As college football readies for the CFP and the NFL enters the final stage of its season, hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand look into the biggest media stories in both sports. Source link #Marchand #Ourand #podcast #episode #Breaking #footballs #biggest #media #stories
The NFL set a viewership record on Thanksgiving Day across CBS, Fox and NBC. It also kicked off the first Black Friday game in its history, which was carried on Amazon Prime. Pod hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand discuss the league’s media dominance and whether Black Friday will follow that trajectory. Andrew Marchand (l) … Read more
It’s one of the most commonly asked questions on a flight — “Can we switch seats?” And when the answer is (usually) “no”, it often ends in a heated exchange. One woman’s TikTok recently went viral when she refused to switch seats with a passenger who wanted to sit next to her two kids aged … Read more
Hannah Waddingham’s kicking off the holidays. The “Ted Lasso” alum is returning to her musical roots with a newly released Apple TV+ special, “Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas.” The Emmy Award winner, 49, recorded the episode live at The Coliseum in London, and invited some of her former co-stars and more — Phil Dunster, Nick … Read more
Could there be a better show to marathon on Thanksgiving than “Friends?” “Friends” is a classic show to watch on turkey day, since each season had an episode themed to the holiday. It doesn’t hurt that it’s a crowd-pleasing watch for the whole family too. This year, it’s especially poignant, since Matthew Perry, who played … Read more
YouTubeTV experienced a lot of streaming problems Sunday, and Bally Sports’ app was not working Monday night. Co-hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand dive into what those two problems say about where and how streaming fits into the current state of sports media. Andrew Marchand (l) and John Ourand (r).NY Post In other topics, Marchand … Read more
DirecTV’s top content executive Rob Thun joins the pod as co-host this week to discuss the problems regional sports networks are having today, and talk about how the satellite operator plans to handle local sports rights in the future. Thun tells co-host John Ourand how some of the local broadcast deals some teams have made … Read more
Could he be any more embarrassed? Jean-Claude Van Damme looked back on his one-episode stint on “Friends” — calling the experience a bit “strange.” “My acting is so bad. I look so like a ham. Like, ‘Hey, girls.’ […] It’s like, I’m ashamed of myself,” the actor, 63, told The Post while promoting his new … Read more
Andrew Marchand (l) and John Ourand (r). As rumors about ESPN’s streaming plans continue to swirl around, hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand separate fact from fiction. They look at the types of companies that would be interested in taking an ownership stake in ESPN, and discuss the timing for when ESPN takes its main … Read more
Negotiations for the College Football Playoff’s media rights negotiations have started, and pod hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand break down the media companies that will be involved and the likely winners once the CFP expands to add at least four more games. Andrew Marchand (l), Austin Karp (b) and John Ourand (r).NY Post The … Read more
Sean McManus announced last week he was stepping down as CBS Sports chairman next spring after a 27-year run. This week, McManus joins the podcast to talk about his career and the state of sports media. Andrew Marchand (l), Sean McManus (c) and John Ourand (r).NY Post In a wide-ranging interview, McManus talks about his … Read more
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred joins Andrew Marchand and John Ourand on this week’s show for a half-hour interview. During the sit-down interview, Manfred goes deep into the future of local media, blackouts, Apple, Peacock, ESPN, fragmentation, Yankees TV, what the future of sports gambling will look like, how a different pitch clock was considered for … Read more
Just hours before the first “Monday Night Football” game of the season, Disney and Charter reached a deal to restore ABC and ESPN on Spectrum cable systems. Disney’s Justin Connolly was one of the key executives on that deal, and he joins the pod’s first “Inside the News” segment. Connolly discusses what last weekend was … Read more
All Disney networks, including ESPN, went dark on Charter’s Spectrum cable systems on Aug. 31, affecting close to 15 million subscribers. Pod hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand discuss how ESPN and Charter got to this point and predict what should happen next. The outcome of this deal has tentacles well beyond just ESPN and Charter. … Read more
Changes to the college football television landscape is the top topic on this week’s show, with hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand discussing the new Big Ten deals that take effect this season on CBS, Fox and NBC. The co-hosts discuss everything from the analysts that will be used on these games to Peacock’s role … Read more
Fantasy guru Matthew Berry joins the pod this week just a week after news broke that he raised $2 million for his Fantasy Life with an all-star roster of investors including everyone from Casey Wasserman and Tony Khan to Josh Allen and Joe Burrow. Berry discusses his move from ESPN to NBC and how he … Read more
WARNING: This story contains spoilers from this week’s episode of “And Just Like That.” All happy families are alike, but each unhappy family is crazy in its own way. At least, that’s the lesson you’d learn from “And Just Like That” in its second season’s 10th episode, ominously titled “The Last Supper Part One: Appetizer.” … Read more
Less than two weeks after Arizona, Arizona State and Utah bolted the Pac-12 for the Big 12, Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark joins the show to explain how it all went down. Yormark details the Big 12’s media rights deals with ESPN and Fox Sports and the rationale behind his decision to renew those deals … Read more
WARNING: This story contains spoilers from this week’s episode of “And Just Like That.” Location, location, location! This week’s episode of “And Just Like That” is all about where the ladies are — and where they’re not. First up: Where exactly are Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Aidan (John Corbett)? Romantically, the re-coupled couple has … Read more
Media implications from the Pac-12’s demise make up the biggest topic in this week’s Marchand & Ourand Sports Media podcast, with hosts Andrew Marchand and John Ourand talking about Pac-12 missteps over the past 12 months, why some university presidents did not like the Apple deal and the changing media marketplace when it comes to… … Read more