skip and shannon undisputed tv show cast

If you watched the early segments of Undisputed, it probably didn’t look very different from First Take to you. The question is whether or not people tune in hoping to see something new or want a familiar personality on TV. It’s akin to televised sports talk radio. They’re background noise, a distraction from tasks at home, workouts at the gym, or the wait for a flight. Or this is just the latest sports show in which two guys yell at each other with a moderator occasionally stepping in to either change topics or throw to a commercial break.įS1 would surely love it if you did watch all two-and-a-half hours of the Skip and Shannon show, but execs and producers would likely admit that shows like this are not meant to engage the viewer for that long. Could it be that each daily 150-minute show should be viewed as a narrative during which Bayless and Sharpe attack each other right away, fiercely trading hot takes and disbelief until one participant yields or the two combatants decide they have reached common ground? Maybe each episode of Undisputed is meant to be a competitive exercise between Bayless and his new on-air sparring partner. Maybe that’s the wrong way to look at this.

That’s a lot of television for anyone to watch in one sitting, which isn’t a ballgame or a movie. It’s more a comment on a two-and-a-half-hour run time. That’s not necessarily a crack at tolerating Bayless and a show format that’s been heavily criticized among those who cover and observe sports media.

Perhaps Undisputed should be called an endurance test instead.

Skip and shannon undisputed tv show cast