Erin Andrews Leaves ESPN for Fox Sports

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Erin Andrews Signs With Fox Sports
Jul 2, 2012
by Robyn Ross


Erin Andrews has joined Fox Sports, the network announced Sunday.

"We're thrilled to welcome Andrews back to the FOX Sports family," Eric Shanks, executive producer, co-president and COO, FOX Sports Media Group, said in a statement.

"Erin is one of the hardest-working, most-respected individuals in sports television and we expect her to have an immediate impact."





Andrews, who announced her exit from ESPN last week, signed a multi-year deal to host Fox's new prime-time college football pregame show and to contribute to coverage of the NFL and MLB as well.

She got her start as a sports reporter for Fox Sports Florida in 2000.

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On Tuesday, Erin Andrews did what many ex-ESPN’ers do, make their first national appearance as an ex-ESPN’er on the Dan Patrick Show. While Erin didn’t trash her former employer, she did make some news by stating that she’ll be roaming the sidelines for NFL games in addition to hosting Fox’s college football studio and having a role on Fox’s MLB Postseason package.

Some have speculated that Erin might replace Pam Oliver on Fox’s NFL “A” team with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. That is not going to happen. Can you imagine what would happen to the Fox executive who had to tell Pam that she was booted from the NFL on Fox? Pam takes crap from no one and is willing to fight anyone at any time. That executive’s limbs would be ripped from his/her joints, so no, Pam Oliver is not going anywhere.

And let’s think about this realistically. Erin will host the College Football studio from Los Angeles. It would not be conducive to have Erin travel cross country especially when the Fox college football game will most likely end after 11:30 p.m. ET Saturday and then be on the sidelines for a potential 1 p.m. game on Sunday. Yes, she’ll work some NFL games, but if she does a back-to-back, it’ll be on the West Coast.

It will be nice to have Erin on the NFL.