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If you want to more loosely define the term, you can find “personality-driven programming” throughout ESPN’s daily lineup. Maybe it says more to do about ESPN’s decision making at the top more than anything and trying to find the right fit for the right personality and the right audience. Now it seems that Van Pelt’s edition of SportsCenter is one of the few survivors while others are relegated to the history books or are on life support. Once personality driven programming was all the rage just a year or so ago, especially with SportsCenter. Now we’ve seen this back-and-forth play out once again in a very short period of time. Then it went through a phase where it didn’t want anyone to be bigger than the network. Go back in the day and the network made people like Chris Berman, Dan Patrick, and Keith Olbermann into household names. Most troublesome though is the fact that Get Up has lost an hour and been replaced by a generic episode of SportsCenter (like SC6) – an ominous sign for its future.ĮSPN has a ping-pong history with how much they want to invest in personalities to drive their programming. Beadle has been moved off the program to focus on the NBA and the show has added a rotating list of college football and NFL analysts for football season. Get Up hasn’t even made it through six months and there are already significant challenges. Greenberg would be joined by Michelle Beadle and Jalen Rose in a highly paid cast that got more promotion than arguably any other show ESPN has launched in recent memory. In addition, ESPN would scrap a morning block of SportsCenter and let Greenberg be the central figure for a new morning show, Get Up. But lest you think this is just a SportsCenter thing, ESPN has also tried handing a programming block to another long-time personality with similar struggles.ĮSPN made another hefty wager this year that Mike Greenberg could break off from his long-time radio show with Mike Golic and make it on his own. In hindsight, does ESPN even attempt SC:6 without the long-term viability of SC:SVP? Perhaps not. Scott is an excellent broadcaster, but comparing our show to his is a bit of a misnomer.” In that time slot, you expect a little edge. “He’s competing against Fallon, Kimmel and Colbert. “Scott Van Pelt had the advantage of being a longtime SportsCenter veteran, who was coming off live games and at a time slot where I think the viewer is a little more open to full-on personality,” Hill said. She told Awful Announcing that there really was no comparision between the shows because even though they kept the SC moniker, they were different shows for different audiences. Smith publicly aired his frustration with ESPN executives over how SC6 played out and now Hill is no longer with the network.Įarlier this year, in comments to Awful Announcing, ESPN executive Norby Williamson admitted that Hill and Smith weren’t set up to succeed because it retained so little of a traditional SportsCenter. That was seen when ESPN trolled Smith and Hill by publicizing the fact that ratings increased for the timeslot once it returned to a more traditional format.
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What made the difference between SC6 and SC:SVP? If you’re a fan of Hill and Smith, you could easily argue that the duo never had the full support of management. Hill’s criticism of Donald Trump drew ESPN into the political realm and her tweets about Jerry Jones drew a suspension. Throughout those 12 months, SC6 seemed to make more news for what happened off air than what happened on ESPN airwaves. Unfortunately, we never got to see the full potential of the show as the plug was pulled so early. SC6 was even more of a departure from the traditional SportsCenter format than Van Pelt. SC:6 lasted just one year from February 2017 – February 2018. Then there was SC6 starring Jemele Hill and Michael Smith, which drew quite a number of headlines during its short lifespan. SportsCenter:AM has largely flown under the radar. With the launch of SC:SVP, ESPN went through a phase where it seemed like every episode of SportsCenter throughout the day was to receive its own individual branding. In some ways, maybe it’s even fair to say that its success has been both a blessing and a curse for Bristol. Given the prosperity of the Van Pelt SportsCenter, it’s ironic that ESPN has had a couple very notable failures when it comes to similarly branded programs. As we begin year four, my sincere thanks for staying up late with us and allowing us to keep you company. Three years ago, I headed into work to start a new show.