Link: ESPN layoffs will hit on air "talent"

tidegrandpa · Mar 6, 2017

Loose use of "talent" in my book

http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/06/news/companies/espn-layoffs-talent/

CrimsonForce · Mar 6, 2017

The one time I hope Danny Kannel is considered talent. Real talk though I never like to see someone lose their job. However, these folks should've seen this coming. This has been talked about and rumored for some time now..

CrimsonForce · Mar 6, 2017

Looks like some are getting out in front of the layoffs:

CajunCrimson · Mar 6, 2017

Most of their best talent has moved on or passed away years ago. Now, what's left are mostly robotic clones

TideEngineer08 · Mar 6, 2017

CajunCrimson said:
Most of their best talent has moved on or passed away years ago. Now, what's left are mostly robotic clones

I really don't know who their on air talent is anymore. I never watch. I guess that's why they're all getting laid off.

I don't wish ill on any of them, and this is just one example of how quickly an industry can change. Always have that resume at the ready.

Crimson1967 · Mar 6, 2017

tidegrandpa said:
Loose use of "talent" in my book

http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/06/news/companies/espn-layoffs-talent/

Talent is the industry term for on air personalities.

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bama2112 · Mar 6, 2017

I doubt they will touch the SEC network guys, but NBA and NFL and some of the other talking heads will be cut. Looks like they overpaid for NBA and NFL and forgot who their base customers are.

crimson fan man · Mar 6, 2017

bama2112 said:
I doubt they will touch the SEC network guys, but NBA and NFL and some of the other talking heads will be cut. Looks like they overpaid for NBA and NFL and forgot who their base customers are.

When I think of espn I think of College sports especially football. I guess they were trying to get the pro sports and didn't payoff.

DzynKingRTR · Mar 6, 2017

they will most likely get rid of anyone that is even remotely interesting or good at their job. Everyone who is hated will stay.

Bamabuzzard · Mar 6, 2017

DzynKingRTR said:
they will most likely get rid of anyone that is even remotely interesting or good at their job. Everyone who is hated will stay.

At this stage of the game I'm sure it's all about cutting payroll. Any personalities on the show that people actually like are probably the ones being paid the most money. They are bleeding like a stuck hawg and losing viewers hand over fist.

bamachile · Mar 6, 2017

ESPwho?

crimsonaudio · Mar 7, 2017

CajunCrimson said:
Most of their best talent has moved on or passed away years ago. Now, what's left are mostly robotic clones

And shock-jock wannabes.

cuda.1973 · Mar 9, 2017

So as to not further pollute the raging thread, over in the Sports venue.....................

Roger Iger wants all of us to know there is no political bias, at ABC or ESPN.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-journa...s-and-espn-complaints-completely-exaggerated/

Someone who didn't care for his "response", to this question, at the stockholder's meeting, said this (over at TrumpBart):

How he lined up his response was telling. He wouldn’t address the question. He was sticking his head in the sand. His response was that I was making this up. But this has reached a nexus. Will his network continue to ignore or mock the millions of Americans in flyover country, or will we work to make his networks more inviting to other points of view? Right now, he’s saying he doesn’t want us as customers.

Yeah...............I added the bold part!

bama2112 · Mar 10, 2017

They names it ESPN Entertainment Sports Programming Network. So they are following their charter of entertainment if they want to do the ESPY's and all that filler junk. I just choose not to watch Sportscenter or any of the talking head shows.

On another matter Danny Kannell, Joey Galloway and Coach Mac Brown need to go back to their day jobs. Just for fun here is a link to the list of all the on air personalities and what broadcast they preform. Find you favorites you would like to see gone or stay. One is for the whole network and one for college football.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ESPN_College_Football_broadcast_teams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ESPN_personalities

cuda.1973 · Mar 15, 2017

Another story, over on TrumpBart (what, you expected it to be from the Daily Worker?) about ESPN, and dropping viewership.

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/201...-ranks-top-20-chosen-la-carte-cable-channels/

The world-wide leader only comes in at #19, in the ranking of first-choice channels. Alleged competitor, FS1, comes in at #33.

