The Memphis Grizzlies host the L.A. Lakers at FedExForum tonight at 6:30. This upcoming game caused me to learn something about how TV coverage of games works.
The game will be broadcast nationally on TNT. In the past this season, when TNT broadcast Grizzlies games, you had no choice but to watch them there – they had exclusive broadcast rights.
My producer friend tells me that is not the case with tonight’s game. TNT’s contract with the NBA specifies that it gets 6 exclusive games per team per season. Because TNT wants all the Ja Morant it can get its hands on, it’s already burned through its 6, with more than a month left. So, TNT will broadcast the game tonight… but so will Bally Sports South, the home of most Grizzlies games.
So, if you live in the Mid-South, I encourage you to tune into Bally and listen to the announcers who know the Grizz the best – your friends Pete, Brevin, and Fish. Grizz fan watching from out of market? No prob, tune into TNT in that case.
LeBron has been ruled out for tonight’s game and he may be out several weeks with a foot injury.
Weather nerd alert… tomorrow is the last day until November 24 that the normal high temperature here in Memphis will be below 60. Of course, the weather in Memphis is rarely normal, and today it will be beautiful… MWN expects a sunny day, no chance of rain, high 75, low 57. This would be a great day to call in “sick” to work.
Speaking of being sick… a few people have expressed concern over my coughing fits over the past few days. No, I don’t have COVID. On Thursday, someone smoking Black & Milds sat next to me for 3 hours. My lungs are still processing the effects.
The 2023 Music Fest lineup dropped yesterday. CEO Jim Holt says surprise additions are coming soon.
Memphis Magazine’s Vance Lauderdale has a look back at Levy’s Ladies’ Toggery at Main and Union.
From the Memphis Beer Blog: Memphis Made Brewing’s Give Back Wednesdays help local nonprofits
DJ Tree will play the Blind Bear this Friday at 10.
The monthly Downtown Neighborhood Association meeting is tonight at 5:30 at the Withers Gallery on Beale. Carolyn Banks from A Tour of Possibilities will speak. Her organization offers African-American historical tours of Memphis.
That’s it. Not a very newsy week thus far. Back tomorrow.