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When did ESPN become ESPN!!11!!!

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Songbird, Feb 8, 2020.

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  1. DanielSimpsonDay

    DanielSimpsonDay Well-Known Member

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    Everybody knows you never go full Berman.
     
    DanielSimpsonDay, Feb 10, 2020
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  2. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    And on a streaming platform that they wanted you to pay money for.
     
    playthrough, Feb 10, 2020
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  3. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    ESPN went from something good, something remarkable even...to trash when it got the MNF contract and simultaneously opened the LA Live West Coast HQ...and decided it needed to fill all its talking heads shows with the same five topics pulled out of Skipper's ass every morning.
     
    TigerVols, Feb 10, 2020
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  4. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    NFL Primetime is one of the best things ESPN ever produced.

    For me the network jumped the shark ca. 2002-03, right around the time it got itself in hot water with shows such as Playmakers.

    Which I also don't think the league has ever forgiven ESPN for.
     
    3_Octave_Fart, Feb 10, 2020
    #16
  5. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Mark Shapiro did great work with SportsCentury - got him the big chair in programming and they started doing movies, dramas and game shows. It's worked out well for him, he's now the head at Endeavor one of the top agencies in LA.
     
    DanOregon, Feb 10, 2020
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  6. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Primetime should have evolved over the years. We didn't need Berman yelling "DAH RAIIIIIIIIIIIIDAS!!!" and all his other catchphrases for 30-plus years.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Feb 10, 2020
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  7. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    I adored Playmakers. What a great show.
     
    Cosmo, Feb 10, 2020
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  8. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    Really? The players could have walked around with placards describing their role and it would have been more subtle than that piece of garbage.
     
    justgladtobehere, Feb 10, 2020
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  9. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    I can't explain it. It's probably why I like Any Given Sunday, too. It was so over the top that it was ridiculous. But enjoyable.
     
    Cosmo, Feb 10, 2020
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  10. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    I covered the NFL the year the show came out and players were not happy about it.

    It was just a very odd thing for a business partner to create.
     
    3_Octave_Fart, Feb 10, 2020
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  11. DanielSimpsonDay

    DanielSimpsonDay Well-Known Member

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    DanielSimpsonDay, Feb 10, 2020
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  12. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    It also shows how deep the NFL's reach is that no media entity has tried to duplicate it. Isn't the NFL in business with just about every media producer on one project or another? Fox, Disney, NBC, CBS, Facebook, Amazon Prime Video Simulcast of Thursday Night Football, ATT-Warner Bros. (Sunday Ticket). That's pretty much all the networks and movie and TV studios - even if you got something made, good luck finding a place to show it - those companies also control cable and satellite TV. Netflix seems to be the only company that isn't in business with the NFL. (As evidenced by the Hernandez doc)
     
    DanOregon, Feb 10, 2020
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