ESPNews Pregame

"ESPNEWS Pregame" is a sports news program that airs Monday-Friday at 6pm Eastern Time on the American cable channel ESPNEWS. This program, which was originally hosted by David Lloyd, debuted on September 5, 2006 in its original timeslot of 7pm ET as part of the sports news network's significant weekday evening programming overhaul. "Pregame" is followed at 8pm ET by "ESPNEWS Gametime" (except on Fridays, when "Football Friday" is seen at that same time slot; "Gametime" airs an hour later at 9pm ET), and "ESPNEWS Postgame" at midnight ET.

Original host David Lloyd left "ESPNEWS Pregame" in 2007 to take over the co-hosting duties of "The Hot List". Since Lloyd's departure, several personalities, most notably Michelle Bonner, have hosted this show.

Program format

Originally airing as a one-hour program, this two-hour show looks at all the day's news around the world of sports and sets the table for the evening's sports lineup, and features analysis, interviews, highlights, and more.

Program facts

"ESPNEWS Pregame" replaced "4 Qtrs" (also anchored by Lloyd) in the 7pm ET timeslot. On July 21, 2008, this program expanded to two hours as it moved up an hour to the 6pm ET timeslot, replacing the re-airings of "Around the Horn" and "Pardon the Interruption" (both of which moved to sister channel ESPN2 in the same timeslot). In addition to the expansion of the current two-hour format, "ESPNEWS Pregame" has switched to a dual-anchor format as well, just like most of the network's other programs, such as "The Hot List" and "Gametime".

ee also

*"4 Qtrs"
*"ESPNEWS Gametime"