NBC Pregame Show to Air on Five Channels Opposite Presidential Speech
NBC's pregame coverage is slated to air on the NFL Network, Versus, USA, Syfy and G4 opposite President Obama's jobs speech on Thursday.
Seemingly in response to my previous post about President Obama's Job Speech to a joint session of Congress conflicting with coverage of NBC's pregame coverage of Thursday's NFL Kickoff game between the Packers and the Saints, NBC has announced its pregame will air on five other stations.
Michael David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com writes, "VERSUS, USA, Syfy, G4 and NFL Network will all begin coverage of the 90-minute NFL Kickoff 2011 Presented by EA Sports at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday. NBC will show Obama’s speech at 7 and then join NFL Kickoff 2011 in progress when the speech is over. The game starts at 8:30, and the White House says Obama’s speech will end well before kickoff."
If you still have troubles viewing the pregame coverage, you're just not trying. Either pony up for basic cable or go to a bar!
Comments (14)
September 07, 2011 at 11:50 am
Yay for those of us outside of Wisconsin!
September 07, 2011 at 11:57 am
Yeah, pony up ladies. I took tomorrow off... Psyched!
GBP 4 LIFE
September 07, 2011 at 02:08 pm
I took Friday off to account for proper celebrating!
September 08, 2011 at 06:26 pm
I'm on 4 10's... 4 day Football filled weekend. WOOT!
September 07, 2011 at 12:26 pm
Who doesn't turn to the Syfy channel for all their pregame NFL needs.
Seriously, wha?
Brian Carriveau
September 07, 2011 at 12:28 pm
It's likely only being done due to the Presidential conflict, not something that's going to continue.
September 07, 2011 at 02:10 pm
I'm curious sir, as a person who has "Space Ghost" as his Gravatar, how do you feel about sports events on Scyfy Channel? ;-)
Brian Carriveau
September 07, 2011 at 02:22 pm
There should be more sports on Syfy and more sci-fi on sports channels.
September 07, 2011 at 01:06 pm
Gotta love that the Pres. gets one channel and they give 5 to the NFL. No question as to where their priorities lie. HA.
September 07, 2011 at 01:26 pm
I just upgraded my cable package as they added NFL network to the top tier. No way I am watching the President give another campaighn speech about a 'plan' he should have put together a year+ ago.
September 08, 2011 at 08:55 am
Could someone tell me if there is a way to watch the pregame on the internet? We have no cable and want to see it tonight!
PackerAaron
September 08, 2011 at 09:27 am
http://www.soccertvlive.net/watch/49037/1/watch-nfl-network.html
September 08, 2011 at 09:30 am
Thanks for the assist. I hope it works!
September 08, 2011 at 06:08 pm
Wow, G4 that's sad, selling out like that...