![]() “That’s going to be a win for us in middays as well,” Thomas said. CT, which ESPN will air against Laurence Holmes’ show on The Score. He is hosting a new national show from 12-2 p.m. ![]() “But at the same time, we’re still airing the same amount of hours of ESPN network programming each day. “From a competitive standpoint, that was something we felt like was very important,” ESPN 1000 market manager Mike Thomas said. Running an unproven show of Jay Williams, Keyshawn Johnson and Zubin Mehenti, the new morning trio, until 9 a.m would have been a major folly. never made much sense, even in the salad days of “Mike & Mike,” because you’re giving away listeners in their cars on the way to work and letting the competition establish a foothold. Which show would you rather listen to from 7-9 a.m.?Ĭommon sense has long foretold this decision. to noon show is moving up two hours and adding a full-time co-host in Jonathan Hood. On Tuesday morning, ESPN 1000’s David Kaplan announced that his 9 a.m. The Score’s morning show still dominates the Chicago market by setting the conversation and doing exclusive Cubs interviews, but it’s about to have some competition. David Haugh, the erstwhile Tribune columnist, replaced Hanley, who was let go by Jimmy deCastro, in 2018. ![]() The “Mully & Hanley Show” locked down the morning ratings battle for a decade. The Score (which employs McNeil for the third time) eventually pushed back against the national morning show when it replaced Mike North with the duo of Mike Mulligan and Brian Hanley. One that anyone and everyone outside of Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic and the Subway Fresh Take hotline agreed with. Eight days later, he was pushed out just before his contract expired.īut he had a point.
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