Tag: Tony Kornheiser

"I thought the correct answer would have been it's my show with Tony. I want to do the show with Tony for as long as he wants to do it. I'm not going to think about what's happening after. It was weird that he had somebody warming up at the bullpen. I was really, really surprised by that."

"PTI has always chosen to be different from everything else on ESPN, dating back to the moment it first hit the airwaves. It has continued to resist changing its core formula despite trends within the industry and within the network itself. So, why change now?"

"A lot of them [ESPN executives] don't even know PTI exists. We're not from Bristol. We weren't created by Bristol. We're not of the ESPN culture."

"To receive an honor bearing Walter Cronkite’s name is humbling, because you immediately think about the standard he set for journalism."

"After 25 years, Pardon the Interruption remains one of the strongest arguments in sports media that success doesn't always come from chasing every trend. Sometimes, it comes from knowing exactly who you are and having the discipline to stay that way."

"McAfee punches down, insulting the system while being a visitor in a house he never built—paid, of course, by The Walt Disney Company"

"Launched in October 2001, Pardon The Interruption quickly established itself as one of ESPN’s signature studio programs"

"105 days later, still no replacement program has been named for the coveted 5 p.m. Eastern timeslot"

"Boo him, cheer him, hate him, love him—Stephen A. Smith is the greatest entertainer in media today"

“Its success robbed the show of its unique identity.”