Pat Ford

NBC Sports Network will televise three college basketball games this week, plus one college hockey contest called by veteran NHL commentators Mike ‘Doc' Emrick and Pierre McGuire. In addition, NBC Sports college football studio host Liam McHugh will be on-site in Miami to file Notre Dame - Alab?ama reports from today through Monday.

Despite the recent announcement that Simon Cowell would be spending his last season in the judges seat on this season's American Idol, and a noticeably absent Paula Abdul, the program came out of the box on top, being the #1 rated program for it's premiere on Tuesday, January 12. The night with 29.9 million viewers.