Soccer Fans Should Hope Mike Francesa Doesn't Go To Fox Sports 1

Discussion in 'TV, Satellite & Radio' started by EvanJ, Feb 9, 2014.

  1. IU Gooner

    IU Gooner Member+

    Feb 8, 2009
    Chicago
    Yeah, you really have no idea what you are talking about. The UCL is premium content, something FS1 has little of. It is far from being filler.

    Advertising is secondary to cable networks. Subscription fees are far more important. Currently, their fees are really low, they did that to ensure that it would be in 80 million whatever homes from the get go. If they want to get to where they can ask for more fees from the cable/sat providers, they need to keep and add premium content, not reduce it.
     
  2. To the Byline

    To the Byline Member

    Jan 27, 2014
    United States
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Weekday afternoon programming that airs when most viewers are still at work/school is not the premium content that will drive up subscription fees. It is filler and Fox couldn't care less if it's a cheaply-produced studio show or a live sporting event as long as they get decent ratings and keep the advertisers happy. Given the underwhelming ratings of the Europa League and the early stages of the Champions League, it is not unreasonable to think that soccer will occasionally be bumped by Mike's radio show. Eventually, as Fox acquires more and more rights to other major sports and FS1 becomes a more established network, all soccer programming apart from the World Cup will end up on FS2 and soccer fans will be held hostage in carriage negotiations for FS2 between Fox and cable companies.
     
  3. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Fancy Title Here

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If FOX has a commitment to UEFA to show the occasional game, it seems to me that they could show the Russian home games on FS2 and still be able to show Mike's radio show in both slots.

    They'd also have the regional channels, right? Why not use them for the knockout rounds?

    They could show Mike live on FS1 and join the show in progress on FS2. Russian home games live on FS2 and FS+. The 2:45 kickoffs have Deportes, Plus, Net and FS2.

    And yeah, there's always the chance his show gets bumped.
     
  4. UEFAJason

    UEFAJason Member

    Jun 15, 2012
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    I think as long as DirecTV maintains the supplemental coverage of the UCL and the EL, or alternatively Fox replicates the Extra Time concept for all pay-tv systems, Francesca on FS1 wouldn't be as bothersome.
     
  5. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Fancy Title Here

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I do not see Mike's show scheduled to air on 4/1 or 4/2.
     
  6. Cpt_K

    Cpt_K Member

    Jan 20, 2005
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    From @TVSportsRTGS twitter here is Francesa's ratings from his first four days on FS1/FS2. I know it is only the first week but I don't think we need to worry about live CL/Europa/FA Cup Games being pre-empted for Francesa.

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    31k viewers for Francesa on FS1 Tuesday (30k on Monday). 7k viewers on FS2 Tuesday (20k on Monday)

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    32k viewers for Francesa on FS1 Wednesday. 10k on FS2.


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    Francesa down to 24k viewers on FS1 Thursday and 2k on FS2.
     
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  7. Cpt_K

    Cpt_K Member

    Jan 20, 2005
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Or Thursday 4/3 since he is being bumped for Europa League too. The show returns to FS1/FS2 on Friday.
     
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  8. corolla

    corolla Member

    Jan 8, 2008
    Club:
    Olympique de Marseille
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    They should let him call the Bayern-United match with Gujo.
     
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  9. Cpt_K

    Cpt_K Member

    Jan 20, 2005
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
  10. Cpt_K

    Cpt_K Member

    Jan 20, 2005
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Mike is apparently pretty upset that his show is being preempted by soccer and NASCAR. Earth to Mike your show will always be a weekend review/preview on Friday/Monday 20 out of 52 weeks of the year due to FOX's soccer commitments on Tuesday through Thursday. Can you imagine the stack he will blow during in September when CL group games start while the NFL is going on and he is being preempted? The best part is that this is a huge topic that he can be trolled over by the crank callers to his show. It is kinda fitting that the biggest sports radio guy in the biggest market that actively dislikes soccer is being driven crazy because soccer is screwing with his show.

    http://deadspin.com/mike-francesa-is-not-happy-with-his-fox-sports-partners-1570418475
     
  11. MasterShake29

    MasterShake29 Member+

    Oct 28, 2001
    Jersey City, NJ
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How in the world did he not know this would happen? Did he (or his agent) just not bother to ask?
     
  12. Cpt_K

    Cpt_K Member

    Jan 20, 2005
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    My guess is that his bosses at FOX told him that he won't be preempted that much between now & the start of Champions League play in August/September. My guess is that Mike vented today because this is it for soccer outside of the Europa League Final for a few months. This will blow over till he blows up again in the Fall when a caller calls him out on the show being preempted.
     
  13. IU Gooner

    IU Gooner Member+

    Feb 8, 2009
    Chicago
    He shouldn't be in national TV to begin with.
     
  14. msilverstein47

    msilverstein47 Member+

    Jan 11, 1999
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

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