HBO Cancels Bill Simmons Show

[superunknown23]

This shyt barely lasted 9 months
Some posters here claimed that he was going to take down ESPN after he left

 

[Long Live The Kane]

Didn't watch a single second of it... I was actually a fan of his podcasts and grantland, liked his dynamic with jalen , and appreciated that he was a big NBA fan

Never felt the urge to even sample the show

 

[mastermind]

This shyt barely lasted 9 months
Some posters here claimed that he was going to take down ESPN after he left

9 months?

Show debuted in the summer.

 

[muzikfrk75]

I was a fan of his articles

Never saw the big deal over his podcasts

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

He thought he could do it without the worldwide leader. In a way I wanted to see ESPN lose but they can't

Also, his show was fukkin AWFUL

 

[ALonelyDad]

He is good at writing, & podcast only. His podcast has sucked lately too. He was good on the new ESPN show with Jalen Rose because they had nice chemistry. Other than that he is trash at TV and boring. Maybe this is a reality check and he goes back to his roots

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

I like Simmons, but fukk that show was awful.

Into the dumpster this goes along with True Detective S2 and Vinyl.

Bruh his show made true detective season 2 look like season 1

 

[Paper Boi]

it's funny because i've heard him criticize sports center and rightfully so, but then he came with a show format that was equally as outdated and


not to mention bill simmons is only cool and edgy to white frat boys in their 30s now. maybe he has appeal to boston sports stans too, but breaking news 90% of america doesn't give a fukk about the red sox or bruins.

this is coming from someone who was a big fan of grantland and even listens to his podcasts still. a podcast interview format is one thing, but putting what was essentially his podcast on tv was bound to flop. especially with someone that lacks any sort of camera presence and when you can only do short interviews due to the length of the show.

 

[moli70]

Contrary to most people here I like Bill but the show never worked for me.

 

[triplehate]

Is a non debate sports show even possible?

I never wanna hear interviews ...ever...For any reason

 

[pete clemenza]

If these talking heads who leave espn don't join up with FS1 they better re-sharpen their writing skills up again cause they will soon be forgotten tv wise

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

HBO looked at them ratings like

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

sports content in 2016 brehs

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

have the voice of a 14 year old unathletic white kid from idaho and try to host a tv show about sports, brehs

 

[Goat poster]

If these talking heads who leave espn don't join up with FS1 they better re-sharpen their writing skills up again cause they will soon be forgotten tv wise

It's where he should have went in the first place if he wanted to actually try to compete with ESPN.

He could have took his podcast, documentaries, and articles over there and actually had a similar audience.