30 for 30 running thread

I guess the series is on hiatus until after the college basketball regular season. There's only one new film between now and mid-March ("The U," about Miami football, which debuts on Dec. 12).

 

Just when it was getting good...

 

I'm looking forward to some quality Cotton Bowl footage.

 

The "U" can go in many directions from the beginnings of Lou Saban, thug life, winning championships or all the deaths that surround the program. 45 minutes won't be enough.

 

I saw a story somewhere - sports biz journal maybe - that ratings for the 30 for 30 films have been abysmal and that there's concern they might lose sponsorship of the series, which could put the future of the whole thing into doubt. Although I guess if ESPN did for whatever reason stop showing them - and I can't see that ever actually happening considering how much they've put into it - you'd think they could air somewhere else.

 

That's not true. I saw that article, too, and I believe it was written after the first one aired (Gretzky).

I read the ratings have really picked up. Bias, in particular, hit a homerun, and Greek rated very well, too.

Sports Biz Journal = not your most reliable publication.

The good ratings are encouraging, though. Put quality TV on the air, and people will watch.

 

Tell that to Freaks and Geeks[/byh]

 

Problem with Cosell is that so much of the really good stuff happened before ESPN came around - the series is focused on the last 30 years. Still - the end of Cosell was sad. He had the bad habit of being right about what sports had become and we hated him for it.

 

Most loved and most hated.

 

I think they're all an hour.