Michael Smith, Michael Holley launching original sports talk show for NBC’s Peacock
"Brother From Another" will occupy the late-afternoon slot in the new NBC Sports on Peacock lineup.
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With the success of SC:SVP, ESPN hasn’t been able to recreate a winning formula
Why has SC:SVP endured where other shows have struggled?
ESPN exec reportedly complained that SC6 with Jemele Hill and Michael Smith was “too black”
The short-lived SportsCenter show was often accused of having a "liberal bias."
ESPN is again promoting 6 p.m. SportsCenter ratings, maybe a sign of larger shifts in their strategy
After taking criticism for hyping a 6 p.m. SportsCenter ratings boost over SC6 last month, ESPN has done that again.
Sage Steele and Kevin Negandhi look set to host the new 6 p.m. SportsCenter
ESPN looks set to assign permanent anchors for the 6 p.m. SportsCenter, which they haven't had since early March.
ESPN promoting 6 p.m. SportsCenter ratings lift was self-inflicted PR wound that furthers ‘ESPN is too liberal’ narrative
ESPN proclaims that 6 p.m. SportsCenter ratings are up since Michael Smith and Jemele Hill exited
Is ESPN tossing the former SC6 hosts under the bus?
What should ESPN do at 6 p.m. now that SC6 is no more?
Is another rebrand in the making?
Michael Smith reportedly leaving SC6; his last show will be Friday, March 9
This was bound to happen.
AA Recap: Michael Smith says he and Jemele Hill felt ‘muted,’ ‘frustrated’ in final months of SC6
It’s been another busy week in sports media.
Michael Smith says he and Jemele Hill felt ‘muted’ in final months together on SC6, which ‘frustrated the shit out of us’
"You all acknowledge that one of the strengths we have going for us as a show is Michael and Jemele's chemistry, but Michael and Jemele don't fucking talk to each other?"
Keith Olbermann is again working with ESPN, contributing pieces for a variety of ‘SportsCenter’ editions
After two previous stints at ESPN, Olbermann is back for more as a contributor, though his role moving forward remains unclear.
Jemele Hill will leave ‘SC6’ to join staff at The Undefeated
This somehow feels both shocking and entirely inevitable.
Adam Schefter takes a phone call on live TV during a SC6 appearance
Apparently, the no calls on live TV rule doesn't apply to Schefter either.
Jemele Hill returns from suspension, thanks Michael Smith for “holding this down while I was gone”
After two weeks off the air, Hill was back alongside her partner on SC6 on Monday.
