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Patriots-Giants Game Now on NBC and CBS - New York Times
Patriots-Giants Game Now on NBC and CBS - New York Times
The Patriots - Giants game, which was to be broadcast Saturday night to less than half the country by the NFL Network, will be available to fans throughout the nation under an agreement reached Wednesday by NBC and CBS to simulcast it. The 15-0 Patriots are attempting to become the first N.F.L. team since the 1972 Miami Dolphins to finish the regular season unbeaten. Miami went on to win the ...
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Patriots Football Game Is The Most Important Media Event, Ever
Jossip — ... For a lot of reasons we won’t get into, the main one being that pro-sports are kind of a monopoly that screws the fans, the game was going to be broadcast on the NFL network, which only half the country gets. But Congress, which apparently doesn’t have anything better to do, stepped up the pressure, and now NBC and CBS will simulcast it. ...

CBS vs. NBC: Which network will you watch the Patriots (or Tom Brady's butt) on?
PopWatch — ... So NBC and CBS will simulcast the Patriots-Giants game Saturday night at 8 p.m. ET, using the NFL Network's production team (that means Bryant Gumbel and Cris Collinsworth in the booth on all three networks). Apparently, this rare synergy (it's the first NFL game to air on more than one network since the first Super Bowl almost 41 years ago) is huge news for pro football fans. Had it only been broadcast on the NFL Network as originally scheduled, most football fans across the country wouldn't have been able to see the "potentially historic game," in which Tom Brady ...

New England Patriots Go for 16-0 Perfect Regular Season Against NY Giants
Scared Monkeys — ... , NBC and CBS. It would have been rather embarrassing disaster for such a significant NFL game to have had a TV rating of 4.0. Some have ...

New England Patriots Go for 16-0 Perfect Regular Season Against NY Giants (UPDATE: Patriots Perfect 16-0)
Scared Monkeys — ... , NBC and CBS. It would have been rather embarrassing disaster for such a significant NFL game to have had a TV rating of 4.0. Some have ...

