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Strikeforce ‘Fedor vs Rogers’ Pre-Fight Interviews: Scott Coker & Kelly Kahl
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Scott Coker and Kelly Kahl talk to Fanhouse’s Ariel Helwani about bring Strikeforce to CBS.
Business wise the event is doing very well. Scott Coker says they’ve sold 9,815 tickets to the event with only 871 left to sell. Meanwhile, ...
Transcript of CBS Executive Kelly Kahl’s interview with Fanhouse
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Transcript of Scott Coker interview with Fanhouse | Home Transcript of CBS Executive Kelly Kahl’s interview with Fanhouse By Zach Arnold | November 6, 2009 INTERVIEWER: “Kelly, we’re just a couple of days away now from a huge event on CBS. I want to ask you an interesting question, um, October 4th, 2008, obviously that was the last CBS event uh, MMA event on CBS, Kimbo Slice-Seth Petruzelli, after everything that went on on that night, did you ever think that we’d see MMA back on CBS?” KELLY KAHL: “Yeah, we always hoped we would. Uh, it was a tough night and um you know obviously not the way we’d ...
CBS Managing Expectations
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CBS' Kelly Kahl Pre-Fight Strikeforce Interview (via ArielHelwani)
Ariel Helwani of MMA Fanhouse interviewed Kelly Kahl of CBS about Strikeforce: Emelianenko vs. Rogers in order to ascertain the network's position going into the fight. After the interview it is clear that CBS is trying to lower expectations.
The money quotes are below,
"The good news is you know we’ve sold out all the advertising time and uh you know the bar for success on a Saturday night really isn’t all that high so if we can improve say our male ...
Strikeforce “Fedor vs. Rogers” Roundup: News, Photos, Quotes, and Videos
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NEWS AND NOTES
EA Sports announced during a Friday press conference in Chicago that top Strikeforce fighters Brett Rogers and Jake Shields will be featured in the company’s “EA Sports MMA” video game, which is slated for a 2010 release.
“Fedor vs. Rogers” has nearly sold out, with a crowd of approximately 10,000 expected to be on hand for the CBS-televised event at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
Scott Coker announced at Thursday’s pre-fight press conference that the winner of Saturday’s main event between Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers will likely fight ...
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker And CBS’s Kelly Kahl Preview The Strikeforce Show
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Post Fight Interview With Gloating CBS Executive
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CBS’s Kelly Kahl Discusses The Early Strikeforce Viewer Ratings
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As much of the talk in the aftermath of Strikeforce: Fedor Vs Rogers revolves around the viewing figures, one man who’s opinion is of great value is Kelly Kahl, Senior Executive Vice President of CBS Primetime.
Throughout this week he has been talking to the media about the event which aired on CBS. Let’s first take at what he’s had to say, both before, and after the show aired on Saturday night.
Pre Fight Press Conference Interview with Ariel Helwani:
Key Quotes:
“The bar for success on a Saturday night really isn’t all that high, so if we can improve, say our male demographics a little ...
