- NFL to offer New York area cable subscribers free preview of NFL Network, but not in time for the Giants/Washington game on December 30.
- A rather pedestrian week for the NFL, as games on CBS and FOX were down slightly.
- New Orleans/Dallas on NBC did well, scoring a 13.4 overnight. Chicago/St. Louis on ESPN drew an 8.2 overnight on ESPN.
- The upstart Orlando Magic make TNT’s air in an already-scheduled game this Thursday (on the road at Charlotte), and could have some games added to ESPN’s schedule in the coming weeks.
- Brett Hull will join NBC as a studio analyst for National Hockey League games this season.
- The Hornets are over three thousand tickets short of a sell-out for Thursday night’s nationally televised home game in New Orleans. The team is also nearly two thousand tickets short of a sellout for a Saturday home game in New Orleans.
- “According to Jim” may be horrible, not not quite as bad as the unending slew of pointless celebrities in the Monday Night Football booth. An examination of last night’s appearance by Jim Belushi.
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