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CBS SPORTS' AND TURNER SPORTS' EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE OF THE 2011 NCAA(R) DIVISION I MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP DELIVERS HIGHEST OVERALL TOURAMENT RATINGS IN 18 YEARS
Thursday's Regional Semi-Finals Score Best Ratings In 18 Years, Up +28% Over 2010 CBS Sports' and Turner Sports' exclusive live coverage of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV combined to deliver the best overall tournament-to-date average ratings in the metered markets in 18 years (1993). The overall tournament average-to-date, including the FIRST FOUR®, in the metered markets is a 6.5/14, up +18% from a 5.5/12 for CBS Sports' 2010 coverage according to Nielsen. Coverage of the regional semi-finals on TBS and CBS on Thursday, Marc...
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THE 2011 NCAA(R) DIVISION I MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ON TBS, CBS, TNT AND truTV DELIVERS MOST TOTAL VIEWERS FOR THE TOURNAMENT IN 17 YEARS AND +14% OVERALL RATINGS GROWTH THROUGH THURSDAY
Thursday's Regional Semi-Finals Also Score Highest Rating in 17 Years, +15%, and Deliver 12 Million Total Viewers, +14% Over 2010 Turner Sports' and CBS Sports' exclusive live coverage of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship across CBS, TBS TNT and truTV combined to deliver the most total viewers in 17 years (1994) with 8.8 million total viewers, +13% over CBS Sports' 7.8 million total viewers in 2010. The overall tournament average-to-date, including the FIRST FOUR®, is a 5.7 U.S. HH rating/13 share, +14% from a 5.0 U.S. HH rating/11 share for CBS Sports' 2010 ...
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CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR FEATURES "JIM NANTZ REMEMBERS AUGUSTA: THE 1975 MASTERS(R)" ON SUNDAY, APRIL 10
CBS Sports will broadcast a CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR special JIM NANTZ REMEMBERS AUGUSTA: THE 1975 MASTERS® on Sunday, April 10 (1:00-2:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network. Jim Nantz, this year covering his 26th Masters for CBS Sports, and 24th as host, revisits one of the most memorable showdowns in golf history - the 1975 Masters - when Jack Nicklaus fended off Tom Weiskopf and Johnny Miller through the final holes to win the coveted green jacket. Nicklaus sank a 40-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole that proved to be the difference in his record fifth Masters victory. "Back in...
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CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR PRESENTS "PHIL AT AUGUSTA" ON SATURDAY, APRIL 9
CBS Sports will broadcast a CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR golf special, PHIL AT AUGUSTA on Saturday, April 9 (2:30-3:30 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network. Hosted by CBS Sports' Jim Nantz, PHIL AT AUGUSTA takes us inside Phil Mickelson's triumphs at the Masters®, the place where he truly fulfilled his destiny. One of golf's most popular champions throughout his career, Mickelson had won tournaments and prize money beyond imagination. But it was in 2004 when he birdied five of the last seven holes at Augusta that "his time" had finally arrived to don his first green jacket. No longer t...
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Jay Wright and Tom Izzo join CBS and Turner's NCAA Studio Shows
THIS JUST IN... ...from Turner Sports and CBS Sports: Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo joins CBS Sports' and Turner Sports' coverage of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, serving as a guest analyst in the Atlanta studio. Izzo will work the regional semi-finals on Thursday, March 24 and Friday, March 25 (7:00 PM-12:00 AM, ET), which airs across TBS and CBS. He joins the studio team of analysts Seth Davis and Steve Smith, who played at Michigan State while Izzo served as an assistant coach, along with host Ernie Johnson. Villanova head coach Jay Wright ...
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JIM NANTZ, VERNE LUNDQUIST, JAMES BROWN AND PHIL SIMMS LEAD CBS SPORTS' 17 NOMINATIONS FOR 2010 SPORTS EMMY AWARDS
CBS Sports' Coverage of Super Bowl XLIV, NCAA Basketball and Golf Garner Multiple Nods to Highlight Network's Other Nominations Network's Coverage of U.S. Open Tennis and Tour de France Also Earn Nominations Jim Nantz, Verne Lundquist, James Brown and Phil Simms lead the list of CBS Sports' 17 nominations for the 2010 Sports Emmy Awards to be presented on May 2 in New York City. Nantz, who won the 2008 and 2009 Emmy Award for OUTSTANDING SPORTS PERSONALITY - Play-by-Play, once again earned a nomination in that category, along with colleague Lundquist, who also was nominated in th...
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THE 2011 NCAA(R) DIVISION I MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ON TBS, CBS, TNT AND truTV DELIVERS +15% RATINGS GROWTH AND AVERAGES 8.4 MILLION TOTAL VIEWERS FOR FIRST WEEK OF TOURNAMENT
Highest Average Total Viewers for First Week of Tournament in 17 Years Sunday's Third-Round Coverage Delivers +18% Growth in Total Viewers Turner Sports' and CBS Sports' exclusive live coverage of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship across CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV combined, scores with the highest average total viewers through the first week of games in 17 years. The overall tournament average-to-date, including the FIRST FOUR®, is a 5.5/13, up +15% from a 4.8/11 for CBS Sports' 2010 coverage according to Nielsen Fast Nationals. TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV aver...
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CBS SPORTS' JIM NANTZ JOINS FORMER UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS GEORGE W. BUSH, BILL CLINTON AND JIMMY CARTER IN SALUTING GEORGE H. W. BUSH'S LEADERSHIP AND VOLUNTEER SERVICE ON MARCH 21
Fresh from calling 11 college basketball games in the past eight days, including the Big Ten tournament, the FIRST FOUR and the second and third rounds of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball championship in Charlotte, N.C., CBS Sports' Jim Nantz joins former United States Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush as part of a star-studded ceremony celebrating former President George H. W. Bush's leadership in promoting the value of service and volunteerism in American life on March 21 at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.. Nantz, who is on...
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THE 2011 NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ON CBS, TBS, TNT AND truTV SCORES HIGHEST OVERNIGHT RATINGS IN 20 YEARS FOR FIRST THURSDAY
CBS Sports' and Turner Sports' exclusive second-round coverage of the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV on Thursday, March 17 combined to deliver an overnight household rating/share of 5.7/13 up 24% from a 4.6/11 for CBS Sports' 2010 coverage, according to Nielsen. The 5.7/13 was the highest rating for the first Thursday of the NCAA Tournament in the metered markets since 1991, when the tournament expanded to four telecast windows for the entire day. The first telecast window of the day (12:00 NOON-4:15 PM, ET) combined to earn a 4.4/...