Re: [TV orNotTV] '11 March Madness to add 3 teams, 3 channels

2010-04-22 Thread Brad Beam
- Original Message - From: "Joe Hass" Here's the question I haven't seen answered: does this mean that guaranteed local coverage of local teams is gone? In other words, if Michigan State plays Oklahoma, and the game is scheduled to be on TNT, will the CBS affiliate in Detroit carry the

Re: [TV orNotTV] '11 March Madness to add 3 teams, 3 channels

2010-04-22 Thread Joe Hass
Here's the question I haven't seen answered: does this mean that guaranteed local coverage of local teams is gone? In other words, if Michigan State plays Oklahoma, and the game is scheduled to be on TNT, will the CBS affiliate in Detroit carry the non-MSU game scheduled to air on CBS or the MSU/OU

Re: [TV orNotTV] '11 March Madness to add 3 teams, 3 channels

2010-04-22 Thread David Bruggeman
A rare moment of sanity. Instead of adding another weekend to this and making the college playoffs look too much like the pro playoffs (everybody's in and it takes forever), they manage to get a system where nobody will complain about not switching to the hot game at the right time. Happier vi

[TV orNotTV] '11 March Madness to add 3 teams, 3 channels

2010-04-22 Thread b.beam
Starting next year, 68 teams (4x17) will take up the Madness. All games will be aired nationally, with first-day games running concurrently on CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV. (Details in the article below; cut and paste as necessary.) http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2010/04