Thread: Mark Schlereth leaves ESPN for FS1

DVR is factored into ratings. It struggles to get 100,000 viewers most episodes. That's unfathomably bad, especially for a sports show with two well known hosts.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

DVR is factored into ratings. It struggles to get 100,000 viewers most episodes. That's unfathomably bad, especially for a sports show with two well known hosts.

Even I thought Skip was too harsh on LBJ.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

DVR is factored into ratings. It struggles to get 100,000 viewers most episodes. That's unfathomably bad, especially for a sports show with two well known hosts.

Basing everything on ratings.... i guess you think Kardashians is the worlds best tv show?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybr.../#3e3a17411762

Is The Skip Bayless Experiment At FS1 An Overpriced Failure?

They say Rome wasn’t built in a day, but for the moment, it’s questionable as to whether the hefty paycheck being paid out to Bayless is garnering the return on investment for FS1. Yes, Undisputed has on more one occasion bested ESPN’s SportsCenter in the ratings, albeit it was when the flagship sports highlight show on the “Mother ship” was airing on ESPN2. According to FOX Sports, Undisputed has bested SportsCenter on ESPN2 the 10am-12pm ET time slot a total of 17 times to date -- including two separate strings of wins on May 9-11 as well as May 17-19, (weekend), and May 22nd.

But, overall, ratings have been, well… not so great. Sports Illustrated’s media columnist and analyst Richard Deitsch has had a bit of a running feud with Bayless replying to his tweets with nuggets showing how bad ratings have been for Undisputed. Below are a few examples

The cesspool that is Foxsports.com:

Schlereth: Half of Tom Brady is better than three-quarters of NFL QBs
Here's how Paul George could stay in OKC for longer than a year (I don't know, sign a contract?)
Is Aaron Judge comparable to LeBron James and Kobe Bryant? Colin analyzes the facts
Skip says Aaron Judge has already passed LeBron James in one area
Should the Lakers actually be encouraged by Lonzo Ball's Summer League debut?

Solid stuff.

Oh I get it. Skip is a big Tebow fangirl. That's why Shane likes him. How could I miss that at first?

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

The cesspool that is Foxsports.com:

Schlereth: Half of Tom Brady is better than three-quarters of NFL QBs
Here's how Paul George could stay in OKC for longer than a year (I don't know, sign a contract?)
Is Aaron Judge comparable to LeBron James and Kobe Bryant? Colin analyzes the facts
Skip says Aaron Judge has already passed LeBron James in one area
Should the Lakers actually be encouraged by Lonzo Ball's Summer League debut?

Solid stuff.

You should apply for a job at ESPN as a baseball analyst so you can single handedly save the the entire network.

Originally Posted by FanInAZ

You should apply for a job at ESPN as a baseball analyst so you can single handedly save the the entire network.

I think Olney and Kirkjean are doing just fine. The slimmed down baseball portion of the website is the only thing I pay attention to at this point. Those two are the best in the business, IMO. Stark was the other, sadly he is enjoying his vacation this summer. I'm hoping someone picks him up when his ESPN contract runs out.

Lots of slamming the format of hot take shows. Which is basically slamming a culture. Man.

Originally Posted by ShaneFalco

ya espn. the only thing it has is steven a smith.

i gag at the rest.

To each their own but he is one of the worst talk show hosts on any network. Steven A Smith is terrible. Bayless is about as bad but Smith is just horrible.

I don't watch ESPN anyway, but good riddance...I've never much cared for Stink personally. He rides Tom Brady's jock as hard as any patriot fanboy.

Originally Posted by Rick

To each their own but he is one of the worst talk show hosts on any network. Steven A Smith is terrible. Bayless is about as bad but Smith is just horrible.

watching him cry over the knicks is pretty funny.

Originally Posted by ShaneFalco

i cant take you serious with your third party hosting signature

It's over my head, wouldn't mind if you explain it to me.

Originally Posted by MOtorboat

I think Olney and Kirkjean are doing just fine. The slimmed down baseball portion of the website is the only thing I pay attention to at this point. Those two are the best in the business, IMO. Stark was the other, sadly he is enjoying his vacation this summer. I'm hoping someone picks him up when his ESPN contract runs out.

Come on MO, work with me here. I'm trying to get you a TV gig. How about you replacing Kornheiser on PTI?

Originally Posted by Von Kinger

Even I thought Skip was too harsh on LBJ.

Didn't realize Bayless had branched out into political/historical analysis, but I believe Bill Moyers remains the definitive source on LBJ, if only because of his intimate first hand knowledge. Michael Beschloss has a couple good bios on him too, based on WH tapes. Oddly enough, that provides a segue:

About a year ago I read on Electoral-Vote.com that ESPN has been hemorrhaging viewers, and its online version losing hits, for a while, and that the huge monetary investment that lured Nate Silver away from the NYT to become a regular ESPN contributor could be the anvil that breaks the networks back. Ironic: As the Rasmussen Familys original claim to fame imploded over the last decade, their second creation as political anyalysts turned sports analysts was a badly needed legacy—now that's also collapsing thanks to the expense (and uselessness) of a sports analyst turned political analyst combined with the internet pushing out broadcast (or cablecast) TV.

Meh: If ESPNs demise means MNF returns to free TV where it belongs, I'm all for it.