FS1 to Kick Off Its First Morning Show, 'First Things First,' in September
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In a move network boss Jamie Horowitz characterizes as “another big swing,” Fox’s upstart cable sports network FS1 is gearing up for the introduction of its first-ever morning show. The New York-based “First Things First with Cris Carter and Nick Wright” will begin Tuesday, Sept. 5, two days before the 2017 NFL season kicks off.
While FS1 has already begun pitching the show to media buyers and advertisers, the name was finalized only last week. Set to air weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET, “First Things First” will serve as the lead-in to “Undisputed,” the two-and-a-half-hour “embrace debate” forum hosted by Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe.
If the success of “First Things First” will depend on the chemistry between its hosts — NFL Hall of Famer Carter previously served as an analyst on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” and Wright is a former radio jock and a frequent fill-in mic on FS1’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” — the early signs are encouraging. Horowitz had the pair sit in for Cowherd during the post-Christmas week of broadcasts, but perhaps the most crucial test of their abilities to play off one another came during the network’s recent barnstorming tour of New York’s top media agencies.
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