TV listings for Cubs fans offseason 2006

NFL Football

"Chicago Bears at Arizona Cardinals" The 5-0 Bears try to keep their win streak alive against the 1-4 Cardinals.

Mon 10/16 7:30 PM ESPN & ESPN HD
(Hopefully this one won't be blacked out like ESPN does for the Cubs games.)
Duration: 3 hours
No Rating
Sports, Football, Sports Event

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America's Heartland

"Chicago Board of Trade; filmmakers" Chicago Board of Trade; Hollywood filmmakers; windmills generate energy; school gardens. (Repeat)

Sat 10/28 5:30 PM PBS
Check local listings
Duration: 30 minutes
No Rating
Interests, Travel

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This one just happens to be Cubs related...

Mets Classics

"1986: Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets" Mets clinch the NL East, from Sept. 17, 1986. (Repeat)

Thu 10/19 12:30 PM 438 SNY
Duration: 2 hours
No Rating
Sports, Baseball, Sports Non-Event

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WGN video interviews with Cubs President John McDonough.
(Windows Media)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/video/chi-videobucket-sports,1,6123017.htmlstory

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Chicago Bears tv listings

Chicago Bears press conference
Mon 10/30 6:00 PM CSNCH
Duration: 30 minutes
No Rating
Sports, Talk Shows, Football, Sports Talk, Talk Show

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Bears Blitz

Lovie Smith's press conference; player and coach interviews; studio analysis of the game.

Wed 11/1 5:30 PM CSNCH
Duration: 1 hour
No Rating
News and Business, Sports, Sports Non-Event, Interview, Football

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Bears Game Day Live

Sun 11/5 11:30 AM 5 WMAQ
Duration: 30 minutes
No Rating
Sports, Talk Shows, Football, Sports Talk, Talk Show

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2005 Chicago Bears

Under head coach Lovie Smith, the Bears finish the regular season 11-5 but lose to the Panthers in the NFC Divisional playoff game.

Thu 11/9 2:30 PM NFLNET
Duration: 30 minutes
No Rating
Sports, Football, Sports Non-Event

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NFL Football

"Miami Dolphins at Chicago Bears"

Sun 11/5 1:00 PM 2 WBBM CBS
Duration: 3 hours
No Rating
Sports, Football, Sports Event

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Thanks Tivo!

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As always, check your local listings for time & channel.

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Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
(Get your vcr/Tivo/DVR ready!)

After being cut from his youth baseball team, a boy begins a new one with a coach who has ties to the Negro Baseball Leagues.

Cast includes Ossie Davis and Ernie Banks

Mon 11/20 2:45 PM 9730 HALLMARK
Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Rated: nr
Children, Drama, Movies
http://hallmarkchannel.com/

Reairs 06:00 AM Tuesday 11/21

Baseball Girls

The history of women in the game includes softball.

Sat 11/11 5:30 PM DOCUMENARY CHANNEL
Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Rated: TV-G
Documentary, Sports, Sports Non-Event, Baseball, History

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital
Fri 11/17 10:00 AM SCIFI
Duration: 1 hour
Rated: TV-14
Drama, Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Fantasy, Horror
http://www.tv.com/stephen-kings-kingdom-...

NFL Football

"Chicago Bears at New York Giants" The Bears, coming off a loss to the Miami Dolphins, travel to East Rutherford to take on the 6-2 Giants

Sun 11/12 8:15 PM 5 WMAQ
Duration: 3 hours, 15 minutes
No Rating
Sports, Football, Sports Event

Awesome Adventures

"Chicago" In Chicago: scenic bike tour; fun house maze; Chicago-style pizza; Hancock Observatory; Chicago Board Options Exchange; Serpent Safari

Sat 11/18 9:00 AM 32 WFLD
Duration: 30 minutes
Rated: TV-G
Interests, Children, Action Adventure, Travel

Lights Festival

The 15th annual holiday parade on the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago is hosted by Steve Sanders, Alison Payne and Tom Skilling.

Sat 11/18 7:00 PM 9 WGN
Duration: 1 hour
Rated: TV-G
Interests, Holiday, Special, Parade

History Detectives

"Wartime Baseball; A baseball autographed by Dizzy Dean

http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives...

