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Prime Time Sports was a

CJCL, Sportsnet 590 The Fan, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show was hosted by Bob McCown until June 21, 2019, when McCown left the show. After his departure, the show was hosted by Jeff Blair, with Stephen Brunt or Richard Deitsch
serving as co-hosts until its final show on October 11, 2019.

The program was simulcast on CJCL's sister cable networks Sportsnet, Sportsnet One and Sportsnet 360.

History

The show was first broadcast on October 2, 1989, as a syndicated sports radio talk show from 6:10 pm – 7:00 pm EST with

simulcasting the show on television. In 2005, the program began making the 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. audio content available as a podcast and streaming audio
on The FAN 590's website. By 2009, all three hours of the show were available as a podcast. In 2009, the show was available on the "East" regional feed only. In July 2010, the show's live broadcast hours were changed from 4:00–7:00 p.m.

Howard Berger was the first producer of Prime Time Sports. Chris Clarke took over one year later and produced the show for eight years. However, Ryan Walsh is the longest tenured producer of Prime Time Sports, spanning over a decade with McCown. Others who produced the show include Matt Marchese, Mike Gentile, Greg Sansone, Mike Damergis, Jeff Azzopardi and Mark Boffo.

Since 2009, the co-hosting duties were usually provided on a weekly basis by either

Sportsnet.ca and SI.com
is now deceased.

In February 2011, McCown was reunited with Damien Cox of the Toronto Star; sharing co-hosting duties with Stephen Brunt. Later in April, the show's broadcast hours were changed back from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m, to 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.

In February 2018, Richard Deitsch joined PTS, accompanying Brunt as co-hosts of PTS with McCown.

McCown's last PTS show was broadcast on June 21, 2019. Prior to the broadcast, it was speculated that he would be retiring; however, on the day before its broadcast, he posted this message on

Tim & Sid starting October 14.[2]
The final episode of Prime Time Sports aired on October 11, 2019, and with the end of Prime Time Sports, Blair, Brunt and Deitsch moved to a mid-afternoon time slot with the debut of Writers Bloc.

Format

Between Monday and Thursday, McCown and his co-host conducted interviews with people making the sports news, and discussed sports issues with several analysts such as former host Shulman,

Bert Randolph Sugar and former football star Jim Brown, who played for McCown's hometown Cleveland Browns
.

On Fridays, McCown was joined in studio by that week's co-host and two additional guests for "The Friday Roundtable". This is more in-depth, free-form discussion about the week's sports news and issues.

When McCown was unable to host the program, Jeff Blair and Elliotte Friedman served as fill-in hosts.

The show changed its timeslot in July 2010 from the traditional 4–7 slot to a 3–6 slot. This was a bit of a surprising move as Prime Time Sports' early ratings from 2010 were the best in the shows history, a 9.2 up from a 7.2.

Tim & Sid
in 2011, which would later transition from a radio sports talk show to a television sports talk show on Sportsnet in 2015.

See also

  • The Team 1040
    in Vancouver and simulcast on Rogers Sportsnet

References

  1. ^ The Canadian Press (June 20, 2019). "Sports radio host Bob McCown leaving Prime Time Sports on Friday". Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Sportsnet 590 The FAN announces new revamped schedule". Sportsnet. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "Chris Zelkovich's Sports Media Watch". Archived from the original on April 16, 2010. Retrieved July 30, 2010.

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