We'll great! But as the NHL Virginia Rhinos is put up for sale, the team was interested in a new owner and relocating to Cincinnati as we head up to November 2006.
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The Rhinos are indeed for sale, but it'll likely come down to either Mark Cuban (Dallas) or Mark Chipman (Winnipeg). The fate of the Rhinos won't be known until the 2006-07 regular season has been completed.
For now, here's what I've settled on for the theme songs of each of the WLAF's new TV partners starting next February.
Fox
(Normally used ITTL for Sunday Night Football)
TNT
(Used across all sports carried by Turner Sports except for WCW and Braves/Hammers baseball)
The Hub:
(Known IOTL as "Roaring to Go" by Walt White; Created ITTL by John Debney)
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The only channel I need a theme for would be UPN.
I think Mark Cuban saw interest in the Rhinos.
The theme for WLAF on UPN was revealed.
We'll great! But two of Universal/Peacock's most anticipated movies The Marine (AEW Studios) and Blue Beetle, based on the Gemini comic will coming out to theaters very soon! Also out were Disney's anticipated movies Bonkers 2 and Night at the Museum!
Nice! But can't wait for all of the entertainment news and movies of November 2006! We are all excited to see Touchstone's (OTL 20th Century-Fox made the film) Christmas movie Deck the Halls, Paramount's live-action iteration of Charlotte's Web, Peacock Releasing/DreamWorks' Dreamgirls, Disney's Eragon and Dimension Films/Henson's remake of Black Christmas.
The Marine (2006 Film)
The Marine
Released by Universal Pictures through Peacock Releasing on November 10, 2006
Produced by AEW Studios
Cast and Crew
Same as OTL
Notes
At the premiere of The Marine at Universal Studios Florida, it was confirmed that John Cena will indeed play the title role in Popeye the Sailor Man, which will be released in the summer of 2008.
Who would you like to play the title role in The Blue Beetle?
Cool.
I was thinking of having Jon Favreau direct Popeye unless there's someone else you'd prefer.
I'll have Louis Leterrier to direct The Blue Beetle, with the director of 2008's Flash Gordon going to Phillip Noyce.
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Here's a rough list for MLB Commentator pairings starting in 2007.
NBC
Weekend Afternoons on NBC with select playoff games on the USA Network
Studio:
Bob Costas, Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken, Jr.
Booth:
Vin Scully and Orel Hersheiser
Matt Vasgersian and Mark Grant (OTL Padres regional color analyst)
Gary Thorne and Jim Palmer (Thorne also the voice of the NHL on NBC)
Thom Brennaman and Buck Martinez
ABC and ESPN
Weekend Afternoons on ABC; Sunday and Wednesday Nights on ESPN; Select playoff games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN 2 and XYZ
Studio:
Chris Berman, Peter Gammons
Booth:
Jon Miller and Joe Morgan
Josh Lewin and Steve Lyons
Don Orsillo and Bob Brenly
Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow (Both OTL SF Giants regional announcers)
Odyssey (Produced by UPN Sports)
Sunday Afternoons and select playoff games
Studio:
Chip Caray and Eric Karros
Booth:
Dave Niehaus and Rick Sutcliffe
Joe Buck and Dave Winfield
Ted Robinson and Steve Stone
Odyssey chose Niehaus mainly due to the Seattle connections with Odyssey's co-owner Microsoft.
Here's a rough list for MLB Commentator pairings starting in 2007.
NBC
Weekend Afternoons on NBC with select playoff games on the USA Network
Studio:
Bob Costas, Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken, Jr.
Booth:
Vin Scully and Orel Hersheiser
Matt Vasgersian and Mark Grant (OTL Padres regional color analyst)
Gary Thorne and Jim Palmer (Thorne also the voice of the NHL on NBC)
Thom Brennaman and Buck Martinez
ABC and ESPN
Weekend Afternoons on ABC; Sunday and Wednesday Nights on ESPN; Select playoff games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN 2 and XYZ
Studio:
Chris Berman, Peter Gammons
Booth:
Jon Miller and Joe Morgan
Josh Lewin and Steve Lyons
Don Orsillo and Bob Brenly
Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow (Both OTL SF Giants regional announcers)
Odyssey (Produced by UPN Sports)
Sunday Afternoons and select playoff games
Studio:
Chip Caray and Eric Karros
Booth:
Dave Niehaus and Rick Sutcliffe
Joe Buck and Dave Winfield
Ted Robinson and Steve Stone
Odyssey chose Niehaus mainly due to the Seattle connections with Odyssey's co-owner Microsoft.
