HBO has ordered a new weekly late night series starring journalist Bomani Jones, who will break down timely issues in sports.
Game Theory with Bomani Jones will be produced in New York starting in 2022.
Jones is currently a contributor on HBO’s Back on The Record with Bob Costas and has appeared in the HBO Sports documentaries The Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina and Runnin’ Rebels. Jones has spent more than 15 years in sports media, most notably at ESPN, where he was the cohost of shows Highly Questionable and High Noon, and the podcast The Right Time with Bomani Jones.
“Bomani is one of the most unique journalists working today,” said Nina Rosenstein, EVP of programming, HBO. “He’s someone who gets that sports stories are often about race, politics, economics and gender, and sees a wider view that goes beyond what happens on the field. We are...
Game Theory with Bomani Jones will be produced in New York starting in 2022.
Jones is currently a contributor on HBO’s Back on The Record with Bob Costas and has appeared in the HBO Sports documentaries The Battle for Tobacco Road: Duke vs. Carolina and Runnin’ Rebels. Jones has spent more than 15 years in sports media, most notably at ESPN, where he was the cohost of shows Highly Questionable and High Noon, and the podcast The Right Time with Bomani Jones.
“Bomani is one of the most unique journalists working today,” said Nina Rosenstein, EVP of programming, HBO. “He’s someone who gets that sports stories are often about race, politics, economics and gender, and sees a wider view that goes beyond what happens on the field. We are...
- 10/7/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Bomani Jones, the versatile ESPN personality who has gained traction with appearances on shows like “Highly Questionable” and “Around the Horn,” has found a new outlet for his work. But it’s not ESPN. It’s HBO.
HBO has ordered a new, weekly late-night series with Jones at its center that will go into production in New York starting next year. “Game Theory With Bomani Jones” is expected to examine timely issues in the world of sports. Jones is believed to remain under contract to ESPN through the start of next year, and indicated via Twitter Thursday that he would continue doing work with the Disney sports-media giant, particularly his podcast, “The Right Time.” He is expected to continue to contribute to programs like “Around the Horn” and “Debatable.”
The program represents the latest in a series of new weekly efforts many media companies are testing to fill a continued...
HBO has ordered a new, weekly late-night series with Jones at its center that will go into production in New York starting next year. “Game Theory With Bomani Jones” is expected to examine timely issues in the world of sports. Jones is believed to remain under contract to ESPN through the start of next year, and indicated via Twitter Thursday that he would continue doing work with the Disney sports-media giant, particularly his podcast, “The Right Time.” He is expected to continue to contribute to programs like “Around the Horn” and “Debatable.”
The program represents the latest in a series of new weekly efforts many media companies are testing to fill a continued...
- 10/7/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
History is always educational. Often, it’s inspirational. And sometimes, it’s just painful. This story about Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner falls into that third category.
In the mid-19th century, the ardent abolitionist was beaten with a cane on the Senate floor by South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks after Sumner dropped an epic anti-slavery speech, “The Crime Against Kansas.” In the speech, he personally blasted South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler, who happened to be a cousin of Brooks. The Charleston episode of Drunk History—which airs July 29 at 10 p.m. on Comedy Central—revisits this strange-but-true ungentlemanly tale, which...
In the mid-19th century, the ardent abolitionist was beaten with a cane on the Senate floor by South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks after Sumner dropped an epic anti-slavery speech, “The Crime Against Kansas.” In the speech, he personally blasted South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler, who happened to be a cousin of Brooks. The Charleston episode of Drunk History—which airs July 29 at 10 p.m. on Comedy Central—revisits this strange-but-true ungentlemanly tale, which...
- 7/23/2014
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
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