Rachel Nichols has a new show debuting on Showtime this week. Headliners debuts Thursday night. It will run until May 4. The show will take a break for the playoffs before returning in June.
Each week, Nichols will talk to stars in and around the NBA. Joel Embiid will be the guest on the premiere episode. Steph Curry, Dwyane Wade, and Jason Kidd are all signed up for the season as well.
“The idea is that we’re getting the best of the best, the most interesting people, the guys who have accomplished the most in the sport of basketball,” Rachel Nichols told Deadline.
During her conversation with Baron Davis on stage at the BSM Summit in Los Angeles, Nichols said that the rise in athlete-produced media has given viewers plenty of options, but it has also allowed athletes to present their stories focused exactly how they want. The goal of Headliners is to give viewers a fuller, more authentic view of her guests.
“We spend so much time saturated with professional athletes on our TV and on our phones and everywhere else that getting quiet time, when you can actually find out who this person is, is kind of rare amid all of the bright lights and the big motion,” she said in her conversation with Deadline.
New episodes of Headliners will air Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern. They will be available to stream starting at midnight.
