I’ll give you some links tonight before I do a few other things.
Starting with Michele Greppi of TVWeek, she writes that Fox will kick off Super Bowl Sunday at 9 a.m. with a three hour show produced by Fox News. Michael Malone of Broadcasting & Cable reports that Fox News anchor Shepard Smith will host the election special. Alex Weprin also of Broadcasting & Cable reports that Versus has scheduled Presidential candidates John McCain and Mike Huckabee to be the first guests on its Sportsmen Vote ’08 series.
Pete Dougherty of the Albany Times Union writes in his Best Seat in My House blog that NBC’s flex schedule for the NHL isn’t as impressive as its Sunday Night Football lineup. And Dougherty says the University of Albany will kick off ESPNU’s lacrosse schedule against Johns Hopkins University for the second straight year.
The New York Post’s Justin Terranova says in his NYP TV Sports blog that Dan Marino makes some interesting comments about injured New York Giants TE Jeremy Shockey on tonight’s Inside the NFL show on HBO.
Variety picks up an Associated Press story that Justin Timberlake will star in a Super Bowl ad for Pepsi.
On Friday. NFL Network will air the press conferences of all four teams involved in the Conference Championships. The press release follows:
AFC & NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FRIDAY
PRESS CONFERENCES LIVE ON NFL NETWORK
“CHAMPIONSHIP FRIDAY” BEGINS AT 1:00 PM ET ON JANUARY 18
NFL Network will televise live on Friday all four press conferences of the participating teams in the AFC and NFC Championship Games, with “Championship Friday” coverage beginning at 1:00 PM ET.
The following players and coaches will be available:
1:00 PM ET – NEW YORK GIANTS
Live from Giants Stadium
Head coach Tom Coughlin
QB Eli Manning
DE Michael Strahan
LB Antonio Pierce
WR Plaxico Burress
2:00 PM ET – NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
Live from Gillette Stadium
Head coach Bill Belichick
QB Tom Brady
LB Tedy Bruschi
RB Kevin Faulk
LB Mike Vrabel
3:00 PM ET – SAN DIEGO CHARGERS
Live from Chargers Park
Head coach Norv Turner
QB Philip Rivers
RB LaDainian Tomlinson
LB Shawne Merriman
3:40 PM ET – GREEN BAY PACKERS
Live from Lambeau Field
Head coach Mike McCarthy
QB Brett Favre
WR Donald Driver
CB Al Harris
DE Aaron Kampman
Derrin Horton hosts from NFL Network studios with the following reporters providing on-site coverage: Solomon Wilcots at Giants Stadium, Kara Henderson at Gillette Stadium, Paul Burmeister at Chargers Park and Scott Hanson at Lambeau Field.
That’s going to do it.
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