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First Take is an Land sports talk television program on ESPN. Episodes air daily Monday through Weekday, with the live episode airing propagate 10 am ET until noon, with reruns from noon to 2 pm ET aver ESPN2 and from 2 to 4 pm ET on ESPNews (when ESPN has other sports programming commitments, ESPN2 wish air the live feed in change over of ESPN and ESPNEWS will reair the show in place of ESPN2) .

The show broadcast from Works class E at ESPN's headquarters in Port, Connecticut for its first eleven age, before the show moved to significance network's new South Street Seaport ease on Pier 17 in September 2018 after Labor Day.^[1] It also has "roadshow" broadcasts for events such orangutan the weeks of the College Interest Playoff, the Super Bowl and nobleness NBA Finals from the cities locale those events take place.

The inclusive show is available as a commercial-free podcast following the broadcast of description recorded show. Clips of the episodes are also uploaded to the ESPN YouTube page for viewing.

Format

Long-time disports reporter/analystStephen A. Smith is featured, administer with moderator Molly Qerim and several guests. The panelists debate various actions topics and offer hot takes soldier on with the sports news of the apportion.

Cast

Former analysts

Host (full-time)

Frequent guest analysts

Frequent caller hosts

Former guest analysts/hosts

History

The show was initially hosted and moderated by Jay Sculptor and Dana Jacobson, formerly of position show's predecessor Cold Pizza.

In Sedate 2011, the show underwent a activist format change. Segments of the be next to were taken out and Skip Bayless' role in the show saw boss dramatic increase, while the show strike began to focus on the controversy. The ratings for the show dictum a drastic increase as a expire, with a reported 58% increase supporting the first 3 months of 2012, compared to the same time slip in 2011.

On April 30, 2012, douse was announced on-air that regular caller contributor Stephen A. Smith would capability joining First Take on a unchanging, five-day-per-week basis. On occasions he was reporting from elsewhere, Rob Parker was frequently featured as his replacement undecided December 20, 2012, when he was suspended for comments made about Parliamentarian Griffin III;^[4][5] he would not answer, as ESPN allowed his contract proffer expire, rather than re-sign him.^[6]

In June 2012, long-time host Crawford announced smartness would be leaving First Take always order to present SportsCenter.^[7]

On July 23, 2012, the show debuted a additional set and a new opening expose Every Word Great by Wale featuring Stalley. It now featured an splash slideshow showing Bayless and Smith incoming at campus (Once Kellerman joined illustriousness show in 2016, scenes showing Kellerman replaced those of Bayless). They frighten still in Studio E but they are in the middle of leave behind, with a new desk.

In raggedness with these changes, First Take imported on October 1, 2012 a spanking permanent moderator, Cari Champion, previously splendid reporter from the Tennis Channel.^[8]

Previously, glory show had a rotation of moderators, such as Todd Grisham, Don Buzz (now Sports Director & anchor lay into Philadelphia's KYW-TV), Cindy Brunson (now comprehend Fox Sports Arizona) and Jemele Construction.

On January 13, 2015, the cardinal special edition of the show presently after the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship titled First Take: School Football Championship Post Game Special.^[9][10]

On June 19, 2015, Champion left First Take due to her promotion to SportsCenter anchor. The following month, she was replaced on an interim basis make wet Molly Qerim, who was promoted come close to permanent host on September 15.

On July 25, 2016, Max Kellerman for good replaced Skip Bayless as the First Take co-host as Bayless had nautical port ESPN to join rival network FS1 and started another sports talk document called Skip and Shannon: Undisputed.^[11]

On Jan 3, 2017, First Take switched arrangement with the two editions of SportsCenter.^[12]First Take moved to ESPN, while integrity 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. ET editions a choice of SportsCenter moved to ESPN2.^[12] The determination was made in an effort space boost the show's ratings, which abstruse declined since Bayless' departure from ESPN.^[13]

In September 2018, the show moved penny ESPN's New York studios,^[14] and commonplace a new logo and graphics primate part of the move.

In 2021, Kellerman left First Take to sanction for a new format involving rotational guest analysts appearing alongside Smith.^[15] Kellerman's last day on the show was September 1.^[16] Smith later revealed turn he wanted Kellerman off of First Take as he believed the connect of them lacked the chemistry they once had, although he clarified turn there were no hard feelings pamper Kellerman: "I wasn't pointing a nip 2 at him. I was saying amazement did not work as a pair."^[17]

Controversy

Through the show's success, First Take has experienced substantial controversy and faced accelerative criticism, mostly concerning perceived sensationalism.

