Bayless Sends FS1's Viewership Skyrocketing (Surprisingly)
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Mark Jeffries
Oct 11, 2016, 11:34:48 PM10/11/16
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Former ESPN exec (and NBC News for a brief moment) Jamie Horowitz's attempt to raise the visibility of Fox's struggling sports channel seems to be working--since "Skip and Shannon Undisputed," his carbon of the Worldwide Leader's "First Take" with Skip Bayless moving over as the Idiot White Guy and Shannon Sharpe replacing Stephen A. Smith as the Pissed Off Black Guy (and Joy Taylor as the Hot Babe Moderator) started a month ago, FS1's ratings for the morning show are up in its time slot 358 percent (733 percent in the demo), and giving a rainbow effect to its lead-out, a talk show fronted by Colin Cowherd, another ex-ESPNer:
I guess it means that as loathsome as these sports debate shows are, they do have an audience and that there are young males home in the mornings who would rather watch Bayless and Sharpe yelling at each other instead of Kelly Ripa or Kathie Lee and Hoda (or even Drew Carey and Wayne Brady)--until Springer comes on.
Joe Hass
Oct 12, 2016, 3:57:28 PM10/12/16
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That they've had an audience was never in doubt (see: First Take). What is dramatic is that Bayless actually brought people to America's Favorite Scratch Sports Cable Network. Given the Coward/Whitlock "All Takes Matter"* gabfest continues to do nothing, that Skip/Shannon did something is quite amazing.
* I cannot remember for the life of me what the actual name of this show is, but that's what Deadspin always calls it, and that's stuck with me.
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Bob Jersey
Oct 12, 2016, 5:47:00 PM10/12/16
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Joe Hass, to Mark Jeffries:
That they've had an audience was never in doubt (see: First Take). What is dramatic is that Bayless actually brought people to America's Favorite Scratch Sports Cable Network. Given the Coward/Whitlock "All Takes Matter"* gabfest continues to do nothing, that Skip/Shannon did something is quite amazing.* I cannot remember for the life of me what the actual name of this show is, but that's what Deadspin always calls it, and that's stuck with me.
"Speak for Yourself." Weeknights opposite 6pm Sportscenter.
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Steve Timko
Jul 15, 2024, 10:16:13 PM7/15/24
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On Tue, Oct 11, 2016, 8:34 PM Mark Jeffries <spotl...@gmail.com> wrote:
Former ESPN exec (and NBC News for a brief moment) Jamie Horowitz's attempt to raise the visibility of Fox's struggling sports channel seems to be working--since "Skip and Shannon Undisputed," his carbon of the Worldwide Leader's "First Take" with Skip Bayless moving over as the Idiot White Guy and Shannon Sharpe replacing Stephen A. Smith as the Pissed Off Black Guy (and Joy Taylor as the Hot Babe Moderator) started a month ago, FS1's ratings for the morning show are up in its time slot 358 percent (733 percent in the demo), and giving a rainbow effect to its lead-out, a talk show fronted by Colin Cowherd, another ex-ESPNer:
Bayless is out a year after Shannon Sharpe. Bayless had Al Jazeera America level numbers.
I guess it means that as loathsome as these sports debate shows are, they do have an audience and that there are young males home in the mornings who would rather watch Bayless and Sharpe yelling at each other instead of Kelly Ripa or Kathie Lee and Hoda (or even Drew Carey and Wayne Brady)--until Springer comes on.
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Bob Jersey
Jul 16, 2024, 9:17:09 PM7/16/24
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Anybody can do these daily verbal-sparring sessions, tho it seems like they have to be built around at least one of the four major sports... B
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