ESPN programming has completed its move to 7 Hudson Square, the New York City-based headquarters for The Walt Disney Company, with shows debuting from their new studio spaces on Monday morning. Evan Cohen, Chris Canty and Michelle Smallmon kicked off the day from the new UnSportsmanLike studio setup, which features an array of sports memorabilia surrounding an LED screen featuring show graphics and scenic views of the Manhattan skyline. Later in the morning, First Take made its debut with Stephen A. Smith and Molly Qerim, who were joined in the studio by ESPN NBA personalities Jay Williams and Brian Windhorst to recap the NBA Finals.
The new facilities at 7 Hudson Square feature state-of-the-art production functionalities and upgraded technology that supports live programming across The Walt Disney Company. The morning television show Get Up made its debut from the facility two weeks earlier featuring host Mike Greenberg with appearances from Dan Orlovsky, Damien Woody, Peter Schrager, Marcus Morris and Markieff Morris. According to a report by Dak Dillon of NewscastStudio, the space is approximately 2,100 square feet and referenced aesthetics seen from the Central Park café seen in Friends and diner depicted in Seinfeld. The studio also has several LED floor locations and graphics that resemble lower Manhattan.
The three ESPN morning programs previously broadcast from South Street Seaport at Pier 17 featuring views of the East River and Brooklyn Bridge Park. Get Up and First Take had utilized the television facilities for parts of seven years, along with other programming such as Around the Horn and NBA Countdown. Prior to UnSportsmanLike making its debut from the space in September 2023, the ESPN Radio national morning offering of Keyshawn, JWill and Max utilized the space.
In addition to the ESPN morning shows, various other Disney productions are filming from 7 Hudson Square, some of which include The View, Good Morning America, Live with Kelly and Mark and World News Tonight. The company is working out of the 22-story, 338-foot-tall structure in the Hudson Square neighborhood of New York City that possesses 1.2 million square feet for offices, film and production studio space. The facility is located near the ESPN New York studios and Good Karma Brands offices from which programs such as Don, Hahn and Rosenberg emanate.
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