More Thursday night games on tap for next NFL season
The NFL is increasing the number of Thursday night games so more of its teams can play in prime time.
Commissioner Roger Goodell said there will be Thursday night games on the NFL Network from the second to the 15th week of the season, giving all of the league’s teams a chance to appear in prime time on some outlet.
Those games will be in addition to the usual Sunday night and Monday night games, which tend to feature teams coming off good seasons.
Mr. Goodell revealed the television scheduling change at his state of the NFL news conference Friday.
He sidestepped a question about expanding the regular season schedule, saying it’s something that would have to be evaluated along with the players.
Tiny Pennsylvania town issues ’Jersey Shore’ invite
If Snooki and JWoww need a place to live, Jersey Shore will welcome them with open arms.
Jersey Shore, Pa., that is.
The Central Pennsylvania Film Office wants the stars of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” reality show to go to the tiny borough in north-central Pennsylvania or to nearby Williamsport to shoot a planned spinoff of their gym-tan-laundry lifestyle.
The commissioner of the film office, Lorena Beniquez, was quick to jump on the news that officials in Hoboken, N.J., had refused to issue a permit for the new reality show that will feature hard-partying stars Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Jenni “JWoww” Farley.
So, Ms. Beniquez thought, why not invite the “Jersey Shore” stars to the borough of the same name about 140 miles northwest of Philadelphia and only slightly farther than that from Hoboken? Failing that, Ms. Beniquez is hoping the producers might consider shooting in Williamsport, the Lycoming County seat.
“Most of the time, when we make headlines, it’s for the Little League World Series,” Ms. Beniquez said, referring to the global tournament played in Williamsport each summer. “Or the gas industry. We want to be known for something once the gas industry is done and gone.”
Officials in Williamsport, population 29,000, and Jersey Shore, which has about 4,300 residents, say they’re all ears if MTV or the production company wants to pitch the show to them.
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