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NFL OKs Patriots-Giants Game for Broadcast
broadcastingcable.com 12/26/2007 — Saturday night’s game between the New England Patriots and New York Giants will be simulcast on two broadcast networks as well as NFL Network, the NFL decided Wednesday. The game was originally slated to air only on NFL Network, which would have left many football fans outside of the team’s local regions out in the cold. The game is a potential ratings bonanza because it pits the ...
NBC AND CBS TO SIMULCAST NFL NETWORK TELECAST OF PATRIOTS-GIANTS GAME
thefutoncritic.com 12/26/2007 — This will be the first three-network simulcast in NFL history and the first simulcast of any kind of an NFL game since Super Bowl I in 1967.
The Friday Question - Patriots
amikelife.com 12/28/2007 — Well, it’s almost the end of Friday and I’m late with this post, but there is still some time left before tomorrow night’s big game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants , so here it is anyways. The Patsies have a chance to go undefeated and I am curious what everyone thinks about it. So the question is: Do you want the Patriots to break the record or ...
Under pressure, NFL opens up Pats-Giants tilt
lostremote.com 12/26/2007 — This Saturday’s Patriots-Giants game was going to have the least national distribution possible: airing only on the meek NFL Network. But under pressure for political types - the league has offered up the potentially historic game to both CBS and NBC. Now the Pats may finish the season undefeated with people watching on three TV networks. CBS and NBC will air the NFL Network feed. Sen. ...
Patriots versus Giants to be broadcast on three networks
amikelife.com 12/27/2007 — In an amazing, unprecedented move, the NFL Network has agreed to allow this Saturday’s Week 17 matchup between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants to be broadcast not only on their own network, but also CBS and NBC. The Patriots have a historic opportunity to go 16-0 for the first time since the Miami Dolphins did it back 1972, although they only went 14-0 since ...
New England Patriots Beat N.Y. Giants for 16-0 Perfect SeasonBumpshack.com
Tom Brady led the New England Patriots to a 38-35 victory over the New York Giants to finish the season 16-0.?? The Patriots are the first team to do go undefeated for a regular season since the 1972 Miami Dolphins. The game that was much closer than many experts predicted it would be.?? The Giants had nothing to gain by winning the game and could have rested their starters but ...
Giants-Pats Game Moves to CBS/NBC, WWOR PissedGothamist
Football fans that are hoping to catch history Saturday when the Patriots face the Giants are in luck. The game was originally scheduled to be broadcast on the NFL Network with local broadcast rights on New York's, nay, Secaucus's WWOR. The NFL has decided that New England's quest for the first undefeated regular-season since the 1972 Miami Dolphins will now be broadcast on CBS and NBC in ...
New England Patriots Perfect SeasonDave And Thomas Daily Timekillers Blog
Randy Moss celebrates with teammates after breaking the TD record The New England Patriots have beat all odds and finished the 2007 season undefeated in one of the best seasons in pro sports history. Team and NFL records fell for offensive marks like passing, touchdowns received and thrown, and total offense throughout the year for New England. For tonight's game against the Giants, no ...
Gisele Bundchen: Facing the GiantsJust Jared
Gisele Bundchen walks through the West Village after having lunch with a female friend on Saturday in New York City. The 27-year-old Brazilian bombshell was later seen leaving for the football game at Giants Stadium to watch quarterback Tom Brady , her boyfriend from the New England Patriots. Early in the second quarter of the Patriots-Giants game, Brady threw a touchdown pass to Randy ...
What's On Tonight: Patriots/Giants, Suze Orman, NarutoTV Squad
At 8, every station in the universe has the Patriots/Giants game. ESPN has football too at 8, the Valero Alamo Bowl . TV Land has a mini marathon of The Andy Griffith Show starting at 8. At 9, FOX has a new America's Most Wanted . CNBC has a new Suze Orman Show at 9. Lifetime has the movie My Baby Is Missing at 9. Also at 9: Cartoon Network has two new episodes ...
Jets and Edwards, Together AgainGothamist
While much of the football excitement this weekend surrounds the New York Giants' game versus the New England Patriots tonight , the Jets still have an interesting Week 17 matchup. The game against the Kansas City Chiefs isn't what the NFL had in mind when it drew up its schedule. Both the Jets and Chiefs were playoff teams from a year ago, but the teams have looked awful this season, ...
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The move by the NFL to exclusively air this weekend's game between the New England Patriots and New York Giants on their own NFL network, which reaches only 40% of US households, was met with much criticism and frustration. With a win this weekend, the Patriots would become the first team to go undefeated in a 16-game season (the Dolphins did it in the 14-game '72 season). Now it looks like ...
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Are You Ready for Some Patriots Football?MSN TV Blog
As you may know, the New England Patriots are going for a perfect regular-season record on Saturday. But you may be less aware of the news that the NFL has decided to let both NBC and CBS do a first-time simulcast of the game. Previously, it was scheduled to just be on the NFL Network. I'd almost say the move was gracious, if I weren't sure the NFL will be well-compensated for ...
NFL's Gift for You: Patriots-Giants Game on TVBlack Voices Blogs
Black Voices Blogs : There was a growing fear this season that the Patriots (who are inching ever so closely to being the most hated team in America) would snag their precious 16-0 record on a channel, the NFL Network, which most of the country wouldn't be able to... Read more >
CBS and NBC to simulcast climactic NFL game (Reuters) EntertainmentRealityInsiders
Reuters - Saturday's potentially historic football game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants will be simulcast on both NBC and CBS under an unusual deal hammered out by the NFL Network. More...
Patriots-Giants Game Now on NBC and CBSNYT > Home Page
The Patriots-Giants game will be available to fans throughout the nation under an agreement reached by NBC and CBS to simulcast it.
NFL Network Caves: Broadcasts Final Pats/Giants Game on NBC/CBSDave And Thomas Daily Timekillers Blog
The Saturday night NFL game between the New England Patriots and New York Giants was scheduled to be broadcast on the fledgling NFL Network . With a viewing audience of only 40% of the nations TVs the NFL Network was coming under fire for forcing cable companies to pay more for the channel. Cable companies balked at the deal and there was an ugly battle left between the NFL and cable ...
Patriots-Giants Game Now on NBC and CBS - New York TimesA List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago
NO DOUBT, BRYANT GUMBEL WILL BRING THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT TO THE FESTIVITIES: The NFL Network's broadcast of Saturday night's Patriots-Giants game will be simulcast on both NBC and CBS . [Actually, I like Gumbel's low-key play-by-play. Always wondered what it'd be like to have football games treated with the quiet reverence of a golf tournament, and Cris Collinsworth is probably ...
NBC and CBS To Simulcast Patriots-Giants GameMedia Decoder
“The Patriots-Giants game, which was to be broadcast Saturday night to less than half the country by the NFL Network, will be available to the entire nation under an agreement reached Wednesday by NBC and CBS to simulcast it,” Richard Sandomir reports. “NBC and CBS will show the NFL Network’s production of the game, with [...]
CBS and NBC to simulcast climactic NFL game (Reuters)Yahoo! News: Television News
Reuters - Saturday's potentially historic football game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants will be simulcast on both NBC and CBS under an unusual deal hammered out by the NFL Network.