Expect less exposure to Tiger
(April 2, 2010) Maybe the Tiger Woods sex scandal is finally slowing down. Or maybe TV networks are tiring of the restrictions placed on them by Woods and the equally controlling Augusta National Golf Club.
Either way, it looks like there won't be nearly as much live coverage for Woods' first press conference at The Masters Monday as there was for February's mea culpa when several networks broke into their scheduled programming to show the golfer admit, "I was unfaithful. I had affairs. I cheated."
CBS and NBC, the PGA Tour's broadcast TV partners, are not planning to show news conference live though both showed Woods' February confession live. With ESPN providing coverage, sister network ABC is not expected to break into live programming either. ABC did not provide live coverage of Woods' February address. Since then, the world's No. 1 golfer has only given two brief, 5-minute interviews to ESPN's Tom Rinaldi and Golf Channel's Kelly Tilghman. That means if you want to watch, you should tune in to cable networks such as ESPN, which will carry the first two rounds of The Masters, or the Golf Channel, the Tour's cable TV partner. "We do not have plans to televise Tiger's press conference live," says LeslieAnne Wade, spokeswoman for CBS, which will provide weekend coverage of the tournament. Neither will NBC, according to spokesman Chris McCloskey. But CNBC and MSNBC will, he says. Fox News and Fox Business will carry it live, says Fox spokesman Dan Bell. With ESPN and ESPN2 covering Major League Baseball games Monday, the Woods press conference will be shown on ESPNEWS. "Ultimately, Tiger's return is one of the biggest stories of the year. Our goal is to serve fans," says ESPN executive vice president of studio and remote production Norby Williamson. While Augusta is providing the live feed at no charge, it's strictly limiting how, when and where they use it after the live broadcast. After a 48-hour window, they can only use it with the written permission of Augusta. _______________________
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