Oh please.If they are going to use MTV as a model to follow by I might as well just skip ESPN forever from now on. Less sports on the total sports network. They suck now. All you see is poker for 9 hours a day and sportscenter recaps for another 9 with barely 3-4 hrs to cover a live sports event.
Give me 1982 ESPN any day of the week over the crap they push now.
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2 posted on
06/22/2005 9:56:08 AM PDT by
Patrick1
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The new ESPN - 1 hour of sports news, 3 hours of sports, and 20 hours of "reality" television programming.
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I wish they would just close down so I don't have to pay 5 bucks a month for a station that I don't watch.
5 posted on
06/22/2005 9:58:37 AM PDT by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
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...the stereotypical potbellied sports nut, stretched out in his undershirt on a Barcalounger with a can of beer in one hand and a remote in the other.But we ARE their audience. You're right, they're going to MTV this thing until the "entertainment" and "sports" are nowhere to be found.
Disney sucks.
7 posted on
06/22/2005 9:59:16 AM PDT by
Petronski
(Be alert! The world needs more lerts.)
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I've noticed the phenomenon on TVLand as well. Original programing like top ten shows and the horrible Farrah reality show and fewer old shows which is why we watched it in the first place. Very sad.
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"Kagan Research says ESPN already harvests more ad revenues than any other cable network, projecting a record $869.2 million in 2005, a 9% gain over those of last year."
Doing what they're doing now.So, lets mess it up.
9 posted on
06/22/2005 10:00:00 AM PDT by
John W
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Sigh. MTV model is right. They aren't going to improve their ratings; they're going to push away loyal viewers in exchange for fickle ones. I want to watch a ballgame on ESPN, not a soap opera about the players' wives. I cannot understand specialty cable networks abandoning their raison d'etre.
10 posted on
06/22/2005 10:00:32 AM PDT by
Cyclopean Squid
(Time is a wonderful teacher; unfortunately, it kills all its pupils. --Hector Berlioz)
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I think more bio pics would work, but please leave the original series and movies behind. I'd rather watch 24 hours of Stump The Schwab than a series about poker players.
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Maybe Tilt didn't find an audience because it sucked. Watched half an episode and was bored to death.
I can see his point though, with labor disputes in NHL NBA and MLB, sinking ratings in the NHL, lack of exclusivity with MLB, and the NFL keeping a lot of stuff for their own network, ESPN is now big enough to want revenue that's safe from the leagues.
12 posted on
06/22/2005 10:00:56 AM PDT by
discostu
(The dude abides)
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No kidding. The ammount of poker they show is crazy. Who the hell just sits around watching people play cards? What's next, Celebrity Solitaire?
13 posted on
06/22/2005 10:01:15 AM PDT by
BigBadWolf
(For every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three.)
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They can do with ESPN what they did with MTV ... cut out sports, like they cut out music ... but, when the start messing with CSPAN's formula, well, let's just say a man can only take so much!
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I ping VERY begrudgingly.
15 posted on
06/22/2005 10:01:44 AM PDT by
GOP_Raider
(http://justblogbaby.blogspot.com)
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I cancelled my satellite service, as all the sat/cable channels are getting just as bad as broadcast TV. What's the point?
16 posted on
06/22/2005 10:01:47 AM PDT by
B Knotts
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What's next, The Movie Channel, stop showing movies?
17 posted on
06/22/2005 10:03:40 AM PDT by
dfwgator
(Flush Newsweek!)
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Politically, this will mean a further shift to the left on ESPN.
18 posted on
06/22/2005 10:09:00 AM PDT by
jordan8
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Shapiro says one of the reasons ESPN's scripted series about Las Vegas poker players "Tilt" failed to find an audience earlier this year is that the only free night not saturated with live sports commitments was Thursday, where, at 9 p.m., the show had to go up against such strong series as "CSI" on CBS, "Will & Grace" on NBC and "Extreme Makeover" on ABC. Against those odds, "Tilt" never really had a chance. WRONG!! "Tilt" failed because it sucks. Period.
24 posted on
06/22/2005 10:13:43 AM PDT by
Lunatic Fringe
(North Texas Solutions http://ntxsolutions.com)
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I think their problem is the exact opposite, not enough live sports events. Even if there is nothing on, I'd like to watch old world series games, etc...
Who wants to see more fruity soap-operas? I don't care if theyre about sports.
26 posted on
06/22/2005 10:15:02 AM PDT by
Betaille
("Within the covers of the Bible are all the answers for all the problems men face." -Ronald Reagan)
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What the heck are they talking about? Good baseball teams get good ratings. The (GO!) Red Sox vs. (Evil) Yankees game that open the season was got some of the best ratings in ESPN history.
The desire to attract female view is not surprising, since nearly all of television has been given over to women.
28 posted on
06/22/2005 10:15:20 AM PDT by
ElTianti
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I can see filling time with sportscasts and such at odd hours, but to run it instead of a live sports events is ludicrous. If I want talking heads and hollywood garbage, i'd watch all the other channels.
29 posted on
06/22/2005 10:15:55 AM PDT by
wolfman
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Time to switch to Sirius or XM.
30 posted on
06/22/2005 10:17:17 AM PDT by
Spirited
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