- TBS has released its schedule for the first two months of the Major League Baseball season, and the network will rely heavily on Boston and New York. Six of the first MLB on TBS telecasts will involve the Red Sox, Yankees or Mets — including the season opening Red Sox/Blue Jays telecast on April 6.
- After being dumped by The CW for not fitting in with programming like Gossip Girl and America’s Next Top Model, WWE Smackdown is headed to struggling My Network TV. Smackdown, which routinely draws better ratings than NBA and Major League Baseball games, figures to be a better fit on MNTV than on The CW, as the former has a reality heavy line-up more friendly to the young male audience WWE wrestling attracts.
- Small portions of the 2008 college football television schedule are being revealed. Stanford and Oregon State will play the first game of the season on Thursday, August 28, on ESPN2. A Kansas State/Louisville game in September gets a rare Wednesday night date. Meanwhile, Texas/Texas A&M has been moved from the day after Thanksgiving on ABC, to Thanksgiving Night on ESPN.
Ted Turner, whose cable business transformed TV sports, dies
Ted Turner, the media mogul and team owner whose TBS "SuperStation" helped pave the way the era of cable...
