The World's Fastest-Growing Sports Media Podcast with @SportsTVRatings

By Robert Seidman

What's The World's Fastest-Growing Sports Media Podcast with @SportsTVRatings about?

One-on-one interviews with various members of the sports media world. Additionally, from time to time there will be narrative-driven podcasts in the style of Stephen Dubner's Freakonomics.

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The World's Fastest-Growing Sports Media Podcast with @SportsTVRatings episodes:

06.10.2022
Episode 88: NBA Finals ratings, start times and NFL dominance
A solo podcast. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sportstvratings.com
04.28.2022
Episode 87: Ryan Glasspiegel, New York Post
Richard Deitsch unintentionally inspired me to test something out with podcasting production workflow, so after nearly 3 years a podcast. Helping with the test was former regular Ryan Glasspiegel, now a sports/entertainment writer for the New York Post. Topics covered...
08.09.2019
Episode 86: Tony Reali, ESPN
Tony Reali puts himself out there openly talking about life and dealing with anxiety. And he does it in an amazingly accessible way. I wanted to capture some of that experience on a podcast. Most of the podcast focuses on...
07.30.2019
Episode 85: Ben Strauss, The Washington Post
Great to finally have Ben on the podcast! Ben has reported extensively about ESPN & politics in the aftermath of Dan Le Batard’s comments. The bulk of the podcast is on those topics but we talked about a few other...
06.08.2019
Episode 84, Jonathan Tannenwald, The Philadelphia Inquirer
With the Women’s World Cup Soccer tournament beginning it was a pleasure to have the soccer beat writer from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jonathan Tannenwald, back on the podcast. Topics discussed include the state of soccer, the state of MLS, how...
05.27.2019
Episode 83: Burke Magnus, ESPN
A pleasure to have ESPN EVP of Programming & Scheduling Burke Magnus back on the podcast. Topics discussed include: will the launch of ACCN mean fewer ACC games on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN News and ESPNU, the demands of Burke’s job,...
05.20.2019
Episode 82: Kyle Brandt, NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football”
It was a blast to talk to “Good Morning Football’s” Kyle Brandt. We talked his “The Real World” beginnings, the NFL draft, and Kyle’s energy level. Kyle notes that never having played in the NFL and having to work with...
05.20.2019
Episode 81: Nick Wright, FS1
It was a pleasure to finally talk FS1’s Nick Wright. We talked about Nick letting his hair grow out (seriously!), what the rising & grinding schedule is like for someone with a 6:30A TV show and a 6P radio show...
05.12.2019
Episode 80: Ryan Glasspiegel, The Big Lead
Great to have Ryan back on the podcast. We talked Jamie Horowitz landing at DAZN and then had a more general conversation about DAZN (including Adnan Virk’s hiring), we spent several minutes on Ryan’s gambling habits, and then we talked...
05.08.2019
Episode 79: Jorge Sedano, ESPN
Last week Jorge appeared on ESPN’s “Around the Horn” and a friend reached out with “Keep your eye on that guy, he’s an up and comer!” and I thought “He has a drive time radio show in the country’s 2nd-biggest...
04.27.2019
Episode 78: James Andrew Miller on Robert Caro’s “Working”
Always a pleasure to talk to Jim but a note to the sports media lovers: we spent a few minutes on “will ABC get an NFL package?” during the last few minutes but this episode is for book lovers and...
02.08.2019
Episode 77: Patrick Crakes, Media Consultant
Lots of Super Bowl ratings talk! If you’re enough of a TV ratings nerd to care how TV network executives think about and use the Super Bowl Nielsen TV ratings hopefully this will be a pretty good listen. We also...
12.19.2018
Episode 76: Ryan Glasspiegel, The Big Lead
More “pre-holiday informal phone call” than “formal podcast” but it was fun and we talked NBA ratings & whether ESPN did a better job with the NBA schedule than Turner and whether Turner Sports’ star is fading more generally (Tiger/Phil,...
11.29.2018
Episode 75: Patrick Crakes on what happens with the Fox Sports RSNs
Two podcasts in a week? Yep. I didn’t see that coming either but opportunity with former Fox Sports exec turned media consultant Pat Crakes knocked so I answered. We mostly talked the fate of the 22 Fox Sports RSNs that...
11.28.2018
Episode 74: James Andrew Miller
Opportunity knocked and it seemed like a good way to let people know I’m still alive! We talked about the great “Sex and the City” chapter of Jim’s Origins podcast, about Disney warming the NFL up to make a bid...
10.25.2018
Episode 73: Bill Gorman, @TVGrimReaper
Great to have the podcast’s first guest and my friend and fellow TVbytheNumbers co-founder Bill Gorman back on the podcast. We talked CBS’s over the top streaming service CBS AllAccess, Fox broadcast net’s new strategy, digital companies bidding on NFL...
10.19.2018
Episode 72: Oriana Schwindt, “American Grift” podcast
