FIRST TAKE VS. UNDISPUTED

WHICH 1 YOU RIDIN WITH?

  • FIRST TAKE

    Votes: 50 31.1%
  • UNDISPUTED

    Votes: 111 68.9%

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problem with this show being on FS1 is it's a premium cable channel. Most people don't have this channel in basic cable so they're going to get killed ratings wise as every cable outlet offers espn as a non premium channel
 

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I fukk with SAS, I understand his "black on black crime" tangents have soured him in a lot of people's minds but other than that, that's my dude. I do miss skip, but I really can't stand Shannon Sharp.

When he was talking to Manny the other day I was just like :dahell:

He's fukking annoying.
 

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CONTEXT

Skip Bayless’ ‘Undisputed’ Debut Soars With Huge Time-Slot Ratings Gain
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The Fox Sports 1 debut of “Skip and Shannon: Undisputed” couldn’t hold a candle to chief competition “First Take,” but it still delivered great growth internally.

Tuesday’s premiere of Skip Bayless’ new debate show delivered a .10 overnight Nielsen rating, which is a 400 percent improvement over the same time period last year. Back then, the Fox-owned cable channel received a .02, running repeats of live events and studio shows.

Additionally, the premiere’s preliminary TV ratings were 233 percent better than the channel’s August 2016 average (a .03), when FS1 aired similar filler.

Plus, Bayless and Shannon Sharpe now offer a legitimate lead-in for Colin Cowherd’s “The Herd.” Also with a .10 rating, that show’s Tuesday episode was up 67 percent over its September 2015 average (.06).




Also Read: Skip Bayless' Fox Sports 1 Debut Drowned by 'First Take' in Overnight Ratings

Earlier, TheWrap compared “Undisputed’s” premiere ratings versus the same day’s “First Take” on ESPN2, where Bayless embraced debate for 12 years. It really wasn’t much of a battle, however, as the Stephen A. Smith-Max Kellerman morning show trounced “Undisputed” by 320 percent. We didn’t have Fox Sports’ historical comparisons at the time of that initial post.


To be fair to Bayless and Fox Sports, ESPN calls itself the Worldwide Leader in Sports for a reason — it is still far bigger than the competition, with greater reach and recognition. Final numbers for both series should be officially released tomorrow.

At Fox Sports 1, Bayless is reunited with buddy and boss Jamie Horowitz, another ESPN alum. The former Dallas Morning News columnist sits opposite NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe on the new show.

TheWrap recently spoke with Bayless, who revealed to us that “First Take” was nearly canceled over a 2013 incident involving him and NFL All-Pro Richard Sherman. He also compared and contrasted his old show with his new one, and swore up and down that his polarizing answers are not a masked effort to troll the audience.
 

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CONTEXT

Skip Bayless’ ‘Undisputed’ Debut Soars With Huge Time-Slot Ratings Gain
Undisputed-FS1-618x400.jpg

The Fox Sports 1 debut of “Skip and Shannon: Undisputed” couldn’t hold a candle to chief competition “First Take,” but it still delivered great growth internally.

Tuesday’s premiere of Skip Bayless’ new debate show delivered a .10 overnight Nielsen rating, which is a 400 percent improvement over the same time period last year. Back then, the Fox-owned cable channel received a .02, running repeats of live events and studio shows.

Additionally, the premiere’s preliminary TV ratings were 233 percent better than the channel’s August 2016 average (a .03), when FS1 aired similar filler.

Plus, Bayless and Shannon Sharpe now offer a legitimate lead-in for Colin Cowherd’s “The Herd.” Also with a .10 rating, that show’s Tuesday episode was up 67 percent over its September 2015 average (.06).




Also Read: Skip Bayless' Fox Sports 1 Debut Drowned by 'First Take' in Overnight Ratings

Earlier, TheWrap compared “Undisputed’s” premiere ratings versus the same day’s “First Take” on ESPN2, where Bayless embraced debate for 12 years. It really wasn’t much of a battle, however, as the Stephen A. Smith-Max Kellerman morning show trounced “Undisputed” by 320 percent. We didn’t have Fox Sports’ historical comparisons at the time of that initial post.


To be fair to Bayless and Fox Sports, ESPN calls itself the Worldwide Leader in Sports for a reason — it is still far bigger than the competition, with greater reach and recognition. Final numbers for both series should be officially released tomorrow.

At Fox Sports 1, Bayless is reunited with buddy and boss Jamie Horowitz, another ESPN alum. The former Dallas Morning News columnist sits opposite NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe on the new show.

TheWrap recently spoke with Bayless, who revealed to us that “First Take” was nearly canceled over a 2013 incident involving him and NFL All-Pro Richard Sherman. He also compared and contrasted his old show with his new one, and swore up and down that his polarizing answers are not a masked effort to troll the audience.
Skip Bayless’ New Show Drops 30 Percent From Debut Ratings

What a difference a day makes.

Skip Bayless is still boosting Fox’s 9:30 a.m. time slot, but his second episode couldn’t keep up with the first. “Undisputed” posted a 0.07 overnight rating on Wednesday morning, down 30 percent from Tuesday’s 0.10. (In final numbers, “Skip and Shannon: Undisputed” nabbed 125,000 viewers with its post-Labor Day premiere, way up from the 16,000 that time slot usually commands with random reruns.)

Meanwhile, Bayless’ old show, ESPN2’s “First Take,” put up a 0.32 yesterday — that’s a whopping 457 percent advantage. Of course, it’s also a somewhat unfair comparison.
 

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problem with this show being on FS1 is it's a premium cable channel. Most people don't have this channel in basic cable so they're going to get killed ratings wise as every cable outlet offers espn as a non premium channel

THEYLL BE EVERYWHERE SOON
 
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