Back in September, Kay Adams began a new show on FanDuel TV called Up And Adams every Monday-Friday at 11 AM ET. It was a new venture for Adams after being the host of Good Morning Football on NFL Network from 2016-2022. If there’s one thing that Adams loves, it’s starting something new.
Adams was a guest on The Adam Schein Podcast this week and she told Schein that she loves to start up shows and that she is never afraid to take a risk when it comes to looking at a new opportunity.
“I really like starting shows. Good Morning Football was a startup by all means. It was a let’s rip this up, we are going to hire a production company, we got new people. I like that process. When I decided to leave Good Morning Football, I just felt like I had done such good work there and I felt so good about it. We won the Emmy out the door. That was kind of I feel good about this, what else is out there?
“I’ve never been someone who is afraid to take risks. I make decisions pretty quickly when it comes to an opportunity…I think there is a lot of opportunity here. I’m trying to focus on presence and what I have. This show is important to me. I have a team of really hungry people who took a chance just like I did leaving places that they had great jobs to come work on something new and they work their asses off, my team at Up And Adams….I’m trying to focus more on getting that off the ground, getting that to a good place.”
When Adams was talking about her new show, she thinks that the key to making the show is a success is making sure she gets good information.
“FanDuel wanted to put out content. They started a TV station. They’re going to have some exciting programming coming up, but they kicked it off with me. They said alright ‘We’ll give you an hour, good luck kid. Go do what you want.’ I said what do I want to do for an hour?
“We are still figuring it out. It changes everyday. That’s the incredible grace of it all, you have the freedom to do that. I wanted to give good information. The importance of bringing in the people who are in the locker room and to be able to give some of these beat writers that are in the locker rooms and know what’s going on and the change of energy everyday a voice on a national platform has been really incredible to do. Good information has been really important.”
At times, Adams has Rob Gronkowski on her show and she likes that she can show a different side of Gronkowski to the viewers and try to change the way people view him a little bit.
“Everyone thinks he’s a goof. He’s got things to say, he’s evolved…It’s fun to watch him evolve as a character. It’s really hard to re-write your narrative in this NFL or get anyone to look at you differently. If I can pull that out of anyone, it’s a win.”
