2008 US Open TV Schedule

thanks for the schedule. I am glad we are not at ESPN ‘s mercy!

August 19th, 2008 at 9:02 pm

Will Directv be having their Interactive coverage again this year?

August 20th, 2008 at 9:50 am

Looks like Directv will be having it:
http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/contentPageNR.jsp?assetId=P4800008

August 21st, 2008 at 10:47 am

Are all these times EST?

August 30th, 2008 at 4:56 pm

I’m a Canada trying watch the US Open tennis. The Canadian ESPN channel that is called TSN has launched a new channel called TSN2. Some of the US Open will be broadcast on this channel that most tennis fans cannot receive because their main competitor Rogers owns/controls the cable and satellite companies. I wish the Canadian Government (CRTC) would step in and do something. Also the CRTC revoked the application of USA/Universal channel in Canada. I guess the Canadian Government does not care about tennis. Mike, a tennis fan from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.

August 30th, 2008 at 7:58 pm

Mike,

I’m in Canada too. When TSN isn’t showing the tennis, you can still get extra coverage for free online at websites like channelsurfing.net and justin.tv

If you go here right now, you can watch Del Potro and Simon, although the commentary is in Spanish.

http://www.justin.tv/dredd_arg

August 30th, 2008 at 8:02 pm

There is way too much talk by the commentators. This stuff is usually irrelevant and often just background blather. It seems intended to call more attention to those covering the matches rather than to the matches themselves. I am watching the tennis without sound which works pretty well, but I shouldn’t have to do that and miss statistics and results I would like to hear. Ann S

September 3rd, 2008 at 3:03 pm

If ESPN will be covering the US Open next year, does that mean that John McCanroe will not be a commentator???
If it does, I probably won’t be watching anymore tennis. He makes all the matches come alive and he is so interesting and knowledgable.

September 4th, 2008 at 5:43 pm

Hey~ I have Rogers too…and I checked the TSN schedule…they are not airing the semi-finals/finals on saturday and sunday. only on TSN2. Is there *any*where else that I can catch the US OPEN?!

September 4th, 2008 at 7:31 pm

I agree about the TV commentators talking too much. This is the way it is in almost every sport and does seem designed to call attention to themselves. Doesn’t anyone see that this is a problem? I watch less live sports than I would because of this and, yes, often turn off the sound. I wish they had a way to just turn off the commentators but still hear the ambient sounds.

These commentators should pull out some old tapes of Howard Cosell. He knew when to shut up.

September 6th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

For those in Canada who can’t get TSN2 contact your cable provider (Rogers, Bell) to order channel 673, which is the French sports channel. They are covering the rest of the US Open. However, because of the new schedule due to the rain I’m not sure what games they will cover today. When I go to the tv guide it stills lists the men’s final for 4pm today, not the rest of the men’s semi final.

September 7th, 2008 at 9:24 am

It’s hard to believe that the women’s final was not shown on TV this evening. Had to listen to US Open radio on-line to hear Serena win the match. Why is tennis given such low priority by the major networks?

September 7th, 2008 at 11:39 pm

CBS carried the women’s final this evening at 9:00 pm but it was not listed on their programming schedule. The time was mentioned on the Nadal/Murray match.

September 8th, 2008 at 12:37 am

CBS aired Big Brother instead of the women’s final. How ridiculous is that!?!

September 8th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

anyone know what time and station will cover the men;s final tonight?

September 8th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

It says CBS will cover Men’s Final today from 5pm-8pm ET which is in 15mins! Hope you’ll be able to catch this..

September 8th, 2008 at 4:47 pm

hi, Its 2:45pm MST, and I’m trying to see if there’ll be any live coverage of this US Open Final in Co. so that I can record it. All that’s showing on the comcast tv guide right now is Dr Phil, 3-4pm, and Oprah. 4-5pm…Any help out there??? steve

September 8th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

Any idea when the men’s final is being broadcast in AZ? Linda

September 8th, 2008 at 6:19 pm

You can watch the final on USOpen.org. The site has free live streaming for the final.

September 8th, 2008 at 6:22 pm

I am absolutely flabbergasted that none of our Canadian channels saw fit to air this amazing annual sports event. It is the one thing on television worth watching all year. I did eventually see it on justintv but it’s not the same; my monitor is smaller than my tv, and the play is grainy and laggy. To make matters worse, all the “sports” shows featured guys with pot-bellies in ball caps yacking on about past sports events. What a farce. I just have to ask: In this 5000-channel universe, why can’t we add to all the crap just one true quality event?

Yours Truly, one ticked off tennis fan in Toronto, Chris Higgins

September 8th, 2008 at 7:48 pm

We absolutely agree with Chris! We were able to watch the Final on RDS (a French sports channel) but we kept checking every other channel in our Rogers VIP package because we could not believe that it was not playing in English somewhere. This is the third time we have had to watch an important tennis match on RDS in French: we couldn’t find Nadal’s quarterfinal Rogers Cup match or the Roddick v. Djokovic US Open match on any English channel.

We hope the Tennis Channel becomes available in Canada soon.

– More ticked off tennis fans in Toronto.

September 8th, 2008 at 10:34 pm

Does anybody know if they will reply the whole game of the Men’s Final? I missed it today. Where can i find the listings or when they will play the replay? I’m in Canada.
I only caught he ending of Federer’s victory.

Thanks.

September 8th, 2008 at 10:51 pm