- The Hot List
Infobox Television | show_name=The Hot List
format =sports
runtime = 3 hours
starring =David Lloyd and various co-anchors
country = USA
network =ESPNEWS (2003-)
first_aired =2004
last_aired = Present"The Hot List" is a news, talk and analysis television show and also the flagship program on
ESPNEWS . Since debuting in January 2004, the program airs Monday thru Friday from 3-6pm ET.About the show
The show originally consisted of one host (
David Lloyd ), along with an update anchor, who delivers news updates every thirty minutes. The show has since switched to a dual-anchor format, with Lloyd being joined by a rotating co-anchor. Throughout the program, Lloyd and a rotating co-anchor are joined by analysts, players and insiders to break down and discuss the top stories in the sports world. "The Hot List" is also sometimes shown as a simucast onESPN and/orESPN2 .From the show's debut until September 2006, Brian Kenny hosted the show. In October 2006, he became an anchor on "
SportsCenter ", and was replaced on "THL" by Elliott and Bunin, who had been substitutes for Kenny in the past. However, beginning in August 2007,David Lloyd , who had been the host on "ESPNEWS Pregame ", took over as the permanent host.Michael Kim had been the primary update anchor since 2004, butBen Becker has also served in that role. In the spring of 2008, the show's current dual-anchor format was adopted.In 2006, two special edition five hour shows debuted. On Mondays during the
NFL season, an extended five hour show began at 1pm ET to kick off ESPN's coverage of "Monday Night Football " withJosh Elliott and Mike Hill co-hosting andEric Allen andQadry Ismail as analysts. This replaced "Monday Quarterback" which was hosted byTrey Wingo withMike Ditka andEric Allen . On Thursdays, the show aired a specialcollege football preview show, again five hours withDari Nowkhah hosting along with analystsJim Donnan andLou Holtz . [http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnShow?showID=NIHL]Personalities
Current
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David Lloyd : Host (2007-present)
*Aaron Boulding : Videogame Analyst (2005-present)
*Steve Bunin : Fill-In Host (2006-present)
*Josh Elliott : Fill-In Host (2006-present)
* Mike Hill : Fill-In Host (2006-present)
*Michael Kim : Update Anchor (2004-present)
*Kevin Neghandi : Fill-in Host (2005-present)Former
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Ben Becker : Fill-In Host and Fill-In Update Anchor (2005-2007)
*Brian Kenny : Host (2004-2006)egments
*The Hot List: This is at the top of each hour when Lloyd delivers all of the hottest stories in sports.
*News and Notes: This segment was originally done by Michael Kim (and now by Lloyd's co-anchor), when s/he gives the viewers all of the news and notes in the sports world.Resources
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnShow?showID=NIHL ESPN show page]
External links
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnShow?showID=NIHL ESPN.tv show page]
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