewers; 15,000 adults 25-54
  • Fox Business Network: 0.064 million viewers; 10,000 adults 25-54

Top 10 most-watched cable news programs (and the top programs of other outlets with their respective associated ranks) in total viewers:

1. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Wed. 10/26/2022 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.875 million viewers

2. The Five (FOXNC, Mon. 10/24/2022 5:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.749 million viewers

3. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Thu. 10/27/2022 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.703 million viewers

4. The Five (FOXNC, Wed. 10/26/2022 5:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.697 million viewers

5. The Five (FOXNC, Tue. 10/25/2022 5:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.651 million viewers

6. The Five (FOXNC, Fri. 10/28/2022 5:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.589 million viewers

7. Hannity (FOXNC, Wed. 10/26/2022 9:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.495 million viewers

8. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Tue. 10/25/2022 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.474 million viewers

9. The Five (FOXNC, Thu. 10/27/2022 5:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.467 million viewers

10. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Mon. 10/24/2022 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 3.395 million viewers

34. Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC, Mon. 10/24/2022 9:00 PM, 60 min.) 2.160 million viewers

173. Situation Room (CNN, Fri. 10/28/2022 6:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.853 million viewers

201. Real Time With Bill Maher “Episode 617” (HBO, Fri. 10/28/2022 10:00 PM, 58 min.) 0.749 million viewers

339. Debate Night: Fetterman/Oz (NWSN, Tue. 10/25/2022 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.470 million viewers

346. The Daily Show (CMDY, Mon. 10/24/2022 11:00 PM, 30 min.) 0.461 million viewers

348. Last Week Tonight (HBO, Sun. 10/30/2022 11:04 PM, 35 min.) 0.455 million viewers

367. Kudlow (FBN, Mon. 10/24/2022 4:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.420 million viewers

388. Shark Tank “Shark Tank 1309” (CNBC, Wed. 10/26/2022 9:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.356 million viewers

419. Forensic Files “Elephant Tracks” (HLN, late Thu. 10/27/2022 12:00 AM, 30 min.) 0.310 million viewers

709. America’s Morning Headquarters (TWC, Thu. 10/27/2022 9:00 AM, 60 min.) 0.161 million viewers

Top 10 cable news programs (and the top  programs of other outlets with their respective associated ranks) among adults 25-54:

1. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Wed. 10/26/2022 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.556 million adults 25-54

2. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Thu. 10/27/2022 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.550 million adults 25-54

3. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Tue. 10/25/2022 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.519 million adults 25-54

4. Hannity (FOXNC, Thu. 10/27/2022 9:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.467 million adults 25-54

5. The Five (FOXNC, Mon. 10/24/2022 5:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.452 million adults 25-54

6. The Five (FOXNC, Wed. 10/26/2022 5:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.445 million adults 25-54

7. Hannity (FOXNC, Wed. 10/26/2022 9:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.433 million adults 25-54

8. Gutfeld! (FOXNC, Wed. 10/26/2022 11:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.424 million adults 25-54

9. Gutfeld! (FOXNC, Thu. 10/27/2022 11:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.421 million adults 25-54

10. Tucker Carlson Tonight (FOXNC, Mon. 10/24/2022 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.419 million adults 25-54

77. Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC, Mon. 10/24/2022 9:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.223 million adults 25-54

108. Situation Room (CNN, Fri. 10/28/2022 6:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.186 million adults 25-54

111. The Daily Show (CMDY, Tue. 10/25/2022 11:00 PM, 30 min.) 0.182 million adults 25-54

121. Last Week Tonight (HBO, Sun. 10/30/2022 11:04 PM, 35 min.) 0.166 million adults 25-54

262. Real Time With Bill Maher “Episode 617” (HBO, Fri. 10/28/2022 10:00 PM, 58 min.) 0.105 million adults 25-54

268. Forensic Files “Oily In The Morning” (HLN, late Wed. 10/26/2022 3:30 AM, 30 min.) 0.104 million adults 25-54

286. Shark Tank “Shark Tank 1309” (CNBC, Wed. 10/26/2022 9:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.099 million adults 25-54

324. Debate Night: Fetterman/Oz (NWSN, Tue. 10/25/2022 8:00 PM, 60 min.) 0.086 million adults 25-54

580. America’s Morning Headquarters (TWC, Thu. 10/27/2022 9:00 AM, 60 min.) 0.042 million adults 25-54

595. Varney & Company (FBN, Tue. 10/25/2022 10:00 AM, 60 min.) 0.041 million adults 25-54

Source: Live+Same Day data, Nielsen Media Research

Verne Lundquist: 2024 Masters ‘Will Likely Be My Last’

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Verne Lundquist stepped away from the SEC on CBS back in 2016, and now believes he knows when his time covering The Masters will come to an end as well.

During an appearance on The Press Box podcast, Lundquist told Bryan Curtis that he has an agreement with CBS Sports to allow him to work the next two Masters before calling it quits.

“Sean (McManus, CBS Sports Chairman) and I had a recent talk about my work at Augusta,” the 82-year-old Lundquist said. “I’m good to go for next year. That will be number 39, and he and I have agreed — and this is not announced and I don’t mean to jump the gun here — but in all likelihood, number 40 will likely be my last. Just because it will be time. I think that’s the plan.”

Lundquist added McManus steered him in the direction of leaving the SEC on CBS in 2016, saying “it’s his job to replenish the well”, before calling the chairman “a great senior manager” and “a brilliant man”.

The departure of Lundquist as one of the lead announcers for golf’s biggest event continues talk of it’s broadcasting future. Jim Nantz is stepping away from his role as the lead announcer for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for CBS Sports. He is adamant, however, that he would like to announce The Masters until 2036.

‘FOX Primetime Hoops’ Debuts December 10th

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‘FOX Primetime Hoops’ Debuts December 10th

FOX Sports is launching a Saturday night college basketball schedule that will see marquee games air in primetime on the network for the first time. FOX Primetime Hoops will debut on Saturday, December 10th, as Arizona faces Indiana in the Las Vegas Clash.

The network currently owns a portion of college basketball rights for the Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12, and Mountain West. Next season, it will add the Big 12 to its growing portfolio.

Six women’s basketball games will also air on FOX throughout the college basketball season, a record for the network. South Carolina will face UConn in a rematch of last year’s National Championship Game on Sunday, February 5th.

Gus Johnson will serve as the lead play-by-play voice for the package, alongside Bill Raftery and Jim Jackson.

Between FOX, FS1, and FS2, the networks will carry nearly 300 games during the 2022-2023 season.

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