Only repeated once *on The Deuce*. But I spotted two consecutive airings (at 1am and 2am EDT) on ESPNNews.
Not being an avid watcher of ESPN or sports in general, a few comments: - When MSNBC moved "Countdown" from NJ to 30Rock, I always felt like the flags in the window behind KO were too distracting for a generally serious program. Well, ESPN decided to double-down on the distraction, because..."Times Square, HELLO!". The lights, the LED billboards, and the ever-present Disney advertisement visible over KO's shoulder when he turns to face a guest. Sure, it's more appropriate for sports than news, but I miss the Murrow-style setup from the end of days on Current. - Not surprised to see the return of the old segments - "Time Marches On" and "World's Worst" - although I also wouldn't have objected to resting them for a little while. Part of the problem with "World's Worst" is that, much like the news-y Special Comments, when you do it every night the sting is lessened. - Didn't mind the march down memory lane on night one, especially given KO's past with the higher-ups in Bristol, but hopefully it gets dialed back significantly as he settles in. And I don't mind This Date in KO History, as long as it's kept short. - Kept waiting for him to cross the line re: Chris Christie and the Rex Ryan story, but he stuck to his 'no politics' rule. My biggest gripe was the "...as I was saying..." that opened the show (and this thread). I'd have preferred to see KO make a clean break from "Countdown" and start fresh at the Worldwide Leader, even if the format of the show is effectively the same as what he was doing at MSNBC/Current. "...as I was saying..." only serves to remind the audience about his problems with previous employers, and almost makes him the bigger story. On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:04:40 AM UTC-4, PGage wrote: > > > I liked it. > > I still think he needs that other guy at the table with him to really > shine, because it takes the edge off of his narcissistic megalomania. But > even so the show works. He is smart and funny and fearless - and back in > the sports context the stakes are low enough that it is possible to just > enjoy and let Keith be Keith. Hopefully the sports setting will finally let > some people understand that the "Worst Person" segment is not to be taken > literally (Jim Crane is not really the worst person in the world). I could > do with it being somewhat less self-referential, which maybe will decrease > as time goes by, but they did note they were going to have a "This Night in > Keith ESPN History" segment every night. > > The first segment was especially strong - using the silly tempest stirred > up by Manish Mehta of the NY Daily News (about Rex Ryan's decision to play > Mark Sanchez in the 4th quarter of a recent preseason game as a fireable > offense) to illustrate how incompetent and inane most sports journalism > (and by implication, non-sports journalism) has become. This was all the > more interesting because KO's old partner Dan Patrick had Mehta on his show > this morning as a call in guest, and I thought at the time that DP gave him > the easy treatment, and seemed to be taking his side against Ryan. I wonder > what DP will say about KO in the morning? > > The piece was similar to a recent bit Deadspin ran about how ESPN used Ron > Jaworski's claim that SF 49er QB Colin Kaepernick could become one of the > greatest QBs in NFL history to create and hype a fake story over a couple > of day period. Perhaps not surprisingly, KO's first guest, Jason Whitlock, > noted that sports journalism needed more outlets like Deadspin, to watch > the watchers. Whitlock also got off the best line of the show, noting that > like prison as described on "The Wire" - You only do two days at ESPN, the > day you go in and the day you come out (like KO, Whitlock has just returned > to ESPN after famously leaving under controversial circumstances). > > From what I can tell, ESPNOlbermann is only repeated once - and that > appears to be consecutively (at 8 and then 9 pm), both on the Deuce. That > is a bummer for me, as I am most likely to be able to watch something like > this at the 11:00 pm hour. I would much prefer Olbermann to the current > SportsCenter, but I suppose the point is they do not want to have him > competing with SportsCenter. I will try to record it, but once the new tv > season begins I suspect I often will not have a free socket. > > Sooner or later Olbermann will call Skip Bayless an idiot, or John Skipper > a coward, and the implosion will begin. But until then I think ESPN just > gave us back one of the better scheduled sports hours on television. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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