tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post4675339751330612298..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: August 28, 1954Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-27853688510998311322021-09-02T22:53:16.499-04:002021-09-02T22:53:16.499-04:00Although the Southeastern Conference (SEC) has dom...Although the Southeastern Conference (SEC) has dominated on-field play in college football in recent years (SEC schools gave won four of the first seven NCAA College Football Playoff championships; Alabama has won three of those four), Notre Dame is still the biggest "brand name" in college football.<br /><br />The real reason the NCAA imposed a restrictive college football TV policy in 1951 was not to protect game attendance, but because Notre Dame (after having had its home games broadcast by DuMont in 1950) was on the verge of singing a TV contract (I believe it was to be with NBC) which would have televised every Notre Dame football game live, home and away, on the network (by the fall of 1951, transcontinental TV network lines were in place that would have allowed every Notre Dame game to be seen live from coast-to-coast).<br /><br />The NCAA was scared at the prospect of Notre Dame on TV every single Saturday, whether the game was in South Bend, Norman, Oklahoma, or Los Angeles.<br /><br />So they acted to limit how many college football games could be televised.<br /><br />And this policy stayed in effect, although modified (by the early eighties, a team could appear in TV six times in two years, with no more than three televised games a year, but four of those six telecasts within a two-year period were to be "regional") until the courts threw it out.<br /><br />Fans were done a big favor when this policy was tossed out.Jofushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05591730159623555357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-19021081364364231892021-09-02T15:16:58.939-04:002021-09-02T15:16:58.939-04:00But you didn't give us the verdict on Liberace...But you didn't give us the verdict on Liberace - virtuoso or ham? Enquiring minds want to know! David Hofstedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288510542472710879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-31976188500931791852021-08-28T16:03:04.050-04:002021-08-28T16:03:04.050-04:00Champagne for Caesar can be found, in its colorize...Champagne for Caesar can be found, in its colorized format (UGH) on YouTube. A nice little comedy that Vincent Price plays with all his scene stealing charm. Laceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15518371151074926960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-14598739310024497642021-08-28T11:37:33.627-04:002021-08-28T11:37:33.627-04:00Thanks to ESPN+, those of us who are CFL fans can ...Thanks to ESPN+, those of us who are CFL fans can watch every game. There is a unique flow when watching a CFL game, perhaps similar to the wide open play of the original AFL. Last night, I was happy to watch Hamilton at Montreal in a league game rather than an NFL exhibition.<br /><br />Those of us who grew up close to Canada were fortunate to get the CBC broadcasts over the air. Many local Syracuse U players became successful in the CFL and the local NBC affiliate would show CFL games on occasion. Sometimes, replays were shown on Sunday mornings after the condensed Notre Dame highlight show. Lindsey Nelson, the voice of Sunday morning Notre Dame replays, also called CFL games for NBC.JD Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882261865750361495noreply@blogger.com