With the door slammed shut on Shannon Sharpe's return to ESPN, the network seems intent on finding a suitable sports figure ...

One star of ESPN's First Take might be off the air for good according to some reporters. On the latest edition of The Dan Le Batard Show, former ESPN personality Dan Le Batard made the case that ...

“First Take” had the largest Black audience — and the most diverse audience in general — of any ESPN show. “That, to me, said it appealed to a Black audience,” Keegan said.

First Take wouldn’t be the same without their support.” The year-to-year ratings growth streak comes despite ESPN, like most other cable outlets, continuing to lose subscribers.

Stephen A. Smith was likely on board with this as well. On First Take, you are treated based on how Smith and Roberts feel about you that day. For Kellerman, it was often unpleasant.

So far, First Take is down about 5% year-over-year, though that drop pales in comparison to how Get Up is performing versus SportsCenter that aired from 7-10 a.m. ET in 2017 (while Nielsen records ...

But whether it can put a dent in the nearly 500,000 viewers First Take attracts to ESPN during the 10 a.m. – noon hours remains to be seen. [The Facility] ...

According to the network, August was the 13th consecutive month that First Take achieved year-over-year viewership growth, notching a 22 percent increase from 2022 with an average of 391,000 viewers.