When I was very focused on the TV/media scene Oriana Schwindt was one of the best reporters I came across. Oriana has finished her Centerville project and recently launched a new podcast, “American Grift.” We talked about the podcast, the...
10.14.2018
Episode 71: Jemele Hill
It was great to finally chat with Jemele Hill. We talked about SC6 and navigating becoming the poster children for both ESPN being too political and ESPN laying people off. We also talked SC6 ratings (Jemele has become a pretty...
10.11.2018
Episode 70: Albert “Scooter” Vertino, SVP of Programming for Turner Sports
Ahead of the upcoming NBA season I thought it’d be fun to catch up with Turner Sports’ Scooter Vertino. We talked Yankees/Red Sox, Astros not getting any primetime love in the LDS, Astros/Red Sox ALCS, hiring Candace Parker, 23 years...
09.22.2018
Episode 69: Anthony Crupi, Ad Age/Phil Orlins, ESPN
A two-fer podcast: first up is Anthony Crupi: we talk about ESPN+ hitting a million viewers, studio shows on sports nets, out of home viewing and the late national windows on FOX & CBS and how both are bigger than...
09.15.2018
Episode 68: Anthony Crupi, Advertising Age
Anthony Crupi back by popular demand! We talked Alliance of American Football, NFL ratings, tales from the sad salad (the “power salad” wasn’t sad, but…) Crupi’s gambling picks for this weekend and more. Anthony on Twitter: @CrupiCrupiCrupi Anthony’s Story Archive...
09.07.2018
Episode 67: John Ourand & Richard Deitsch
I’d never had Richard & John on together and it was as much fun as I’d hoped it would be! We went deep on the single data point (the overnight rating for Falcons/Eagles) of NFL ratings available when we taped....
09.04.2018
Episode 66: Jeff Pearlman, best-selling author
It was a pleasure to chat with Jeff Pearlman about his upcoming book: Football for a Buck: the crazy rise and crazier demise of the USFL. We talked about the book, a bit about his process and some sports media...
08.24.2018
Episode 65: Jason Coyle, CEO, Stadium
Stadium just celebrated its first birthday and had a lot going on in year one. I had a lot of fun talking to Stadium CEO, Jason Coyle about distribution, media rights, Stadium’s partnerships with Facebook and Twitch, free over-the-air TV, on-air...
08.20.2018
Episode 64: James Andrew Miller
Jim and I talked his podcast Origins of a Champion: Nick Saban & Alabama’s Crimson Tide. Nick Saban has a heart of gold and Lane Kiffin is very compelling and I’m fascinated by the idea of the pressure cooker environment...
08.14.2018
Episode 63: Ryan Glasspiegel, The Big Lead
Ryan was back on the podcast to help me shake off the rust. He tried! We mostly chatted about our media habits but we veered into HIGH NOON moving to 4pm; some of the OTT services like ESPN+ & DAZN,...
08.03.2018
Episode 62: The “where’s the podcast?” podcast
Technical difficulties: please stand by. The podcast will return in late August. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sportstvratings.com
06.15.2018
Episode 61: Cassidy Hubbarth, ESPN
It was great to chat with ESPN’s Cassidy Hubbarth. We talked NBA free agency, LeBron, NBA Draft/free agency, NBA Summer League, behind the scenes production vs. being on-air, SportsCenter for SnapChat. how important social media (Twitter in particular) has been to...
06.06.2018
Episode 60: Scooter Vertino, SVP, Programming & Production at Turner Sports
It was great to have Scooter back on the podcast. We covered a range of NBA production-related topics (relationships with talent, dealing with real-time Internet feedback, are they doing anything special for the small and more), TNT’s great playoff ratings,...
05.30.2018
Episode 59: Peter Schrager, “Good Morning Football”
It’s always a blast to catch up with Fox Sports’ and NFL Networks’ Peter Schrager. Topics discussed include: GMFB’s new digs in Time Square, GMFB ratings, and GMFB getting some love. We also chatted NBA vs. NFL, Bryan Colangelo’s Twitter...
05.24.2018
Episode 58: Joe Ovies, 99.9 FM The Fan in Raleigh, NC (Will driverless cars disrupt the radio business?)
This podcast was inspired by a Richard Deitsch mailbag column on The Athletic (https://theathletic.com/365498/2018/05/23/media-mailbag-why-al-michaels-will-stick-around-the-future-of-espns-michael-smith-world-cup-in-4k-and-more/) that included a great question from Gil Gross in NY on whether young people thinking of getting into radio should be worried about driverless cars. Technology disrupting...
05.09.2018
Episode 57: Ryan Glasspiegel & Patrick Crakes
Ryan & Patrick together again for a podcast mostly focused on employee salaries being made public inspired by this Andrew Marchand piece in the New York Post. ( https://nypost.com/2018/05/08/why-is-espn-paying-katie-nolan-seven-figures/ ). We also talked the ESPN+ acquisition of some UFC rights...
05.04.2018
Episode 56: Richard Deitsch
Was great to catch up with Richard on a variety of sports media related topics and on moving to Canada and joining The Athletic. This was a “Never Can Say Goodbye” podcast where we kept talking (and taping) several times...
04.24.2018
Episode 55: Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
It was great to talk to Derek Thompson who’s a senior editor for The Atlantic and the best-selling author of Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction for a short podcast. We discussed his recent piece in...
