Colin Cowherd, Michelle Beadle to host ESPN show
Michelle Beadle will leave 1050 ESPN radio and the YES Network for a new, daily, hour-long show at 4 p.m. on ESPN2 called SportsNation, which she will co-host with Colin Cowherd beginning July 6.
As far as I could tell from a preview at the ESPN upfront Tuesday, it appears to be, um, it's hard to explain. Here is how ESPN described it:
"SportsNation is a live sports television show born from the Internet, fueled by fan interaction and focused on fun."
It's seems sort of like a sports talk radio show, but on TV, which allows for the use of video and Internet buzz and Twitter and stuff.
“Our goal is to bring the fan into our production meetings,'' producer Jamie Horowitz said in a news release. "The fans choose the topics, provide the angles, and decide how much Brett Favre talk is really needed.”
Said Cowherd, who still will do his national radio show, heard here from noon to 2:
“I’m stunned management let me do a TV show. I know what the producers and I find interesting and funny – and it leads me to conclude that we probably won’t be on the air very long.”
Scott Van Pelt will take over the radio show he currently does with Mike Tirico from 2 to 4, and the final hour will be simulcast on ESPN2 to serve as a lead-in to SportsNation.
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Why in the world would ESPN let Cowherd a guy who has already
made it known that he hates bloggers host a show about
the Internet?
I feel sorry for Beadle having to put up with this clown every day.
Hmmm....Sounds just like a show I produce on occasion at NY1. Guess we have been ahead of the curve for some time. Too bad only folks on Time Warner can watch.
Cowherd doesn't hate bloggers, just some bloggers. People that produce blogs with thought behind them are linked to through his website.
Obviously, there are more Herd fans than haters or ESPN wouldn't have extended his radio show or given him a television show.
Just curious, but which one of your favorite teams did he rip?
"Obviously, there are more Herd fans than haters or ESPN wouldn't have extended his radio show or given him a television show."
That would only make sense if ESPN was infallible. Would you like us to start listing all of the mistakes they've made over the years?
Rich, um, they've must have had more success than failures or they would be out of business like other business that are poorly run...(see Detroit if you want evidence...)
LOVE THE HERD, CAN'T WAIT TO GET MORE!
It's nice that Pacific Time zone listeners don't have to wake up to a condescending voice anymore.
Obviously, there are more Herd fans than haters or ESPN wouldn't have extended his radio show or given him a television show.
By your logic fans must love Steve Phllips insightful Baseball Analysis or he wouldn't be on Sunday Night Baseball.
Beadle should still do YES as well or at least the radio. They have Colin Cowherd doing this and the radio why can't she? I like her personality, she is fun-not to mention hot!
Cowherd's awfulness will rub of on Beadle. Bad career move.
ESPN2 now sucks so bad that its daily program is simulcast of ESPN radio all day long. Fantasitic. Did we run out of WSOP re-runs?
Cowherd and Van Pelt are the best things going in sports radio.
Sorry if it requires intelligence to understand.
And yes Steve Phillips is very very good. Joe Morgan can go away anytime now though and he can take Mike Patrick with him please.
Cowherd and Van Pelt are the best things going in sports radio.
Sorry if it requires intelligence to understand.
And yes Steve Phillips is very very good. Joe Morgan can go away anytime now though and he can take Mike Patrick with him please.
I think colin has by far the best sports radio show on air. I expect this show will work out great. If you don't like colin you lack intelligence and have a low IQ.
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