Well espn has what a 30 year head start and ya'll sh*t on all their shows as well.. plus espn is laying off people like there's no tomorrow
Fox Sports 1 seriously flopped
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tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
False. We'll watch crappy programming as long as there's 4 letters attached to it.
El Poyo Loco
Akrassikauda = Black Scorpion
First time I seen Keith Olbermann with that horrible mustache
Yep you are talking about cnnsi I use to watch this because they staned mj during his comeback. I swear they use to shoot everything in a little small crappy studio though i can see why they failed.
O.iatlhawksfan
Devoted Joel Embiid hater
If they get hockey I think their ratings will improve. The thing over here is it's in the 70s channels and I normally go around them parts.
Who's hosting now?
CNNSI and I agree it was dope
The War Report
NewNewYork
They're improving FS1/2 little by little. Bundesliga FTW 
AVXL
Laughing at you n*ggaz like “ha ha ha”
Cowherd has proven to be a strong viewing option since he was on ESPN. The viewers are coming for Cowherd on FS1 as well
Obviously there are caveats with how many homes each channel is in. But Cowherd is already doing well for FS1. 100k viewers on TV for a radio show is pretty good I would assume.
The Big Lead
AVXL
Laughing at you n*ggaz like “ha ha ha”
He's a powerful brand...I know The Coli doesn't like him, but he's doing his thing
Rocket Scientist
Superstar
I wonder how NBC sports network doing.
i can't imagine many ppl are watch NFL Live on ESPN everyday either. Outside of college kids, who's really able to consistently watch TV during the day.
I didnt even know FS1 had a daily nFL show.
Plus FS1 is still not in alot of homes.
I didnt even know FS1 had a daily nFL show.
Plus FS1 is still not in alot of homes.
The Midnight Marauder
All Star
Fox Sports 1 is DOA. The way that the market is set up they'll never be able to achieve even a fraction of the success ESPN has.
It pretty much breaks down like this: You can put whatever show with whatever host and whatever format or gimmick you can think of on FS1, and it won't fukkin matter. Those shows aren't what's gonna get you an audience. THE GAMES are going to get you an audience. BIG EVENTS are going to get you an audience. And the bosses at FS1 aren't stupid. They obviously know this.
THE PROBLEM IS getting the TV rights to the Leagues and Events that will draw the biggest audiences. This is alot trickier for Fox Sports 1 than it would appear. Fox obviously launched FS1 being extremely confident that it could obtain a significant amount of TV deals with major events and Leagues. They had already locked up TV deals with the Pac 12, Big 12 and what was left of Big East Basketball after all the football schools left. They were ready to put up big money to build off that. The problem was, is, and will continue to be one that can be summed up by looking at the NBA deal negotiations that took place last year. The NBA will always spread their national games across two networks (along with NBATV of course). Fox's #1 mission was to be one of those two networks. According to alot of reports, Fox offered the NBA more money than ANY other network. ESPN, Turner, NBC, ALL OF EM. But the problem is, the NBA has to take more than the TV money into consideration; they've gotta balance that with exposure and branding. Considering that Inside the NBA is widely considered the most popular studio show in ALL of sports, even football, as well as the fact that Turner runs NBATV already, it was pretty obvious from the jump that TNT was keeping its deal. NBC wasn't putting up nearly as much as Fox and ESPN, so it came down to them. To jump off subject for a second, look at the Big East's deal with Fox. The league got big money for the deal, but it had a negative impact on the league. Despite the fact that alot of the better teams had left, you had big name schools like Villanova and Georgetown who went from being the featured event on ESPN every Monday and Saturday Night, to being hidden away on FS1, getting virtually zero ratings. The NBA could've taken more money to go with Fox, they would've seen a HUGE dropoff in exposure. It could've potentially been a major setback for their brand. It didn't make any sense to take that big of a risk.
And that's the problem FS1 has been and will continue to run into. They're not gonna find alot of properties willing sacrifice ratings and exposure in exchange for more money up front. The content they need to build the network is likely unattainable.
