“I just looked at the camera and I was like well guys, the beauty of live television. Nothing is working. So, we are going to take a break and we will see if we can get it right on the other side. When we went to a commercial, they got in my ear and they were like you handled that so well."
“Only a small percentage of Gen Z — and an even smaller proportion of Gen Alpha — will watch a three-hour live sporting event, preferring video highlights on YouTube, TikTok and other outlets, usually curated by social media stars.”
Putting out a consistent product on a daily, or at least weekly, basis is hard. It’s not digging ditches, but it’s also not what many celebrities expected when they cracked a mic for the first time to record their inaugural podcast episode.
"College Football Live might not have the profile of College GameDay, NFL Live or NBA Today, but it is among ESPN’s best-produced and best-directed programs."