E:60

I watched the premiere episode of E:60 tonight. I came away impressed with the show. It was good to see ESPN doing a news show rather than a bunch of opinion from ex-athletes and coaches. The stories on tonight's show were interesting and engaging.


They had stories on the Miami Northwestern High School football team whose star RB committed statutory rape, the estranged relationship between Cecil and Prince Fielder, Dr. Bob who single-handily changes point spreads in Vegas, and the story of Jason Ray who was the North Carolina mascot who was killed in an accident but saved 4 lives by donating his organs. It was interesting to see how one guy can affect the point spread in Vegas. The story of Cecil and Prince Fielder was sad. Bill Simmons becoming a video game star at the end was mildly funny, mildly annoying. The guy looked like a total geek out there with the Celtics, telling Paul Pierce to pretend its the 2008 Finals and the Celtics are about to win the championship. Plus, the guy has no basketball ability what so ever.

The only part of the show I disliked was in-between stories when the correspondents and produces staged a production meeting. The questions seemed staged and the answers written out before. The show will do fine on the stories, it doesn't need the acting.