So currently, they're trying to grow their audience with the following:
Pac 12 Football and Basketball-(Programming that most viewers east of Colorado have zero interest in)
Big 12 Football and Basketball-(A deal that doesn't include Texas, which is by far the biggest ratings draw in the conference)
Major League Baseball-(A sport that has been declining in popularity for 20 years with an aging fanbase that advertisers find unappealing)
NASCAR (A sport that peaked in popularity nearly 15 years ago.)
UFC (A sport that peaked in popularity 5 years ago, and who's biggest star is a woman who had very little financial incentive to compete much longer given the fact the money she can make as an entertainer is much more than what the UFC can/will pay her.
They have zero shot at the NBA, SEC Football, Big 10, ACC, NFL (NFL let CBS get a piece of Thursday Night Football because they felt it wasn't getting enough exposure ON THEIR OWN NETWORK. FS1 ain't getting NFL fam.), or Soccer now that NBC has prioritized that. It's a wrap for them.
It pretty much breaks down like this: You can put whatever show with whatever host and whatever format or gimmick you can think of on FS1, and it won't fukkin matter. Those shows aren't what's gonna get you an audience. THE GAMES are going to get you an audience. BIG EVENTS are going to get you an audience. And the bosses at FS1 aren't stupid. They obviously know this.
THE PROBLEM IS getting the TV rights to the Leagues and Events that will draw the biggest audiences. This is alot trickier for Fox Sports 1 than it would appear. Fox obviously launched FS1 being extremely confident that it could obtain a significant amount of TV deals with major events and Leagues. They had already locked up TV deals with the Pac 12, Big 12 and what was left of Big East Basketball after all the football schools left. They were ready to put up big money to build off that. The problem was, is, and will continue to be one that can be summed up by looking at the NBA deal negotiations that took place last year. The NBA will always spread their national games across two networks (along with NBATV of course). Fox's #1 mission was to be one of those two networks. According to alot of reports, Fox offered the NBA more money than ANY other network. ESPN, Turner, NBC, ALL OF EM. But the problem is, the NBA has to take more than the TV money into consideration; they've gotta balance that with exposure and branding. Considering that Inside the NBA is widely considered the most popular studio show in ALL of sports, even football, as well as the fact that Turner runs NBATV already, it was pretty obvious from the jump that TNT was keeping its deal. NBC wasn't putting up nearly as much as Fox and ESPN, so it came down to them. To jump off subject for a second, look at the Big East's deal with Fox. The league got big money for the deal, but it had a negative impact on the league. Despite the fact that alot of the better teams had left, you had big name schools like Villanova and Georgetown who went from being the featured event on ESPN every Monday and Saturday Night, to being hidden away on FS1, getting virtually zero ratings. The NBA could've taken more money to go with Fox, they would've seen a HUGE dropoff in exposure. It could've potentially been a major setback for their brand. It didn't make any sense to take that big of a risk.
And that's the problem FS1 has been and will continue to run into. They're not gonna find alot of properties willing sacrifice ratings and exposure in exchange for more money up front. The content they need to build the network is likely unattainable.
So currently, they're trying to grow their audience with the following:
Pac 12 Football and Basketball-(Programming that most viewers east of Colorado have zero interest in)
Big 12 Football and Basketball-(A deal that doesn't include Texas, which is by far the biggest ratings draw in the conference)
Major League Baseball-(A sport that has been declining in popularity for 20 years with an aging fanbase that advertisers find unappealing)
NASCAR (A sport that peaked in popularity nearly 15 years ago.)
UFC (A sport that peaked in popularity 5 years ago, and who's biggest star is a woman who had very little financial incentive to compete much longer given the fact the money she can make as an entertainer is much more than what the UFC can/will pay her.
They have zero shot at the NBA, SEC Football, Big 10, ACC, NFL (NFL let CBS get a piece of Thursday Night Football because they felt it wasn't getting enough exposure ON THEIR OWN NETWORK. FS1 ain't getting NFL fam.), or Soccer now that NBC has prioritized that. It's a wrap for them.