Condé Nast Portfolio
Home > Views > Blogs > Playbook > Versus Taps Dennis Miller to Host Sports Show ... Why?
EMAIL
PRINT
RSS
SHARE
TEXT SIZE:
SHARE
Send a copy to me

Separate multiple email addresses (max 20) with commas.

0/1500

Main
Izod Wins Naming Rights To Continent...   Baseball's Playoff Merchandise Selli...
Oct 5 2007 9:18AM EDT

Versus Taps Dennis Miller to Host Sports Show ... Why?

Like Major League Baseball teams constantly hiring retread managers, television networks just don't get it.

Versus, the Comcast-owned cable outlet formerly known as the Outdoor Life Network, has hired Dennis Miller to host a one-hour weekly series called "Sports Unfiltered with Dennis Miller," according to Variety.

Miller, the accomplished comedian and talk radio host, was a disaster during two seasons as a commentator on "Monday Night Football," so of course, give him his own sports show. Miller was actually ranked the worst "Monday Night Football" commentator of all time in a 2006 ESPN poll.

blog-miller-large.jpg Photo of Dennis Miller UPI Photo/Mark Goldman/Landov

The opinion show launches Nov. 6 in the 10 pm ET slot, using the network's National Hockey League game programming as a lead-in and focusing on sports and feature editorials that Versus will calling "rants," mock sportscasts where Miller talks about the sports news of the week.

Miller doing sports commentary sounds as appealing as his former "Monday Night Football" colleague Al Michaels would performing at LA's hottest comedy club.

Networks never learn.


Loading...
Add Your Comment
View
 

Thank you for registering as a Portfolio.com Insider. Your comment has been added.

Create Your Public Profile


Archive

Previous
Jul
2009
Next


Also in Portfolio.com
Most Read
Most Emailed
Recently Commented

Newsletter Sign-Up
Inside Portfolio.com
In This Issue
Subscribe
Newsletter Sign-Up
Inside Portfolio.com
In This Issue
Subscribe