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  • Originally posted by SJHovey View Post
    My friends and I were talking about this the other day. I actually think they've followed the MTV model. MTV made it's mark showing music videos. They then morphed into this "original programming" network that just peddles a lot of schlock 24/7. ESPN is doing the same thing. About all you get on ESPN anymore is non-stop video versions of talk radio, with a bunch of people screaming at each other over minutiae even the most devout fan cares very little about.

    ESPN will always be there, like Microsoft. But FOX is going to cut into their share, and you'll see a larger migration to the more specialized networks like the MLB and NFL networks, etc...
    http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NetworkDecay

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      ESPN sucks.

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        Originally posted by Gurtholfin View Post
        I settled on NHL Network which was showing a replay of Toronto's epic game 7 collapse.
        I watched the ending. It was like watching a train wreck - just couldn't look away even knowing the outcome!
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          New ESPN Program To Feature Attractive Blonde Reading Tweets For 30 Minutes

          LOS ANGELES—ESPN programming executives announced Wednesday the debut of a new show called The Pulse that will air afternoons on ESPN and evenings on ESPN2 and which will consist of an attractive blonde host reading tweets and Facebook comments to the camera for a half hour. “This new show will tap into the real conversations taking place across social channels and then literally repeat those conversations back to people,” said Jamie Horowitz, vice president of original programming. “We are confident that a beautiful, flaxen-haired young woman flirtatiously reading short, easy-to-digest messages aloud is exactly the kind of innovative programming that the discerning modern sports fan demands.” After several rounds of test marketing, the collected data suggested that The Pulse has the potential to become the most popular program on the entire ESPN family of networks despite frequently veering completely off the topic of sports.

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            Hey its the Fox Sports Girls!!!!
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              Originally posted by Biddco View Post
              Hey its the Fox Sports Girls!!!!
              Except they're only on TV in 15-second snippets.
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                Originally posted by Dude Love View Post
                Except they're only on TV in 15-second snippets.
                Same thing!
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                  “We are confident that a beautiful, flaxen-haired young woman flirtatiously reading short, easy-to-digest messages aloud is exactly the kind of innovative programming that the discerning modern sports fan demands.” This Horowitz guy has a great talent for redefining the English language. Until now, I didn't know that "discerning" now means "pathetic guys who can't get a date".
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                    It's embarrassing when The Onion gets ESPN better than ESPN gets itself. And sadly, I almost expected it to be a link to espn.com instead.
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                    • Originally posted by Biddco View Post
                      Same thing!
                      How is a commercial bumper the same as a half an hour of someone reading Twitter?
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                          Originally posted by Biddco View Post
                          Hey its the Fox Sports Girls!!!!
                          Do not speak ill of the Fox Sports Girls...
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                            Originally posted by aparch View Post
                            It's embarrassing when The Onion gets ESPN better than ESPN gets itself. And sadly, I almost expected it to be a link to espn.com instead.
                            Sweet Jeebus. I didn't even consider that it was an Onion article. I had this great rant typed up and read your post before I hit send. It's terribly sad I didn't, even for a moment, think that this could be satire.
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                              Originally posted by MinnesotaNorthStar View Post
                              Do not speak ill of the Fox Sports Girls...
                              Especially one "Jenny" who actually KNOWS her sh*. Since she played hockey and all. And her brother is in the college ranks...
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                              • Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                                Sweet Jeebus. I didn't even consider that it was an Onion article. I had this great rant typed up and read your post before I hit send. It's terribly sad I didn't, even for a moment, think that this could be satire.
                                The "Los Angeles" made me do a double take on it, since I would think any news article re: ESPN would be out of Bristol, CT. Otherwise, another great Onion prank.

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