I really like your choices of MLB commentator parings as there’s a drive into deep left by Castellanos it’ll be a home run. And so that’ll make it a 4-0 ballgame.
I really felt like if MLB was coming back to NBC ITTL, might as well bring Vin back to the booth.
Inexplicably, recent promos for anthology series airings of the 1997 film Anastasia used the chorus of Linkin Park's "My December" in the background. Which some found surprisingly fitting because there's aleady a song in the movie with "December" in the title.
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Pro Football Broadcast Pairings for 2006
NFL
CBS (NFC)
Studio (The NFL Today): Rich Eisen, Shannon Sharpe and Ahmad Rashad
Play by Play:
Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf
Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson (Both are also the voices of CBS's SEC games)
Bill Macatee and Dan Marino
Don Criqui and Beasley Reece
Dick Stockton and Matt Millen
Kenny Albert and Tim Green
Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts
Sidelines:
Bonnie Bernstein
Armen Keteyian
SBC (AFC)
Studio (NFL Total Access): James Brown and Jerome Bettis
Play by Play:
Mike "Doc" Emrick and Boomer Esiason
Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker
Kevin Harlan and Jerry Glanville
Dick Enberg and Todd Christensen
Mike Patrick and Steve Beuerlein
Sam Rosen and Ron Pitts
Curt Menifee and Solomon Wilcots
Josh Lewin and John Dockery
Sidelines:
Michele Tafoya
Tony Siragusa
Fox (Sunday Night Football)
Studio: Eric Clemons, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Rod Woodson
Booth: Matt Vasgersian and Cris Carter
Sidelines: Pam Oliver
Matty V will stay at Fox for the remainder of the 2006 NFL season. After that, he will join NBC for their MLB coverage.
ABC (Monday Night Football)
Studio (Monday Night Countdown): Chris Berman, Tom Jackson and Joe Theismann
Booth: Al Michaels and John Madden
Sideline: Lisa Guerrero
NFL Slimetime on Nickelodeon hosted by Terry Crews and Deion Sanders
Inside the NFL on HBO hosted by Len Dawson, Joe Namath, Warren Moon and Steve Young
USA Network (Thursday Night Football)
Studio: Diana Nyad and Joe Gibbs
Booth: Brad Nessler and Cris Collinsworth
WLAF Pairings for 2007
TNT
Studio (World League Passport)
Fred Hickman and Dennis Green
Play by Play
Ernie Johnson and Ron Wolfley
Marv Albert and Jim Mandich
The Hub
Studio (Inside the World League)
Len Dawson, Joe Namath and Wayne Fontes
Play by Play
Bob Papa and Steve Young
Paul Burmeister and Tom Waddle
Fox
Studio (Fox World League Weekend)
Eric Clemons, Howie Long, Terry Bradshaw and Bill Cowher
Play by Play
Nick Halling and Bill Maas
Ray Bentley and Rich Gannon
Paul Kennedy and Brent Jones
Barry Tompkins and Toi Cook
Paul Allen (OTL Vikings radio announcer) and Butch Davis
Tim Kitzrow (OTL voice of Midway's sports video games) and Junior Seau
UPN
Studio (World League on UPN)
Fran Charles, Kevin Greene and Michael Irvin
Play by Play
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
Tim Brant and Warren Moon
Spero Dedes and Seth Joyner
Bill Macdonald (Took over for Chick Hearn as the Lakers' regional announcer IOTL) and Marcus Allen
Craig Bolerjack and Emmitt Smith
The 2007 WLAF season will mostly be used by Fox to audition play-by-play guys to take over Sunday Night Football the following fall. Matt Vasgersian, who had been Sunday Night Football's announcer from 2002 thru '06, will join NBC for baseball starting in 2007.
