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02-25-2020, 08:55 PM
https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2020/02/25/espn-cancels-high-noon-bomani-jones-pablo-torre
Bomani Jones and Pablo Torre took a smart approach to TV sports chat shows, and they averaged 330,000 viewers. But that number -- which is more than double the viewership of FS1's top sports talk show -- wasn't enough to keep ESPN from canceling (https://twitter.com/Ourand_SBJ/status/1232114133589536769) High Noon on Monday. "The narrative that High Noon's ratings were abysmal just isn't true," says Jimmy Traina. "No matter what the spin is, I believe the cancellation was more about fit than numbers."
Bomani Jones and Pablo Torre took a smart approach to TV sports chat shows, and they averaged 330,000 viewers. But that number -- which is more than double the viewership of FS1's top sports talk show -- wasn't enough to keep ESPN from canceling (https://twitter.com/Ourand_SBJ/status/1232114133589536769) High Noon on Monday. "The narrative that High Noon's ratings were abysmal just isn't true," says Jimmy Traina. "No matter what the spin is, I believe the cancellation was more about fit than numbers."