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re: When did ESPNews die a slow painful death?
Posted on 8/31/16 at 1:39 pm to 504Voodoo
Posted on 8/31/16 at 1:39 pm to 504Voodoo
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Because the day and age where you needed a tv channel/show tk get sports highlights and results is long gone. With the birth of the social media era, internet, and smart phones, there are so many ways to receive info on a game moments after it has concluded.
I understand this argument, but, on the other hand, I might not know of a highlight or play that I need to watch. If I am looking online, I'm typically looking for scores and highlights of a team I support or one of their direct competitors. It was nice when SC or ESPN News would show scores and highlights so I could get info on all sports even if I wasn't directly searching for them. So, I understand the need to change, and I don't believe ESPN is wrong for doing it. However, it was nice being able to watch ESPN News for half an hour and having a basic understanding of the games from the night before. It's obvious this format isn't working numberswise, because when NBCSN first started, they had a very enjoyable show called The Lights. There wasn't even an in studio personality. It was just a background voice, and they mostly played radio or tv calls.
This is slightly off topic, but SC has started doing something weird in the last year or so when they actually show highlights. Instead of treating it like a story where you don't reveal the outcome until the end, they are treating it like a sports article in a newspaper. They delve into the biggest story from a game, talk about that for a bit while showing highlights of that aspect, then they show the rest of the highlights from the start. It just doesn't work as well as a newspaper article.
This post was edited on 8/31/16 at 1:43 pm
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Posted on 8/31/16 at 4:09 pm to Les Miles Lunchbox
I don't think it's a big mystery. It wasn't as if ESPN used ESPNN for anything BUT hourly highlights and commercials - ESPN didn't kill it.
The internet did.
The internet did.
Posted on 8/31/16 at 7:13 pm to Les Miles Lunchbox
I quit watching years ago. If they show a football game I want to see, fine. Otherwise, a waste of time.
Posted on 8/31/16 at 10:12 pm to HubbaBubba
My dad and I used to talk sports all the time.. He's in his 50s and can't stand ESPN so he barely watches it.. He can't keep up like he used to so I have to fill him in on most of the minor stories..
Old school guys like him who aren't really tech savvy ain't subscribing to YouTube or downloading apps to get their sports news so they miss out.. He basically only listens to Bobby Hebert on wwl when he's working in the garage
And don't get him started on shows like His and Hers, First Take, etc
Old school guys like him who aren't really tech savvy ain't subscribing to YouTube or downloading apps to get their sports news so they miss out.. He basically only listens to Bobby Hebert on wwl when he's working in the garage
And don't get him started on shows like His and Hers, First Take, etc
This post was edited on 8/31/16 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 8/31/16 at 10:17 pm to Les Miles Lunchbox
When I didn't have cable, I used to stay up late on Sunday nights to watch all the NFL highlights on the George Michael Sports Machine. What a great show that was.
Sadly, Sportscenter as I used to know it is forever dead. Fox Sports Live is even worse. Sportscenter from the '90s and part of the '00s had much better anchors, graphics package, awesome intros and music, equal coverage of all sports. No boring interviews filled with cliche answers. No pregame/postgame analysis with way too many analyists. No coverage deficated to lame Twitter, Facebook, Instagram crap that no one cares about. No constant "insert X athlete is the best ever" debate. No lame humor that no one finds funny. Just scores and highlights from all sports equally. Just like it should be.
What a shame those days are long gone. No wonder ESPN is losing so many viewers.
Sadly, Sportscenter as I used to know it is forever dead. Fox Sports Live is even worse. Sportscenter from the '90s and part of the '00s had much better anchors, graphics package, awesome intros and music, equal coverage of all sports. No boring interviews filled with cliche answers. No pregame/postgame analysis with way too many analyists. No coverage deficated to lame Twitter, Facebook, Instagram crap that no one cares about. No constant "insert X athlete is the best ever" debate. No lame humor that no one finds funny. Just scores and highlights from all sports equally. Just like it should be.
What a shame those days are long gone. No wonder ESPN is losing so many viewers.
This post was edited on 8/31/16 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 9/1/16 at 7:49 am to AlonsoWDC
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ESPN didn't kill it. The Internet did
A 3 times daily real highlight show seems like perfect content for ESPN3 and WatchESPN.
Posted on 9/1/16 at 10:01 am to Les Miles Lunchbox
If ESPN would have legit analysts talking about in depth stuff like what kind of defense this team is running and how this will play out instead of non stop race and political theatre BS, they wouldn't be hurting so bad in the non game ratings market.
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