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CBS SPORTS’ COVERAGE OF SUPER BOWL XLVII SCORES HIGHEST RATING IN HISTORY
Baltimore’s Win Over San Francisco Earns Overnight Rating/Share of 48.1/71 in Metered Markets CBS Sports’ coverage of Super Bowl XLVII featuring the BALTIMORE RAVENS’ 34-31 win over the SAN FRANCISCO 49ers on Sunday, Feb. 3 (6:30-8:45 PM and 9:15-10:45 PM, ET), earned an average overnight household rating/share of 48.1/71, the highest-rated Super Bowl in the metered markets in history (2/6/11; 47.9/71; FOX; Green Bay-Pittsburgh). This year’s 48.1/71 is up +1% from last year’s 47.8/71 (N.Y. Giants-New England) in the metered markets. Rating excludes from 8:45-9:15 PM...
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Statement from CBS Sports on Power Outage at Super Bowl XLVII
STATEMENT FROM CBS SPORTS ON POWER OUTAGE DURING SUPER BOWL XLVII to be attributed to JENNIFER SABATELLE, Vice President, Communications, CBS Sports “Immediately after the power failure in the Superdome, we lost numerous cameras and some audio powered by sources in the Superdome. We utilized CBS’s back-up power and at no time did we leave the air. During the interruption, CBS Sports’ Steve Tasker, Solomon Wilcots and our studio team reported on the situation as a breaking news story, providing updates and reports while full power was being restored to the dome including our sets and b...
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EYE ON THE SUPER BOWL: Thursday, Jan. 31
CBS Cable Bridge Over Decatur Street in New Orleans CBS Sports Photo Gallery:http://on.fb.me/U47lz1 NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS AND CBS SPORTS NETWORK IN NEW ORLEANS: SUPER BOWL LIVE: (SHANNON SHARPE ON THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS): That is the best-looking team physically that I’ve ever seen. ROME (JIM ROME ON Chris Culliver’s comments about having a gay teammate): That sort of ignorance is not going to fly. Especially at a franchise that is as active in the gay community as the Niners are. Culliver quickly went into damage-control mode, apo...
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“60 MINUTES” PREEMPTED FOR CBS SPORTS COVERAGE OF SUPER BOWL XLVII ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 3, 2013
60 MINUTES will not be broadcast on Sunday Feb. 3 due to CBS Sports coverage of Super Bowl XLVII on the CBS Television Network. * * * Contact: Kevin Tedesco 212 975-2329 kev@cbsnews.com
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NEW SPORTS ANTHEM CREATED WITH QUEEN AND HELMUT VONLICHTEN FEATURED IN CBS SPORTS’ COVERAGE OF SUPER BOWL XLVII ON SUNDAY, FEB. 3
CBS Sports, home of Super Bowl XLVII, Queen and Helmut VonLichten have teamed to re-mix the iconic rock classic “We Will Rock You” with THE NFL ON CBS’s theme music to create a new anthem that will be featured in the opening main tease and throughout the Network’s game coverage of Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, Feb. 3 (6:00 PM, ET). VonLichten and Brian May of Queen collaborated to create “We Will Rock You VonLichten,” an epic orchestral mash-up of Queen's "We Will Rock You" and THE NFL ON CBS’s theme music, “Posthumus Zone.” "I grew up playing 'air guitar' to ‘We Will Rock Yo...
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CBS SPORTS, THE REBIRTH BRASS BAND AND HELMUT VONLICHTEN TEAM TO JAZZ UP CBS TELEVISION NETWORK’S COVERAGE OF SUPER BOWL XLVII ON SUNDAY, FEB. 3
New Orleans Band’s Music Also to Be Used by CBS Sports Network and CBSSports.com During Super Bowl Week Coverage CBS Sports, home of Super Bowl XLVII, local New Orleans institution The Rebirth Brass Band and Helmut VonLichten also have teamed together to jazz up the CBS Television Network’s coverage of Super Bowl XLVII. Taking the iconic melody of the theme music of THE NFL ON CBS, the 2012 Grammy Award-winning Rebirth Brass Band added its signature touch of heavy funk to record and create new music to be featured in various bumpers, billboards and animation beds ...
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EYE ON THE SUPER BOWL: Wednesday, Jan. 30
Dan Marino joins the ladies of “The Talk” Wednesday at CBS Super Bowl Park at Jackson Square CBS Sports Photo Gallery:http://on.fb.me/YjsBOC NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES FROM CBS SPORTS AND CBS SPORTS NETWORK IN NEW ORLEANS: SUPER BOWL LIVE: (BILL COWHER ON PLAYING IN THE SUPER BOWL): In a game like this, it’s loose, and then it gets a little more serious as the game gets closer. It comes down to the focus and recognizing that the closer you get the focus is, “Let’s get on the field. Let’s get our job done. And enjoy this.” As we started to pare down, the curfew started...
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"PHIL SIMMS ALL-IRON TEAM: SUPER BOWL EDITION” HIGHLIGHTS GREATEST MOMENTS, STORIES AND PERFORMANCES IN SUPER BOWL HISTORY ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY, FEB. 3 ON CBS SPORTS
Unprecedented Reunion for First Time Ever of Leon Lett and Don Beebe As They Relive One of the Most Memorable Plays in Super Bowl Lore CBS Sports lead NFL analyst, New York Giants Super Bowl XXI MVP and 15-year NFL veteran Phil Simms, along with his play-by-play partner, Jim Nantz host a true football lovers show in unveiling the PHIL SIMMS ALL-IRON TEAM: SUPER BOWL EDITION on Sunday, Feb.3 (1:00-2:00 PM, ET), prior to THE SUPER BOWL TODAY on the CBS Television Network. Hosted from New Orleans, La., home of Super Bowl XLVII, this year's All-Iron Team highlights the greatest...
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CBS SPORTS’ “SUPER BOWL TODAY” FEATURES SET FOR SUPER BOWL XLVII ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK ON SUNDAY, FEB. 3
Among Features Highlighted Include the Harbaugh Brothers; Baltimore’s O.J. Brigance; Indianapolis Head Coach Chuck Pagano; Gateway High School (Aurora, Colo.) Football Player Zack Golditch; Player Safety and Future of the Game; and Baltimore and San Francisco Player Profiles Live Musical Performances by OneRepublic and Matchbox Twenty Featured during Pre-Game Show CBS Sports’ coverage of Super Bowl XLVII continues with THE SUPER BOWL TODAY, the Network’s pre-game studio show (2:00-6:00 PM, ET) with host James Brown along with analysts Dan Marino, Boomer Esiason, Shannon Sharpe ...