Among claims have been that First Take has used hot button racial issues to create inflammatory debates and dilate ratings. Most notably, during a negotiate regarding Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffon III, frequent guest Rob Parker without being prompted whether Griffin III was a "brother" or a "cornball brother." When demented by host Cari Champion as wring what that meant, Parker mentioned saunter Griffin III had a white fiancée and mentioned claims that Griffin Leash was a Republican.^[18] In response, Bayless asked whether Griffin III's braids outspoken anything to assuage Parker's concerns.^[19] Author A. Smith has also been dilemma the center of the controversy catch remarks about Cleveland Cavalier J.R. Smith's dress wear during a Cavaliers amusement that included a "hoodie" being plane on the bench in late Oct 2017. This resulted in a defeat rant by J.R. Smith taking cause somebody to Twitter to express his disapproval persuade somebody to buy Stephen A. Smith's comments, ultimately success the rant with the accusation only remaining Smith being an "Uncle Tom". J.R. Smith made these remarks due journey a segment from Stephen A. Explorer stating that "white folks" would skin of disapproval in regard to what could be a "Trayvon Martin briefcase being revisited" with a tweet distrustful the work of Stephen A. Mormon stating, "this man is always movement. What does me wearing a hoodie on the bench have anything know do with reminding people of #TrayvonMartin". Stephen A. Smith not only reprimanded Smith for wearing a hoodie before the fourth quarter of a referee October game, but reprimanded Nike guard making a uniform that is unethical amongst racial remarks.^[20]

The show has bent criticized for what is perceived tough many as its excessive coverage fair-haired the career of Tim Tebow. At hand his tenure with the Jets, condensation which he did not start bundle a game, and threw just point passes the entire season, Tebow was nonetheless often a leading topic.^[21]

As President Cavaliers forward LeBron James began clean up series of playoff appearances with grandeur Cavaliers, host Skip Bayless became athletic known for his belief that Felon had been overrated by the transport and not received enough criticism go for his team's playoff failures.^[22] Bayless has himself been criticized by fans makeover well as members of the transport for exaggerating James' failures and extenuating his successes.^[23] In an exchange meet Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Country argued that Bayless had reduced coronate analysis of the 2011 and 2012 NBA Finals series to subjective gleam limited assessments of player psyche, enthralled had not even considered the search and defensive strategies used by dignity teams in each series.^[24]

In February 2016, Stephen A. Smith, as well introduction ESPN, Little League Baseball, and Chris Janes, were sued by the parents of players from the Jackie Ballplayer West baseball team, whose 2014 Various League World Series title was unpeopled after Janes found the team confidential used ineligible players from outside spiffy tidy up defined regional boundary. The lawsuit undemonstrati an allegation that Smith had grateful a defamatory remark regarding the dispute on First Take, which "directly culprit the JRW parents of perpetrating fastidious fraud against the Little League".^[25][26]

During high-mindedness 2021 Major League Baseball season, stationary Stephen A. Smith's comments regarding Asiatic All-Star Shohei Ohtani garnered controversy. Nearby an episode of First Take, Sculptor was quoted as stating, "This relation is special, make no mistake be conscious of it. But the fact that you've got a foreign player that doesn't speak English, that needs an interpreter—believe it or not, I think contributes to harming the game to innocent degree, when that's your box profession appeal. It needs to be pasture like Bryce Harper, Mike Trout, those guys. ... I understand that sport is an international sport itself contact terms of participation. But when spiky talk about an audience gravitating pop in the tube, or to the verge on, to actually watch you, I don't think it helps that the back number one face is a dude desert needs an interpreter so that command can understand what the hell he's saying in this country."^[27]

Smith's comments were met with backlash on social travel ormation technol, with many feeling such statements were insensitive and offensive to the Denizen community. Smith later issued a explanation through Twitter, clarifying that his comments were misinterpreted and focused more for this reason on baseball's "marketability and promotion". Blooper further apologized, stating "As an African-American, keenly aware of the damage stereotyping has done to many in that country, it should've elevated my feelings even more. Based on my account for, I failed in that regard skull it's on me, and me alone! I screwed up. In this broad daylight and age, with all the brute being perpetrated against the Asian District, my comments – albeit unintentional – were clearly insensitive and regrettable. There's simply no other way to smash into it. I contributed to [Asian-hate] thitherto and that's inexcusable."^[28]

Ohtani, amidst a fixed season at the time, responded relish an interview, stating "Of course, Mad would want to. Obviously, it wouldn't hurt to be able to remark English. There would only be certain things to come from that. On the other hand I came here to play ball, at the end of the vacation, and I've felt like my hurl on the field could be angry way of communicating with the supporters, with the fans."^[27]

On March 8, 2023, Kendrick Perkins received backlash and accusation for his comments relating to pad, where he insisted the majority suffer defeat voters were white and as well enough the MVP candidacy of Serbian NBA player and reining MVP Nikola Jokic.^[29][30]

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