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Last night, in the what-I’m-told-was-exciting final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs (um, spoiler alert, I guess), the Chicago Blackhawks won in overtime to capture the title for the first time in half a century. But the exciting finish was not quite enough to take the night’s ratings …
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It’s NBA finals time, which means that last night, of course, I was watching Glee. Because I am that confident in my masculinity. Far and away the biggest show on TV last night, though, was the hoopsketball match, so I leave it to the sports fans here to assess: how has the primetime coverage on ABC stacked up?
Tonight, game 6 of the …
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During the ten minutes or so I happened to tune in to the pregame of yesterday’s Jet-Colts championship game, I saw something that I could have happily lived my life without seeing: CBS pregame host James Brown interviewing the eTrade baby for his predictions on thegame:
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Elsewhere at time.com, Sean Gregory updates yesterday’s report of the launch of 3D TV channels with a in-depth look at ESPN’s plans for its own in-your-face channel. All you’ll need is a special TV set (which could run a few thousand bucks), glasses (anything from cheap “Blues Brothers” frames to “designer” specs) and the patience to …
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I’ve said time and again that I don’t really watch TV sports, but I make an exception once a year for the Wimbledon finals, so yesterday I saw most of the vast, epic match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. What amazes me watching tennis from a TV standpoint, however, are the advances in computer-pinpointing precisely where a ball …
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The last time I really paid much attention to pro basketball was in my school days in the ’80s, when it seemed like the Lakers were always playing the Celtics in the finals. Good to see nothing’s changed! As a non-sports fan, I tend to look at TV sports the same way—broadcasting a game is something that stays essentially the same, year …
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Regular readers of Tuned In know that I am not a big follower of sports, but I am given to understand that it is the NCAA basketball tournament, which means that fans across the nation are dropping everything to watch as talented young men in short pants hurl the basketball at the basketball ring. I thought I’d offer up a thread for the …
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… of advertising, that is. My instant Super Bowl ad reviews, all five zillion of ’em, are now posted. Add yours here.
[Update: USA Today, meanwhile, has released its 20th annual Ad Meter results; as usual, we agree on a few things–FedEx, Bridgestone–and disagree on a lot: where’s the love for Garmin GPS?]
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It’s become a cliche to say that people now watch the Super Bowl for the ads. In my case it’s literally true, because I have to. I’ll be reviewing the ads again this year for time.com, and in order to file in time, I end up watching the game inside out: I TiVo it, watch the commercials, review them while the game is on, then …
