What Jemele Hill and Michael Smith have done in their rebranding of SportsCenter, now called SC6 (because it airs at 6 p.m. Eastern. Get it?), has created unwatchable dreck. The ratings bear this out, showing a 20 percent drop from the previous year, when the old model of SportsCenter aired. It's not JUST because the two hosts are social justice warriors who share controversial opinions on a regular basis. Much of it simply reflects a blind spot in ESPN management. Hill and Smith just aren't engaging. In fact, they're off-putting for a large swath of American viewers.
1 posted on
09/16/2017 8:07:14 PM PDT by
Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
If ESPN thinks it can cater to just 13% of the population and sustain itself they're very delusional.
2 posted on
09/16/2017 8:16:28 PM PDT by
ealgeone
To: Rummyfan
Walt, where are you? I can remember reading him objecting to Annette Funicello wearing a bikini, now this? Everything is politicized, everything. Political correctness has gone berserk.
4 posted on
09/16/2017 8:21:24 PM PDT by
Fungi
(90 percent of all soil biomass is a fungus. Fungi rule the world.)
To: Rummyfan
Honestly cannot stand the yelling and street slang used by analysts. This behavior is on ESPN, FoxNews, and other media programs. I tune it out — garbage.
To: Rummyfan
I wish I could completely turn off ESPN, but I can’t as a sports junkie. However, I still only watch MNF, college football and College Gameday on that network and nothing else. I used to watch Sportscenter, but stopped watching years ago.
8 posted on
09/16/2017 8:43:24 PM PDT by
brewcrew1965
(Liberalism is a mental disorder.)
To: Rummyfan
Buying a ticket to an NFL game is the same as making a donation to the Democrat Party...
10 posted on
09/16/2017 9:15:21 PM PDT by
GOPJ
("$3 Million Dollars 'PER DAY' is spent to incarcerate criminal illegals.That's $1.2 Billion a year.")
To: Rummyfan
To: Rummyfan
Jemele Hill ?
What kind of name is Jemele?
A stupid name for an ugly, nasty, stupid woman. Not to mention retarded.
To: Rummyfan
I realized today that I really hate listening to women on sports panels. Seriously, as a woman, I find it offensive. What the hell do any of them know about playing football and why must we listen to them blather on about something they’ve never experienced? A woman can be a fan, yes, but she is not an expert on the game. It would be like listening to male “experts” blather on about giving birth.
22 posted on
09/17/2017 1:46:27 AM PDT by
ponygirl
(An Appeal to Heaven)
To: Rummyfan
ESPN is a racist network.
Witness their treatment of Robert K. Lee last month, when they pulled him off calling a game because his name might offend the SJW's. (He is asian, and therefore politically incorrect, and he goes by his first and last names. I found his middle initial in his contact information).
23 posted on
09/17/2017 2:00:05 AM PDT by
cynwoody
>> It’s inconceivable that parent company Disney is pleased with ESPN’s steadfast refusal to reverse course.
Disney is morally bankrupt, and deserves no patronage from any self-respecting citizen. ESPN is a reflection, not an aberration.
24 posted on
09/17/2017 2:12:06 AM PDT by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: Rummyfan
Tucker Carlson nailed it the other day: Endless Stupid Political Nagging.
26 posted on
09/17/2017 2:59:40 AM PDT by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Rummyfan
I can’t stand talking heads. I DON’T care what they think. During a game I want play-by-play, maybe some color, and that is IT.
And they should start covering halftime shows. I LIKE marching bands. I DON’T like inane chatter.
29 posted on
09/17/2017 4:14:19 AM PDT by
mewzilla
(Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
To: Rummyfan
6. They’ve rendered “Sunday Night Baseball” unwatchable - but all of their baseball coverage sucks equally.
31 posted on
09/17/2017 4:26:01 AM PDT by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: Rummyfan
I see them on the tube at the health club, with the sound down. They gesture like their genitals are being clawed by angry cats. I can’t hear what they’re saying, but they sure are emphatic.
33 posted on
09/17/2017 4:45:53 AM PDT by
Hardastarboard
(Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the Video")
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