04.21.2018
Episode 54: Ryan Glasspiegel & Patrick Crakes on the NFL Schedule
Ryan Glasspiegel from The Big Lead and first-time guest Patrick Crakes who is a media consultant and former executive at Fox Sports joined the podcast and on the heels of the NFL schedule release it was a lot of fun...
04.02.2018
Episode 53: Bill Roth, Broadcaster, “Intro to Sports Media” Professor at Virginia Tech
Bill Roth has a broadcasting career that spans 30 years including an impressive 27 of them consecutively calling Virginia Tech football. Bill has transitioned to calling some national games on ESPN & CBS Sports Network but Bill is back in...
03.24.2018
Episode 52: Jon Lewis, sportsmediawatch.com
Was great to talk to Jon Lewis about Indy Car leaving ABC for NBC, NCAA tournament ratings and potentially good finals matches still in play, NBA ratings, the new Sunday Night Baseball booth, Monday Night & Thursday night football booths,...
03.06.2018
Episode 51: Eric Jackson on ESPN’s new president
On March 5, 2018 ESPN announced it had hired Disney exec Jimmy Pitaro as president of ESPN. On March 6, 2018 I talked to Eric Jackson, who is founder and president of EMJ Capital about the hire. Eric is a...
03.01.2018
Episode 50: Winter Olympics Ratings
No guests for this one. A quick, less than 7-minute podcast discussing the Winter Olympics Ratings from PyeongChang on NBC. Here are the numbers versus Sochi in 2014 via NBC Sports: WINTER OLYMPICS PRIMETIME TOTAL AUDIENCE DELIVERY PYC 2018 Sochi...
02.13.2018
Episode 49: Mina Kimes, ESPN
Mina recently wrote a great piece on NFL ratings ( if you don’t see a hypertext link you can find the piece at: http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22359434/where-people-miss-point-nfl-television-ratings-2017-season-super-bowl-lii ) and we talked about it. At the end of the podcast we also talk about this: (if...
02.06.2018
Episode 48: Jimmy Traina, Sports Illustrated
Jimmy Traina was the only person I spoke to before the NFL season who predicted NFL ratings would go down this season. I thought it’d be good to have him on to bookend the season by talking about ratings for...
01.31.2018
Episode 47: Michael David Smith, Managing Editor at ProFootballTalk
It was a pleasure to finally talk to Michael David Smith who was calling in from Minnesota where he’s covering the Super Bowl. We talked about the Super Bowl and the perceived lack of buzz, what the ratings will be...
01.29.2018
Episode 46: Rick Cordella, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Digital Media, NBC Sports Group
With NBC televising both the Super Bowl and the Olympics in February, I thought it’s be a good time to catch up with Rick Cordella to talk about NBC Sports’ plans for handling that on the streaming side. Topics discussed...
01.25.2018
Episode 45: Albert “Scooter” Vertino, SVP of Programming & Production, Turner Sports
It was great getting to know Scooter Vertino a little. Additionally, Scooter also is SVP of content, programming and production for NBA digital which includes NBA-TV, League Pass and NBA.com. Topics discussed include: – reactions to the schedule and off...
01.22.2018
Episode 44: Burke Magnus, Executive VP of Programming & Scheduling, ESPN with Matt Sarzyniak
It was great to talk to ESPN’s Burke Magnus. Two sections to this podcast. The first 15 minutes is a straight one-on-one interview with Burke where we discuss: – College Football Bowl season recap – Burke’s thoughts on the move...
01.18.2018
Episode 43: Ryan Glasspiegel, The Big Lead
Topics discussed include: NFL ratings Outside factors impacting NFL ratings (Ryan posits Videogames and Netflix) Media coverage of the Larry Nassar trial Discussion of Ryan branching out from just writing to doing a podcast and radio appearances and some video...
01.09.2018
Episode 42: Richard Deitsch, Sports Illustrated with Ad Age’s Anthony Crupi
Richard Deitsch and Anthony Crupi have appeared individually on my podcast more than any other guests so I thought it would be fun to pair them up. It was*. Topics discussed include: — Super Bowl ratings? — discussion about how NFL ratings...
01.05.2018
Episode 41: Aaron Barzilai, herhoopstats.com & Richard Deitsch, Sports Illustrated
There’s a great community of data scientists on the Internet and that’s how I originally came across Aaron Barzilai. Now Aaron has launched herhoopstats.com, a site that aspires to be the Ken Pom of women’s college basketball. Since Richard Deitsch...
01.03.2018
Episode 40: Jim Miller, “Origins with James Andrew Miller”
Jim Miller of “Live from New York,” “Those Guys Have All the Fun” and “Powerhouse” fame joined the podcast to talk about the recently released PTI episode of the ESPN chapter of his Origins podcast. We also talked about his...
12.21.2017
Episode 39: Ryan Glasspiegel, The Big Lead
Ryan Glasspiegel from the Big Lead joined the podcast for the third time to discuss a variety of recent sports business and sports media topics. Topics discussed include: Ryen Rusillo leaving ESPN/Where will he land John Skipper’s resignation from ESPN...