MTV Cribs

Baseball player Johnny Damon

Sun 11/19 2:00 AM MTV2
Duration: 30 minutes
No Rating
Interests, News and Business, Home and Garden, Interview, Home Improvement

(Okay, I admit it. I enjoy viewing pro-athlete's homes. Love to see what choices their house designer's made.
You see things in their homes that you won't find at Lowes and Menards. I'd like to see a family friendly home tour tv program of the homes of Chicago pro-athletes and other Chicago personalities.)

Be sure to scroll up the page for previous listings that haven't aired yet.

Source: Tivo listings. Thanks Tivo!

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Lengthy article regarding the Sabermetrics episode of the Numb3rs tv series and the Baseball's Secret Formula program.

November 16, 2006
Schrodinger's Bat
The Numb3rs Game

Sample from article...

Back in the real world, performance metrics, even advanced ones devised by unemployed high school dropouts, are far too blunt an instrument to approach the subject of PEDs on an individual level. As Nate Silver discussed in the chapter "What do Statistics Tell Us About Steroids?" in Baseball Between The Numbers "unexplained changes in performance are the norm and not the exception," and even when analyzing players in the aggregate who we know used because they were caught, there is no statistically significant change detectable in their performance after they were caught and presumably stopped using.

Read article at:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=5711

(Subscription required to read entire article)

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Today I ran Tivo searches on keyword "baseball" and also "Cubs" with no success.

However, I did find two shows with "Cardinals" in it.

I'd like to see some Cubs programs on WGN and Comcast Sports Chicago. Perhaps they could run some of those old Chicago Cubs year in review videos / films from year's past.
I know there is an audience for this kind of thing.

If you check Amazon.com
you'll find very few Cubs related videos and DVDs. So fans can't find much in the way of Cubs related videos to even purchase, let along watch on broadcast television.

Remember, there are far more Cubs fans in the world than Cardinal fans.

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Cardinals Caravan
Mon 1/22 10:00 PM FSM
Fox Sports Midwest
Duration: 30 minutes
No Rating
Sports, Baseball, Sports Non-Event

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FSN Live
"Cardinals Hot Stove Report"
Fri 1/19 10:00 PM FSM
Fox Sports Midwest
Duration: 30 minutes
No Rating
Sports, Talk Shows, Sports Talk, Talk Show, Sports Non-Event

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Check out the Wrigleyville Condo featured on HGTV's National Open House. It has a wonderful interior. The designer did a fantastic job.

National Open House
Episode HNOH-103

February 11, 2007 12:30 PM ET/PT HGTV

Quote from website...

This episode explores what kinds of homes you can find in Portland, Maine, Honolulu and Chicago, at price points of $250,000, $500,000, $750,000 and $1 million.

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/shows_hnoh/epis...

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WGN reporter Juan Carlos Fanjul filed a report on what happens to the confiscated items from O'Hare airport.

Did anyone else notice the Cubs baseball bat in the story?

I can't seem to find it listed in the auction. Bummer!
Maybe next week???

To see the report, look for this story:

Cover Story: Confiscated carry-ons

at this webpage:

http://wgntv.trb.com/news/local/eveningnews/

Videos don't last long on that site, so click on it asap if you're interested.

Also see:

I-BID online auction website
http://ibid.illinois.gov/

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REAL Sports With Bryant Gumbel

"Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella"
Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella; profile of the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team; New York Islanders head coach Ted Nolan.

Mon 3/5 9:00 PM Central
HBO
Duration: 1 hour
Rated: TV-PG
Sports, Talk Shows, Sports Talk, Talk Show
Source: Tivo listings

Also see:
http://www.hbo.com/realsports/index.html

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MLB Preseason Baseball
"Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs"
Sun 3/4 2:00 PM 9 WGN
Duration: 3 hours
No Rating
Sports, Baseball, Sports Event

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I'm wondering if ESPN is airing any pre-season baseball games?
I'd love to see a Cubs spring training game with their camera coverage.
That would be fun to watch.

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Did anyone notice the patient on last night's ER with the name Donnie Moore?

Although the patient wasn't identified with any sort of baseball connection, I do wonder if the writers were thinking of former Cubs' pitcher Donnie Moore when naming the charactor.

More about Donnie Moore, former Cubs pitcher
http://www.answers.com/topic/donnie-moore

ER website
http://www.nbc.com/ER/

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