NFL Network's consolation prize
The NFL Network is coming to Western New York --for an hour a week anyway. MyNetwork TV, which is carried by WNYO-TV in Buffalo, announced today that it will be carrying the hour-long program, "NFL Network: Total Access" at 9 p.m. Saturdays beginning Sept.8. The program, which previews upcoming games and airs segments from other shows on the Network, features host Rich Eisen and former NFL stars Marshall Faulk and Rod Woodson.
The deal is a minor consolation prize for Western New York football fans with cable, who lost The NFL Network when Time Warner took over local systems from Adelphia before the 2006 season.
Last week, a Time Warner spokesperson said the local system wasn't planning on a corporate deal with The NFL Network being made any time soon.
-- Alan Pergament