What's The World's Fastest-Growing Sports Media Podcast with @SportsTVRatings about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The World's Fastest-Growing Sports Media Podcast with @SportsTVRatings episodes:

Episode 88: NBA Finals ratings, start times and NFL dominance

Episode 87: Ryan Glasspiegel, New York Post

Episode 86: Tony Reali, ESPN

Episode 85: Ben Strauss, The Washington Post

Episode 84, Jonathan Tannenwald, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Episode 83: Burke Magnus, ESPN

Episode 82: Kyle Brandt, NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football”

Episode 81: Nick Wright, FS1

Episode 80: Ryan Glasspiegel, The Big Lead

Episode 79: Jorge Sedano, ESPN

Episode 78: James Andrew Miller on Robert Caro’s “Working”

Episode 77: Patrick Crakes, Media Consultant

Episode 76: Ryan Glasspiegel, The Big Lead

Episode 75: Patrick Crakes on what happens with the Fox Sports RSNs

Episode 74: James Andrew Miller

Episode 73: Bill Gorman, @TVGrimReaper

Episode 72: Oriana Schwindt, “American Grift” podcast

Episode 71: Jemele Hill

Episode 70: Albert “Scooter” Vertino, SVP of Programming for Turner Sports

Episode 69: Anthony Crupi, Ad Age/Phil Orlins, ESPN

Episode 68: Anthony Crupi, Advertising Age

Episode 67: John Ourand & Richard Deitsch

Episode 66: Jeff Pearlman, best-selling author

Episode 65: Jason Coyle, CEO, Stadium

Episode 64: James Andrew Miller

Episode 63: Ryan Glasspiegel, The Big Lead

Episode 62: The “where’s the podcast?” podcast

Episode 61: Cassidy Hubbarth, ESPN

Episode 60: Scooter Vertino, SVP, Programming & Production at Turner Sports

Episode 59: Peter Schrager, “Good Morning Football”

Episode 58: Joe Ovies, 99.9 FM The Fan in Raleigh, NC (Will driverless cars disrupt the radio business?)

Episode 57: Ryan Glasspiegel & Patrick Crakes

Episode 56: Richard Deitsch

Episode 55: Derek Thompson, The Atlantic

Episode 54: Ryan Glasspiegel & Patrick Crakes on the NFL Schedule

Episode 53: Bill Roth, Broadcaster, “Intro to Sports Media” Professor at Virginia Tech

Episode 52: Jon Lewis, sportsmediawatch.com

Episode 51: Eric Jackson on ESPN’s new president

Episode 50: Winter Olympics Ratings

Episode 49: Mina Kimes, ESPN

Episode 48: Jimmy Traina, Sports Illustrated

Episode 47: Michael David Smith, Managing Editor at ProFootballTalk

Episode 46: Rick Cordella, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Digital Media, NBC Sports Group

Episode 45: Albert “Scooter” Vertino, SVP of Programming & Production, Turner Sports

Episode 44: Burke Magnus, Executive VP of Programming & Scheduling, ESPN with Matt Sarzyniak

Episode 43: Ryan Glasspiegel, The Big Lead

Episode 42: Richard Deitsch, Sports Illustrated with Ad Age’s Anthony Crupi

Episode 41: Aaron Barzilai, herhoopstats.com & Richard Deitsch, Sports Illustrated

Episode 40: Jim Miller, “Origins with James Andrew Miller”

Episode 39: Ryan Glasspiegel, The Big Lead