Sunday features three match-ups with playoff implications. In the afternoon, Denver battles San Diego to keep control of the AFC West, and Seattle looks to put San Francisco out of the playoff picture. The nightcap features Dallas looking for revenge in Philadelphia.
Tom Brokaw will take NBC Sports Network viewers with him on a trip to his native South Dakota for pheasant hunting season, a special that could become the template for a regular series.
DirecTV extended its exclusive contract to sell the Sunday Ticket package of National Football League games, and sources said the company will pay $1.5 billion a year to keep the popular offering that has helped attract subscribers.
Former NBA star Kenny Smith and his family will appear on a reality show on TBS in the spring.
Americans are tuning into NFL football in greater numbers than last year, according to early season viewership figures, signaling the league’s fumbled handling of domestic violence cases has not dented its overall popularity.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to eliminate a decades-old rule that has prohibited pay-TV providers from airing some home sports games, such as NFL football, if tickets to those games did not sell out.
Tim Tebow has another job. Not in the NFL as a quarterback but as a contributor to “Good Morning America.”
Lori Harrigan-Mack, former UNLV softball star and three-time Olympic gold medalist, gets back into shape on “The Biggest Loser: Glory Days.” And former Eldorado lineman Howard “Woody” Carter also takes the challenge.
“The Big Bang Theory” is one of the few television shows that can approach the NFL in viewership. CBS executives still didn’t hesitate to temporarily move TV’s top-rated comedy to a different night to make room for football.
Actor Jason Sudeikis is back in action as Coach Ted Lasso in another funny YouTube video for NBC Sports.
