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The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

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Gurtholfin said:
All true.

One of the reasons we point and laugh though is that they try to position themselves as a national network and these days they're basically NESN that shows up in every house. They don't even cover the west coast teams other than the Lakers.

In addition, there've turned into Entertainment Tonight in a lot of ways. Do Patriot fans even care about Tebow?
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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...
 
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Dude Love said:
No kidding. Do any of the Yankees vs. Red Sox games get broadcast locally or do they get blacked out because 15/18 of them are on ESPN? :)
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Broadcast exclusivity is for the weekend games only (Fox Saturday, ESPN Sunday Night). Any of the Monday or Wednesday games are also aired by the local station.
 
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Another survey, this time from FS1. They wanted my opinion on a bunch of different show ideas and what they should be called. Anything that sounds too much like an ESPN (or TMZ) show I shot down. I also said "a new channel" (since they didn't actually say it was for FS1) should emphasize the NHL and international soccer more. One down note: whoever built the survey still lists the NBCSN as Versus. Based on the show ideas from the survey, I'd say FS1 looks promising.
 
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Priceless said:
Another survey, this time from FS1. They wanted my opinion on a bunch of different show ideas and what they should be called. Anything that sounds too much like an ESPN (or TMZ) show I shot down. I also said "a new channel" (since they didn't actually say it was for FS1) should emphasize the NHL and international soccer more. One down note: whoever built the survey still lists the NBCSN as Versus. Based on the show ideas from the survey, I'd say FS1 looks promising.
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I just hope they cover all sports, not just the ones they broadcast.

Will we need a "Complain about FS1" thread in 17 days???
 
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I thought Fox Sports was also going to be adding FS2 right out of the gate, but they seem to have cooled from that idea (for right now).

I'm hoping that some of their regional NHL games can get simulcast on FS1. Or, at the very least that "Fox Sports Go" gets a nice app on AppleTV. Right next to WatchESPN.
 
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Wall to wall coverage of Riley Cooper.

"Let's go live to Sal Pal!"


:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


Next channel please...
 
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Gurtholfin said:
Wall to wall coverage of Riley Cooper.

"Let's go live to Sal Pal!"


:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


Next channel please...
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I'm happy to say that I don't know who either of those people are. My ESPN avoidance skills are approaching a master's level.
 
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St. Clown said:
I'm happy to say that I don't know who either of those people are. My ESPN avoidance skills are approaching a master's level.
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I was surfing coz Mike & Mike are preempted by the women's British Open. I settled on NHL Network which was showing a replay of Toronto's epic game 7 collapse.
 
SJHovey said:
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...
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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NetworkDecay
 
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Gurtholfin said:
I settled on NHL Network which was showing a replay of Toronto's epic game 7 collapse.
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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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Priceless said:
New ESPN Program To Feature Attractive Blonde Reading Tweets For 30 Minutes
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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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