Monday, July 29, 2013

Yeah, Fox Sports 1 Isn't Coming Together So Well

When Fox Sports 1 was announced, their first show named was the Regis Philbin vehicle, now named Crowd Goes W!ld (apparently, Fox brass are e-mailing anyone who forgets the "!"). While the show does have credibility with Embassy Row Studios' production, having an octogenarian host a show that's expected to take on ESPN's yelling shows does have it's issues. Those issues came forward on The Late Show with David Letterman:

Letterman: Who else is on the show?
Regis: We got uh.. uh... a great big defensive end.... who uh... 14 years in the NFL... two Super Bowl games ... his name is uh....(laughter) ... I know the guy! I just spent the weekend with him! Uh.... Travis ... uh... Honest to God! This is really embarrassing! (asks to Fox Sports PR person off camera) What is it?
Fox Sports PR person off camera: Pryce.
Regis: Yes! Travis Pryce!
Fox Sports PR person off camera: TREVOR!
Regis: TREVOR PRYCE! DAMMIT!
Yep. Fox Sports 1, the alternative to ESPN.
Read more at Awful Announcing, a Fox-owned blog that's killing Regis right now.

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