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Pro Football Broadcast Pairings for 2006
NFL
CBS (NFC)
Studio (The NFL Today): Rich Eisen, Shannon Sharpe and Ahmad Rashad
Play by Play:
Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf
Jim Nantz and Phil Simms
Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson (Both are also the voices of CBS's SEC games)
Bill Macatee and Dan Marino
Don Criqui and Beasley Reece
Dick Stockton and Matt Millen
Kenny Albert and Tim Green
Ian Eagle and Dan Fouts
Sidelines:
Bonnie Bernstein
Armen Keteyian
SBC (AFC)
Studio (NFL Total Access): James Brown and Jerome Bettis
Play by Play:
Mike "Doc" Emrick and Boomer Esiason
Gus Johnson and Steve Tasker
Kevin Harlan and Jerry Glanville
Dick Enberg and Todd Christensen
Mike Patrick and Steve Beuerlein
Sam Rosen and Ron Pitts
Curt Menifee and Solomon Wilcots
Josh Lewin and John Dockery
Sidelines:
Michele Tafoya
Tony Siragusa
Fox (Sunday Night Football)
Studio: Eric Clemons, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Rod Woodson
Booth: Matt Vasgersian and Cris Carter
Sidelines: Pam Oliver
Matty V will stay at Fox for the remainder of the 2006 NFL season. After that, he will join NBC for their MLB coverage.
ABC (Monday Night Football)
Studio (Monday Night Countdown): Chris Berman, Tom Jackson and Joe Theismann
Booth: Al Michaels and John Madden
Sideline: Lisa Guerrero
NFL Slimetime on Nickelodeon hosted by Terry Crews and Deion Sanders
Inside the NFL on HBO hosted by Len Dawson, Joe Namath, Warren Moon and Steve Young
USA Network (Thursday Night Football)
Studio: Diana Nyad and Joe Gibbs
Booth: Brad Nessler and Cris Collinsworth
WLAF Pairings for 2007
TNT
Studio (World League Passport)
Fred Hickman and Dennis Green
Play by Play
Ernie Johnson and Ron Wolfley
Marv Albert and Jim Mandich
The Hub
Studio (Inside the World League)
Len Dawson, Joe Namath and Wayne Fontes
Play by Play
Bob Papa and Steve Young
Paul Burmeister and Tom Waddle
Fox
Studio (Fox World League Weekend)
Eric Clemons, Howie Long, Terry Bradshaw and Bill Cowher
Play by Play
Nick Halling and Bill Maas
Ray Bentley and Rich Gannon
Paul Kennedy and Brent Jones
Barry Tompkins and Toi Cook
Paul Allen (OTL Vikings radio announcer) and Butch Davis
Tim Kitzrow (OTL voice of Midway's sports video games) and Junior Seau
UPN
Studio (World League on UPN)
Fran Charles, Kevin Greene and Michael Irvin
Play by Play
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
Tim Brant and Warren Moon
Spero Dedes and Seth Joyner
Bill Macdonald (Took over for Chick Hearn as the Lakers' regional announcer IOTL) and Marcus Allen
Craig Bolerjack and Emmitt Smith
The 2007 WLAF season will mostly be used by Fox to audition play-by-play guys to take over Sunday Night Football the following fall. Matt Vasgersian, who had been Sunday Night Football's announcer from 2002 thru '06, will join NBC for baseball starting in 2007.
And For The Record with NBC decided to use the "Orente" package by John Nordstrom (who composed the theme music to the All New 3's a Crowd on GSN IOTL) and Dean Grinsfelder (who composed the theme music to Lingo on GSN IOTL) for Major League Baseball but what about ABC?
Answer: Along with ESPN, The Theme Music will be composed by Clark Gault which can be heard below beginning in 2007.
Great job on the WLAF! But we are doing a Thanksgiving 2006 battle of New Line Cinema/Luxor Pictures' The Prestige, Disney/Amblin/Legendary's Bonkers 2, Universal's Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, 20th Century-Fox/Jerry Bruckheimer Films/Scott Free's Deja Vu and Dimension Films' Griffin & Phoenix.
It should be noted that Dimension Films is a sublabel of Touchstone Pictures, which is owned by The Jim Henson Company, who owns ABC, the network who aired the original 1976 Griffin & Phoenix movie.
It should be noted that Dimension Films is a sublabel of Touchstone Pictures, which is owned by The Jim Henson Company, who owns ABC, the network who aired the original 1976 Griffin & Phoenix movie.
How are the kids/family/animation cable networks doing in the ratings, rank-wise?
1) Nickelodeon
2) Cartoon Network
3) USA Cartoon Express
4) The Disney Channel
5) Festival (Bally's family network, which is moving from premium to basic cable since The Hub is Bally's answer to USA Network)
6) Odyssey
7) Warner Freeform
8) Jetix
9) Toon Disney
10) Boomerang
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