OT: How is "The Six" on ESPN an actual tv show?
It's an old story now how everything not College Football on ESPN is bad (which as a guy that once really liked SportsCenter and other programs, makes me sad) but watching Jemele Hill and Michael Smith impersonate talented TV people is excruciating. In what world did an ESPN exec say "hey, let's appeal to the kids, get me Jemele Hill and Michael Smith!" ???
August 25th, 2017 at 6:10 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 6:11 PM ^
Ask yourself first how she is still on espn and then it is clear that anything goes on that network....
August 25th, 2017 at 6:24 PM ^
Her "O" face.
On the bright side I came upon(no pun intended) Dana Jacobs on a Fox college show the other day. She is looking real good these days. I hope she stays on, I always did like her.
August 25th, 2017 at 6:42 PM ^
Jacobson
August 25th, 2017 at 6:54 PM ^
Thanks, I knew I was fucking it up.
August 25th, 2017 at 7:23 PM ^
But seriously follks, in addition to her sportscasting work, Dana Jacobson has been appearing as a susbstitute co-host on the CBS TV morning show.
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August 25th, 2017 at 8:11 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 6:13 PM ^
Jemele Hill is insufferable. She's so damn bad at what she does for a living, it makes no sense that she is still employed (by anybody). She gives every person with no talent and a low IQ hope that they too can be a fixture on national television.
August 25th, 2017 at 6:15 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 6:18 PM ^
Is that shit still on? Everytime I would hear them on Mike & Mike I had to immediately turn the station. I knew their TV show would suck out loud. Will Kane is now my go to for as soon as I hear his voice I have to turn the station. He is the tooliest of tool bags.
I am listening to Mark Packer right now on Sirius (College Sports Nation). If you love college football, like most of us on this blog do, he is fantastic and makes the price for the service so worth it.
August 25th, 2017 at 6:39 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 6:44 PM ^
A bit boring to me. Plus he can be off on some tangents for topics sometimes.
August 25th, 2017 at 7:54 PM ^
Will Cain? Are you serious? That dude is a Skip Bayless wannabe loser.
After Stuart passed, LeBatard, Bucci, SVP and Bomani are the only ones worth listening to on there.
I would say Max Kellerman, but First Take ruined him.
August 25th, 2017 at 10:28 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 6:18 PM ^
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August 25th, 2017 at 6:21 PM ^
Agreed. ESPN should get rid of this show and focus more on other things. Like, more college football covfefe would be fantastic!
August 25th, 2017 at 7:28 PM ^
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August 25th, 2017 at 6:19 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 6:25 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 6:29 PM ^
how is this thread actually considered a real thread?
August 25th, 2017 at 7:29 PM ^
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August 25th, 2017 at 6:22 PM ^
Make ESPN cool again, appealing to the urban-oriented millenials and youth by having colorful, urban-ethnic personalities with strong personalities and viewpoints who reflect the millenial/urban mindset.
Or something, but I'd bet a cookie that the actual strategic vision is something like that.
EDIT: I don't actually know what "The Six" is and have never even heard of it. The only times I watch ESPN these days is weekday mornings at the gym when sportscenter is on and when a sporting even I want to watch is airing. Otherwise, it's rare that I just have ESPN on in the background. Although I used to a decade ago.
August 25th, 2017 at 7:17 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 9:23 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 6:24 PM ^
There is NO REASONABLE excuse/argument for watching anything on that network. To call anything " a show " on espn is being kind. It is more like watching a cat with a 9 foot tail in a room full of rocking chairs, albeit I would prefer the actual entertainment of the cat!
August 25th, 2017 at 6:47 PM ^
I know. I used to be afraid to not have ESPN as I would miss out on so much. Now, there are some college football games that I will miss but otherwise I haven't missed it one bit in six or seven months. Garbage channel now.
August 25th, 2017 at 6:50 PM ^
Their big problem otherwise is no one tunes in for highlights now, so shows like Sportscenter are stale. He SVP revamp is good. Some others less so, but people rag on ESPN because they think it's the cool thing to do.
