==CBS claims itself as the biggest winner in the NFL Network simulcast of Saturday's New England-N.Y. Giants game because it attracted 15.68 million viewers to its network for an 8.7 fast national rating. A combined 34.5 million watched the game on CBS, NBC and the NFL Network, making it the most-watched TV show since the Academy Awards back in Feburary, '07. It ranked No. 7 overall in all of 2007 programs.

==Fox announced Thursday that even having its No. 1 audience draw -- the 13-3 NFC East Champion Dallas Cowboys -- play on other networks eight times, as well as losing an unprecedented 11 marquee match-ups to NBC, it still outrated every other NFL TV network on Sunday afternoon broadcasts.
The fast national figures released Thursday by Nielsen Media Research show that Fox's average audience was 17.1 million viewers this season, the most since 1995 (18.2 million) and a 10.7/23 average household rating/share.

==Terry Bradshaw's "Terry Awards," announced during Fox's final regular-season NFL pregame show, included "Worst Move of the Year: The NFL for the 12th straight year without a team in Los Angeles."

==Kings' TV analyst Jim Fox sported a very loud red plaid sportscoat during Tuesday's New Year's Day telecast on FSN West. He said he was at a New Year's Eve party and the host pulled the coat of a closet, said it belonged to her grandfather, and dared him to wear it on the air. He did. The Kings won their third in a row, squashing the Chicago Blackhawks, 9-2 -- the first time they'd scored nine goals in a game since 1995. On Thursday's telecast of the Kings-Columbus game, Fox went back to a black suit jacket. The Kings lost to Columbus, 4-3. "All I can say about the jacket is: Never take for granted the power of the jacket, and never think you have control over the power of the jacket," said Fox, who doesn't plan to wear it again until next New Year's Day. "The jacket determines when the power is used."

==XM Satellite Radio signed a deal with Dan Patrick and the Content Factory to carry his syndicated radio show on Channel 144 from 7 to 9 a.m. weekdays starting Jan. 21. Patrick's show actually airs from 6-to-9 a.m. daily in L.A. on KLAC-AM (570). His website will also relaunch shortly.

==Ross Porter's "Real Sports Heroes" segments, which had debuted on KLAC-AM (570) and been a regular feature, will move to KABC-AM (790), the Dodgers' new flagship station, starting Monday at 5:30 p.m.

==Tennis Channel has moved its production and operations to a new state-of-the-art facility in Culver City as it begins a high-def channel launch on DirecTV. Tennis Channel had been operating out Fox Sports' offices since its launch in 2003. Tennis Channel CEO Ken Solomon calls the new studios the "Taj Mahal of high-definition tennis television. Its cutting-edge, on-air capabilities put televised tennis on par with every major sports or entertainment studio facility, but are devoted entirely to tennis and the growth of this great game." The facility includes a 5,000-square foot production stage on the main floor, two production control rooms, a voice-over room and green room on the second floor. The third floor handles production offices. The first live tennis coverage originally produced by Tennis Channel after its DirecTV HD launch will be the U.S. Fed Cup team hosting Germany in La Jolla early next month. And if you're interested in working for the channel ... there's a current job posting looking for someone who could be a "scheduling coordinator."

==Kevin Kiley , the former KSPN-AM (710) afternoon babysitter for D'Marco Farr, has been officially paired up with former Dallas Cowboys receiver (and recently fired ESPN NFL studio analyst) Michael Irvin at ESPN-FM (103.3) on a 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekday show that'll start Jan. 10 called "The Playmakers."

==In what turned out as Stu Nahan's final notes column for the Kings' game program that appears in the current issue, a week after he died at age 81, the former L.A. sportscaster and minor-league hockey goalie address what the NHL could do to widen its appeal. "There doesn’t seem to be much of a middle ground in hockey; you either absolutely love it, or you pay no attention to it," Nahan wrote in his last "Stu's Views" column. "Despite the dramatic growth in the number of franchises, hockey fans, though loyal and zealous, are smaller in number than those of the other major sports. So what’s a league to do about that? "Expansion, in itself, has helped spread knowledge of the sport around the country. Rule changes instituted after the last work stoppage have, most would agree, improved the look and play of the NHL. And an exciting new influx of talented, young players bodes well for the future. Still, with all that, even the most loyal hockey fans would have to concede that interest in the league lags behind other sports. "In this reporter’s opinion, however, the powers that be in the NHL have to tread carefully when they consider other changes to the game. While expanding the fan base is an important goal, it’s just as important (maybe more so) to be sure not to alienate the core fans who have supported this league at the box office for so many years. A lot of the suggestions that are made to 'improve' play come from non-fans of the sport, and it’s not at all certain that adopting their suggestions would make them fans." Nahan will be remembered at a private memorial service in Sherman Oaks next week.

==In a battle of high school football all-star games Saturday, Bob Papa, Ray Bentley, Marty Snider and Lewis Johnson will broadcast the U.S. Army High School All-American Bowl at 10 a.m. on Channel 4 from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Then, Terry Gannon, David Norrie, Tom Luginbill and Jeannie Edwards call the Under Armour All-America High School Football Game on Channel 7 at 11 a.m. from Disney's Wide World of Sports in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Go here to view game rosters.

==And finally:
Give credit to Heather Cox's humanitarian efforts in trying to get a post-Humanitarian Bowl quote from Fresno State coach (and Crespi High, class of '65) Pat Hill, even getting her mike slammed into her grill (video from YouTube.com via AwfulAnnouncing.com):