"Bloody" Day at ESPN today

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#135
October 13, 2017, 01:35:49 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 13, 2017, 01:30:50 PM
Quote from: mirth on October 13, 2017, 12:35:11 PM
Quote from: airboy on October 13, 2017, 12:29:14 PMIf ESPN wants Hill to spout off about politics, give her a Sports/Politics show and let her have at it.
That's pretty much what SC6 is. It wasn't conceived as a 'just the facts' Sports Center program. Hill and Michael Smith were brought in because they're opinionated.

Not only that, but a "just the facts" SportsCenter at 6pm didn't have any viewers of any kind anyway.  It's not like they lost viewers b/c of Smith & Hill.  They never had the viewers in the first place.  So they decided to try something different.

It's a sucky time slot.  Local news, dinner, kids sports activities.  If it's meant to be a different type of show, then give it a new name.

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Quote from: acctingman on October 13, 2017, 12:40:57 PMThey didn't fire her because she's black. ESPN firing her would open up a can of worms they don't want to deal with. Just my ignorant opinion.
Or maybe they didn't fire her because she didn't say anything she could legitimately get fired for.  Unless you subscribe to the "Donald Trump must approve of all broadcasters" theory of media.

Then why suspend her?
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mirth

#136
October 13, 2017, 01:43:41 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 13, 2017, 01:30:50 PM
Not only that, but a "just the facts" SportsCenter at 6pm didn't have any viewers of any kind anyway.  It's not like they lost viewers b/c of Smith & Hill.  They never had the viewers in the first place.  So they decided to try something different.

The ratings for SC6 have not been good at all. For all the hype and resources ESPN threw at SC6, it hasn't been a success from a ratings standpoint. In fact, the numbers are consistently down from the Lindsay Czarniak Sports Center (which was a snoozer).
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bayonetbrant

#137
October 13, 2017, 01:50:13 PM
Quote from: mirth on October 13, 2017, 01:43:41 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 13, 2017, 01:30:50 PM
Not only that, but a "just the facts" SportsCenter at 6pm didn't have any viewers of any kind anyway.  It's not like they lost viewers b/c of Smith & Hill.  They never had the viewers in the first place.  So they decided to try something different.

The ratings for SC6 have not been good at all. For all the hype and resources ESPN threw at SC6, it hasn't been a success from a ratings standpoint. In fact, the numbers are consistently down from the Lindsay Czarniak Sports Center (which was a snoozer).


they need to shit-can the show and find something else.  An 'evening news' of sports doesn't work when all your activity happens after the broadcast.
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Marty Ward

#138
October 13, 2017, 02:25:37 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 13, 2017, 01:30:50 PM
Quote from: airboy on October 13, 2017, 12:29:14 PMIt is real simple.  SportsCenter is a program about sports news. 

You don't remember the vitriol that Stuart Scott got when get first went on the air, do you? 


I don't remember it. What sort of harassment did he get in 1993? Certainly not mean tweets!
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#139
October 16, 2017, 10:06:31 AM
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mirth

#140
October 16, 2017, 10:15:52 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on October 16, 2017, 10:06:31 AM
Hill might not be long for ESPN, much less SC6

https://www.si.com/tech-media/2017/10/15/jemele-hill-espn-sportscenter-future


Good article. I don't really blame Jemele Hill for how this is playing out. EPSN needs to figure out what it wants from its talent and programming.
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bayonetbrant

#141
October 16, 2017, 11:41:44 AM
Quote from: mirth on October 16, 2017, 10:15:52 AMEPSN needs to figure out what it wants from its talent and programming.

that was Bill Simmons' point in his article above...
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bayonetbrant

#142
November 30, 2017, 06:31:54 AM
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mirth

#143
December 18, 2017, 11:09:54 AM
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bayonetbrant

#144
December 18, 2017, 03:30:47 PM
this sounds very different today than when Miller originally did his interview w/ Skipper a while back

https://twitter.com/JimMiller/status/942827090008821768
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airboy

#145
December 18, 2017, 03:52:43 PM
I wonder if his substance abuse problem came from drinking heavily trying to cope with the decline of ESPN on his watch?

bayonetbrant

#146
December 18, 2017, 10:06:59 PM
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Arctic Blast

#147
December 19, 2017, 12:54:28 AM
^^Will the next guy nuke Skip Bayless from orbit? If so, he's already ahead!

bayonetbrant

#148
December 19, 2017, 06:14:53 AM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on December 19, 2017, 12:54:28 AM
^^Will the next guy nuke Skip Bayless from orbit? If so, he's already ahead!

Bayless is at Fox Sports now; been gone for about 2 years now.
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MetalDog

#149
December 19, 2017, 07:10:57 AM
Doesn't change that Skip Bayless should be nuked from orbit.
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