29th January 2007

Tigers, FSN reach deal even Yoopers can love

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A side-effect of going to the World Series? We get to see more games — a LOT more.

Jon Paul Morosi of the Free Press is reporting FSN and the Tigers have come to a deal that will see 134 games televised on FSN with Fox Channel 2 in Detroit showing an additional 17. Morosi also reported the Tigers are working to get those 17 showed through a statewide network. (Well, almost state wide. They said most markets in Michigan. I hope they include Marquette, which covers most of the UP anyway). Also, FSN will establish an overflow channel in case there’s conflict between two Detroit sports teams. Ten games — so far, I bet there’s more — will be shown on national TV. So that makes 161 of 162 games — April 7 being the lone open date — televised.

This is obviously great news. I’m glad to see the Tigers remember there are fans statewide, and we can actually see our baseball team. I think the 17 TV20 games is a decrease, and you’d love to see fans without cable TV be able to watch more. But being practical, the Tigers need all the revenue they can get and it’s a nice mix. I wholeheartedly approve.

Update: TV Schedule via the Detroit News. Glad to see there’s not too many games needed for FSN Plus…just in case it’s not on Charter.

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  1. 1 On January 30th, 2007, tbsgc said:

    Great news! I was very excited to see that there will be so many games televised this year on fsn Detroit, although I get all the Green Bay local stations where I live, so no possibility of tv 20 games for me. Definitely something to look forward to.

  2. 2 On January 30th, 2007, Kurt said:

    Wow, I figured we’d have a couple stations overlap at least. My biggest hope is that the Tigers get on the Fox station out of Marquette, since otherwise its only purpose is to carry the Lions games so it’s pointless for, oh, 12 months… I mean, 8 months of the year.

  3. 3 On January 31st, 2007, tbsgc said:

    The only station I get that I believe you would get in Marquette that I have is Channel 3 in the UP (which is actually a rebroadcast of Channel 5 out of Green Bay). I can pick up channel 6 out of MQ with an antenna, but I just watch the directv network channels I get from Green Bay since I have no antenna.