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Animal Planet’s “Hillbilly Handfishin’” is a noodler’s delight

August 12, 2011 Channel Guide Staff 1

By Stacey Harrison Follow @ChannelGuideSRH If Skipper Bivins or Trent Jackson ever ask you to go fishing, it’s best to know what you’re getting yourself into. Literally, that would be a river with only your bare hands to help you. Bivins and Jackson are expert noodlers, or hand-fishers, who run a business that takes adventure-seekers — usually city folk and suburbanites — out on the water for a unique wilderness thrill. Animal Planet follows their exploits in Hillbilly Handfishin’, a 12-part series airing Sundays at 10pm. We spoke with the duo to learn a little more about noodling, and why […]

2011 PGA Championship TV schedule

August 10, 2011 Ryan Berenz 1

Golf’s best head to Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga., for the year’s final major beginning Thursday, Aug. 11. Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer, Rory McIlroy, Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson, Graeme McDowell are among the contenders to take home the Wanamaker trophy and end the season on a high note. Kaymer (pictured) won last year’s tournament in a playoff against Bubba Watson, but the big story was Dustin Johnson grounding his club in a bunker (or was it?) that cost him a two-stroke penalty and a spot in the playoff. TNT and CBS share coverage of this year’s […]

2011 PGA Championship coverage on GOLF CHANNEL

August 9, 2011 Ryan Berenz 1

By Ryan Berenz Follow @ChannelGuideRAB GOLF CHANNEL has PGA Championship week covered, with news, analysis, interviews and more from the Atlanta Athletic Club in Georgia. Special features include extended editions of Morning Drive, two daily editions of Live From the PGA Championship and in-depth coverage on golfchannel.com. (Click here for the live tournament coverage schedule on TNT and CBS.) Press release from GOLF CHANNEL below, detailing their broadcast plans and special features throughout the week: GOLF CHANNEL HAS THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP COVERED Nearly 50 Hours of Live News Coverage from the Atlanta Athletic Club Morning Drive Special Editions Monday-Sunday Wall-to-Wall […]

2011 NFL Preseason TV Schedule

August 9, 2011 Ryan Berenz 1

RELATED: 2012 NFL preseason TV schedule With the lockout forcing the cancellation of the Aug. 7 Hall of Fame Game, the NFL preseason now starts Thursday, Aug. 11, with the first live national TV game being Seattle at San Diego at 8pm ET on ESPN. Because NBC lost the Hall of Fame Game, the San Diego at Dallas game has been moved to Aug. 21 and will now air live on NBC at 8pm ET. In all, 17 preseason games will air live across CBS, FOX, ESPN, NBC and NFL Network. NFL Network airs every preseason game, with six live […]

Tiger’s return should drive PGA ratings

August 4, 2011 Tom Comi Comments Off

By Tom Comi Follow @ChannelGuide There are very few people who can dramatically increase television ratings by their mere presence, and Tiger Woods is one of those people. And when the links legend returns to the tour this week, you will hear a collective sigh from TV executives and golf fans alike. Woods has been out for the past four weeks while rehabilitating several leg injuries, and it would be an understatement to say he has been missed. Golf enthusiasts will always watch tournaments regardless of the field, but the fact of the matter is Tiger’s participation in an event […]

TCA Summer Press Tour: What’s wrong with being sexy?

August 1, 2011 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

Monday was the first of two days of NBC Universal networks panels at the TCA Press Tour. The day started with Community star and The Soup host Joel McHale delivering a standup act (somewhat awkwardly reading from a teleprompter) that playfully ribbed NBC, its shows and the journalists in attendance. He called TCA “summer camp for shut-ins” and said that NBC’s strategy is to simply wait for CBS and ABC viewers to die. Not far from the truth on both points. Then followed an executive session with new NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt laying out his programming strategy and hopes […]

NASCAR Sprint Cup Brickyard 400 live July 31 on ESPN

July 28, 2011 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to the legendary 2.5-mile oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Brickyard 400, on Sunday, July 31, at 1pm ET, as top drivers Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon race for a win on the famed track. Last year at Indy, Jamie McMurray kissed the bricks and joined Dale Jarrett and Jimmie Johnson as the only drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and the Brickyard 400 in the same year. This year’s Brickyard 400 marks the first of 17 […]

2011 MLS All-Star Game

July 27, 2011 Channel Guide Staff Comments Off

The best of the MLS take on Manchester United in the 2011 MLS All-Star Game on Wednesday, July 27 at 8:30 p.m. from the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey. The match will air live and in HD on ESPN2. No team has posed a significant threat to Manchester United on its US tour so far. New England Revolution fell 4-1. Seattle Sounders suffered a real beating, losing 7-0. Chicago Fire threatened early, but eventually gave way and lost 3-1. Granted, none of those MLS team have had particularly inspired seasons; perhaps it’s a bit unfair to match teams scraping […]

X Games 17 live July 28-31 on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC

July 27, 2011 Ryan Berenz Comments Off

By Ryan Berenz Follow @ChannelGuideRAB More than 200 of the world’s best athletes in skateboarding, motocross, BMX and rally car racing compete for medals and prize money in Los Angeles at X Games 17, which begins Thursday, July 28, at 7pm ET on ESPN. New this year is Enduro X, in which motocross riders race against each other while battling an all-terrain course containing sand, mud, logs and rocks. Also new this year, the RallyCross circuit moves to the streets of downtown L.A. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will combine to telecast 25 hours of live X Games 17 competition. The […]

Five celebrity candidates to caddy for Tiger Woods

July 21, 2011 Tom Comi 1

There are many public break-ups that make front-page news, but perhaps none with the exception of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony has shocked more people lately than the unexpected split between golfer Tiger Woods and longtime caddy Stevie Williams (pictured here with Woods). Seriously, is no relationship sacred these days? Stevie not only helped Tiger win 72 tournaments — including 13 majors — but he stood loyally by through all of his boss’s injuries, sexual escapades and marital woes. If there was ever one person who deserved a lifetime contract, this was the guy. Sadly, life moves on, and so […]