But, here is a cogent point:

So, where has ESPN lost its value with subscribers? While there’s rarely ever one reason that explains the apparent collapse of a monopoly that’s dominated the sports cable world for more than a generation, ESPN hasn’t lost value with its live sports programming. The numbers for college and NBA games on the network have actually seen increases over last year.

Instead, ESPN has lost value with its commentary and opinion programming. SportsCenter’s numbers have fallen, as have the numbers on ESPN2 which frequently hosts several of the network’s most opinionated talk shows, those known for expressing their opinions on politics as much as sports.

Guess all the garbage human beings aren't real sports fans, or they would watch all that other crap, right?

cuda.1973 · Mar 16, 2017

Maybe they should start with Bill Walton, instead of Dickie V. (Politics aside, both are annoying as announcers.)

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017...to-bash-use-of-coal-promote-renewable-energy/

Not certain how many people watching the PAC-12 championship did so to hear a lecture about the evils of coal. This putz thinks they all did.

A good buddy is a 'Zona grad. He can go on, for hours, on why Walton makes the games unwatchable. Only a few of them have to do with his obvious UCLA bias.

DzynKingRTR · Mar 16, 2017

cuda.1973 said:
Maybe they should start with Bill Walton, instead of Dickie V. (Politics aside, both are annoying as announcers.)

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017...to-bash-use-of-coal-promote-renewable-energy/

Not certain how many people watching the PAC-12 championship did so to hear a lecture about the evils of coal. This putz thinks they all did.

A good buddy is a 'Zona grad. He can go on, for hours, on why Walton makes the games unwatchable. Only a few of them have to do with his obvious UCLA bias.

Walton said conference of champions so many times I finally changed the channel. When was the last time that conference actually won a championship in basketball?

selmaborntidefan · Mar 16, 2017

DzynKingRTR said:
Walton said conference of champions so many times I finally changed the channel. When was the last time that conference actually won a championship in basketball?

I'm thinking it was Arizona in 1997 if you're referring to the PAC 12.

cuda.1973 · Mar 25, 2017

Berman out............replaced by 1 dude and 2 gals.................

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/201...place-chris-berman-on-monday-night-countdown/

The network is set to replace Berman with Trey Wingo, Suzy Kolber, and Samantha Ponder, the network said on Thursday.

“We have three exceptional hosts in Suzy, Sam and Trey, who will usher in this new era of NFL studio coverage on ESPN,” Stephanie Druley, ESPN Senior Vice President, Studio and Event Production, said in a network statement. “They each have a unique style and approach, yet they all share a passion for the game of football that is evident to viewers. We look forward to this group being the face of our NFL studio coverage for many years ahead on ESPN.”

Whatever. Means nothing to me, but the idea of this trio being "the face of our NFL studio coverage for many years" sounds like someone has been smoking something they shouldn't have.

Wonder if Brent Mushberger can tell us the latest odds, in Vegas, on whether this lasts the entire season.

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/03/24/brent-musburger-admits-to-betting-on-game-he-broadcast/

After telling the Washington Post two weeks ago that he never bet on a game that he broadcasted, legendary sports announcer Brent Musburger revealed to the Chicago Tribune this week that indeed he did bet on one game back in the ’80s.

Musburger left ESPN at the beginning of the year to host “My Guys in the Desert,” a daily two-hour show on the Vegas Stats & Information Network. The show revolves around Musburger talking with bookmakers and gamblers, who according to the Post, “most of them old friends.”

tidegrandpa · Mar 25, 2017

cuda.1973 said:
Berman out............replaced by 1 dude and 2 gals.................

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/201...place-chris-berman-on-monday-night-countdown/

Whatever. Means nothing to me, but the idea of this trio being "the face of our NFL studio coverage for many years" sounds like someone has been smoking something they shouldn't have.

Wonder if Brent Mushberger can tell us the latest odds, in Vegas, on whether this lasts the entire season.

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/03/24/brent-musburger-admits-to-betting-on-game-he-broadcast/

That will have the lifespan of a scotch and water at bedtime at my house.

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