August 25th, 2017 at 7:26 PM ^
30 for 30 was excellent TV last night.
As for the jabber shows on ESPN, I hand the remote to my kids and let them watch Sponge Bob.
August 25th, 2017 at 7:42 PM ^
Meh. 30 for 30s are good but a lot of their long form reporting comes in the same old mode. Especially annoying to me is the use of the same format for every event i.e. Tom Rinaldi narrating some against the odds story or making some kid's wish come true. I get it. I'm a horrible person I guess. There just isn't any creativity there anymore IMO.
I don't rag on ESPN because it's cool to do. It's just that some of us remember when it was groundbreaking sports journalism and entertainment where risks were taken. Now it is so cookie cutter and safe that many find it boring and have become indifferent. That is a bad place to be for the type of platform they have.
And SVP? Please. The guy is a total douche in person, on par with Steve Harvey for who can be a bigger dick behind closed doors. Any guy who actually plays the "I'm rich and you're not" card is not deserving of any respect.
August 25th, 2017 at 6:26 PM ^
That fact that this clown is still employed after some of the people they let go is truly shocking. Someone had to have lost a bet!! She's the absolute worst.
August 25th, 2017 at 6:39 PM ^
The same people who thought "The Six" was a good idea also think people are offended by an Asian dude named Rob Lee. Should come as no surprise.
August 25th, 2017 at 6:37 PM ^
Add this to the long list of failed "hip and cool" entertainment premises.
I've never minded Michael Smith. The current format makes him look like he's trying too hard to be cool because the show tries too hard to be cool.
I don't enjoy Jemele Hill but you don't get to anchor Sportscenter without doing ok with audiences. Sparty hijinks aside I think she gets too much shit here; in no way is she uniquely bad or unqualified in a field full of dunce ex-jocks, whistling assoles, and ne'er-do-wells.
August 25th, 2017 at 6:54 PM ^
Shit. You must be on here all day every day.
August 25th, 2017 at 9:34 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 7:41 PM ^
False. Jemele Hill is uniquely bad. She is by far the worst reporter that ESPN puts on television. She's in a league of her own there.
I agree on Smith, I always thought he was fine before he was stuck with her.
August 25th, 2017 at 11:46 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 11:47 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 6:42 PM ^
They need to go back to playing sports and highlights of sports.
Like MTV needs to go back to videos.
They are losing their fanbases as gen-x that grew up with them and the new generations don't watch TV.
August 25th, 2017 at 6:58 PM ^
Highlight shows don't work anymore.
August 25th, 2017 at 6:44 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 6:56 PM ^
They reach out to him and mutually agreed to reassign him to avoid ridicule for him. They certainly didn't make a big deal out of the switch.
Idiots like Clay Travis got a hold of it and used it as platform to go after ESPN because, he wanted to push his agenda and his brand.
ESPN didn't make a big deal out of it: people who are outraged who a) weren't watching that game anyway and b) never heard of that reporter until last week are the ones making it an issue.
August 25th, 2017 at 7:42 PM ^
ESPN is making assignment changes based on potential future internet memes? Sounds legit.
August 25th, 2017 at 9:25 PM ^
They all but admitted it was becaus of potential social media feedback.
August 26th, 2017 at 10:36 AM ^
They had the foresight to avoid all those Internet memes about a guy named Robert (not E) Lee, but somehow failed to predict that this action would create even more damaging Internet memes of its own.
Good thinking ESPN.
August 25th, 2017 at 9:35 PM ^
Because we're no longer allowed to have nice things.
August 25th, 2017 at 6:59 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 7:00 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 7:00 PM ^
Because pretty much anything on ESPN (other than the actual games) is pure garbage.
August 25th, 2017 at 7:00 PM ^
August 25th, 2017 at 7:07 PM ^
Aside from an actual game or trying to catch a score I don't think I've actually watched any ESPN show in at least 5 years. No big concious decision, just a complete lack of interest.