Jim Rome Is Burning

Infobox Television | show_name=Jim Rome Is Burning


format = Sports Talk
runtime = 30 minutes
starring = Jim Rome
country = USA
num_episodes = 620 (as of January 11, 2007)
network = ESPN (2003-)
first_aired = May 6, 2003- February 2004
last_aired = Present
location = Los Angeles, CA

"Jim Rome Is Burning" (originally titled "Rome Is Burning" and often abbreviated as "JRIB") is a sports conversation and opinion show hosted by Jim Rome. The program airs Monday through Friday on ESPN at 4:30 PM ET, after "NFL Live", and lasts thirty minutes until 5:00 PM ET leading up to "Around the Horn". The show is broadcast live from a studio in Los Angeles, California, rather than at the ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. The show is sometimes pre-empted due to live sporting events airing during the afternoon, usually golf or baseball.

Debuting on May 6, 2003 as "Rome Is Burning", it was originally a once a week show in primetime at 7:00 PM ET on Tuesday nights. After a short hiatus in 2004, it returned with a new name, "Jim Rome Is Burning", and a late-night Thursday timeslot. In February 2005, the show began airing five days a week in the afternoon. It is produced by Mandt Bros. Productions in association with ESPN Original Entertainment. The show celebrated its 500th show on June 8, 2007.

egments

Current

* Rome Is Burning: The show's opening segment, where Rome gives takes on four or five of the top sports-related stories of the day. Rome introduces this segment with "Here's what I am burning on." These takes are often recycled almost verbatim from his radio show, which he hosts earlier in the day.
* Alone with Rome: Rome interviews a popular sports figure on a number of topics. This is usually the longest segment of the show.
* The Forum: Rome is joined by two sports analysts, usually for the entire broadcast week, to discuss some of the biggest controversies in the sports world.
* Correspondents: Generally, a player will give a tour of one of their team's sports facilities or take Rome and the TV audience through a normal day in the life of a sports athlete. Some of the correspondents include David Wright, Nick Swisher, Tony Gonzalez, and Donté Stallworth. For special occasions, such as the NFL Draft, there is a group of correspondents. The players who appear as correspondents are said to attain good "JRIB karma" afterwards.
* Final Burn: The last segment of the show, in which Rome gives one or two final takes. He then thanks the show's guests and signs off with "I am out."

These segments almost always run in the above order, with Correspondents pieces about once per week. On rare occasions, if the Alone with Rome guest is late to the studio or the remote location, that segment will air after the Forum. On other occasions, the segments are in a different order by design, without explanation of lateness.

Former

* U Smack 2 (formerly known as Smack Back): Rome takes calls and reads e-mails, and gives his take on the topics the caller/e-mailer is talking about. This segment has not aired since late 2005 to make room for the regular segments, and there is no word as to whether it will return.

Contributors

These are guests to the program appearing occasionally, with some appearing more than others. Guest hosts and forum guests usually serve that role for a full calendar week.

Forum guests

*Bryan Burwell: "St. Louis Post-Dispatch"
*Jeffri Chadiha: ESPN.com
*Ashley Fox: "The Philadelphia Inquirer"
*Tom Friend: "ESPN The Magazine"
*Doug Gottlieb: host of "The Pulse" on ESPN Radio
*Kevin Hench: FoxSports.com
*John Heyman: "Newsday", "Sports Illustrated"
*Jemele Hill: ESPN.com Page2
*Michael Holley: author; radio host; former "Around the Horn" panelist
*Seth Joyner: former NFL linebacker
*Erik Kuselias: ESPN Radio host
*Jim Lampley: "HBO World Championship Boxing" commentator
*Roger Lodge: "Blind Date" host; actor
*Chris Mannix: "Sports Illustrated"
*Patrick McEnroe: ESPN tennis analyst; CBS U.S. Open correspondent
*Terence Moore: "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
*Eric Neel: ESPN.com Page2
*Petros Papadakis: KLAC radio host; FSN college football analyst; "Pros vs Joes" host
*Shaun Powell: "Newsday"
*Ray Ratto: "San Francisco Chronicle"
*Drew Sharp: "Detroit Free Press"
*Dan Shaughnessy: "The Boston Globe"
*Andrew Siciliano: "FSN Final Score" anchor
*Randy Sklar: "Cheap Seats" co-host
*Jason Smith: host of "AllNight with Jason Smith" on ESPN Radio
*Matt "Money" Smith: Los Angeles Lakers pre- and post-game host
*Rick Telander: "Chicago Sun-Times"
*Mark Whicker: "The Orange County Register"
*Mike Wise: "The Washington Post"

Former

*Nick Bakay: actor, writer, and television producer; ESPN contributor
*Nick Canepa: "The San Diego Union-Tribune"
*Jeff Cesario: [http://www.sportalicious.com Sportalicious.com]
*Curtis Conway: former NFL wide receiver
*Josh Elliott: "SportsCenter" anchor; ESPN reporter
*Kevin Frazier: "Entertainment Tonight" co-host
*Seth Greenberg: Virginia Tech Hokies basketball head coach
*Denny Hocking: former MLB outfielder
*Scoop Jackson: ESPN.com Page2
*Bill Simmons: "ESPN The Magazine"'s "The Sports Guy"; ESPN.com Page2
*Kyle Turley: NFL offensive lineman
*Todd Zeile: former MLB third baseman & first baseman

ubstitute hosts

*Bonnie Bernstein: substitute host for "NFL Live" and "Outside the Lines" in addition to "JRIB"
*Adam Corolla: comedian and former host of Comedy Central's "The Man Show"
*Josh Elliott: "SportsCenter" anchor; ESPN reporter
*Doug Gottlieb: "College GameNight" analyst
*Jim Gray: ESPN and ABC NBA reporter
*Jeffri Chadiha: ESPN.com
*Jemele Hill: ESPN.com Page2
*Keyshawn Johnson: ESPN NFL analyst
*Erik Kuselias: ESPN Radio Host
*Patrick McEnroe: ESPN Tennis analyst; CBS U.S. Open correspondent
*Lisa Salters: ESPN NBA and ABC "Saturday Night Football" reporter
*Mark Schlereth: ESPN NFL analyst
*Michael Smith: ESPN and ESPN.com NFL reporter and analyst; "Around the Horn" panelist
*Stephen A. Smith: "NBA Shootaround" analyst; "The Philadelphia Inquirer"
*Jason Whitlock: formerly of ESPN.com Page2; now with AOL Sports

ee also

*Jim Rome
*The Jim Rome Show

External links

* [http://espn.go.com/eoe/rome_is_burning.html ESPN: "Jim Rome is Burning"]
* [http://www.jimrome.com/home.html "Jim Rome" official website]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnShow?showID=EOLT ESPN.tv official site]