ESPN is scheduled to air the 2008 European Championships on Sun. Feb. 3, 7-10 pm EST.
Also, a repeat of the Dec. 2007 Grand Prix Final is scheduled to air today from 4:30-7 pm EST on ESPN -- check your local listings.
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Superbowl Sunday TV Alert: Europeans on ESPN
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Also, a repeat of the Dec. 2007 Grand Prix Final is scheduled to air today from 4:30-7 pm EST on ESPN -- check your local listings.
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ACK! Thanks for the heads up!
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sad that ESPN makes figure skating compete with the super bowl.
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I don't think it's sad. They know their audience
the hubby and boyfriend is watching the superbowl... mama's in teh other room watching skating ... that they're putting skating on against it means they think skating can get them the highest raitings possible...
or at least that's how I want to see it
please note that I don't agree with the above target audience statement, but going by the american standards of television that have been drilled into my head since 04 in class after class that's what I have to assume. My dad said he'd rather watch the figure skating, but he does not have ESPN; mom wants to watch the football.
the hubby and boyfriend is watching the superbowl... mama's in teh other room watching skating ... that they're putting skating on against it means they think skating can get them the highest raitings possible...
or at least that's how I want to see it
please note that I don't agree with the above target audience statement, but going by the american standards of television that have been drilled into my head since 04 in class after class that's what I have to assume. My dad said he'd rather watch the figure skating, but he does not have ESPN; mom wants to watch the football.
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Yes, thank you-found those! I'd rather watch those than the Super Bowl myself!:thumbsup:
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only downside is we miss the superbowl commercials... so I'm taping the game just for those (how sad am I? )
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You know I was just tuning into the European broadcast and it hit home how much I miss the ABC productions. Susie Wynne and Paul Wylie did their normal excellent job.
I know that this has been mentioned in other posts but it just amazes me how Terry Gannon as the non-figure skater commentator has really fallen in love with this sport and has his own well-informed opinions. He made this comment about the Russian figure skating style of Domnina and Shabalin projecting to the 30th row when there are only 20 rows in the building that cracked me up.
Plus he just has this really natural and intelligent presentation voice. Tom Hammond just doesn't stand up in comparison. I can't wait until ESPN's world coverage.
I know that this has been mentioned in other posts but it just amazes me how Terry Gannon as the non-figure skater commentator has really fallen in love with this sport and has his own well-informed opinions. He made this comment about the Russian figure skating style of Domnina and Shabalin projecting to the 30th row when there are only 20 rows in the building that cracked me up.
Plus he just has this really natural and intelligent presentation voice. Tom Hammond just doesn't stand up in comparison. I can't wait until ESPN's world coverage.
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Hammond is a dork.
I love Terry... he and Verne Lundquist are the only color commentators that I would allow to work for skating
Paul is too much like a professor for me to really love his commentary, but he's better than Dick...
I love Terry... he and Verne Lundquist are the only color commentators that I would allow to work for skating
Paul is too much like a professor for me to really love his commentary, but he's better than Dick...
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I set up my DVD recorder to record Europeans from 7pm to 10pm, but when I went to look at it, it had just a black screen up to 9:30pm, when ESPN's SuperBowl Postgame show was scheduled - and since the Super Bowl was still running, what I got from ESPN was the last 1 minute 15 seconds of the game itself, followed by post-game commentary.
Did anybody here experience the same thing?
Did anybody here experience the same thing?
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.... nope, got the whole competition
