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They Call It Late Night is coming to ESPN on January 4th. The sports activities community has ordered the comedic restricted late-night collection to air on all its platforms within the weeks earlier than the Super Bowl. Jason Kelce will host the collection.
ESPN revealed extra concerning the upcoming collection in a press launch.
“Future Hall of Fame middle Jason Kelce is turning into a quarterback of late-night sports activities leisure tv with They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce on ESPN. Airing on Friday nights/early Saturday mornings, the brand new personality-driven, one-hour program will take its inspiration from conventional late-night tv, emphasizing a comedic method all through all 5 scheduled episodes which run along side the finale of the NFL common season and playoffs.
ESPN will televise the Jason Kelce-fronted present, starting the night time and morning of January 3 and January 4, with every episode additionally accessible on ESPN+, ESPN YouTube and the Jason Kelce channel on YouTube introduced by ESPN. Replays will air on ESPN2. NFL Films will produce the present along side Kelce’s Wooderboy Productions and Skydance Sports.
They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce will likely be an immersive expertise from Union Transfer in Philadelphia, showcasing the Super Bowl champion’s outsized character and infectious humor blended with superstar company from the soccer world and past, in entrance of a stay viewers of NFL followers. The present’s format will place Kelce and his company to dissect NFL subjects and storylines, primarily targeted on that weekend’s video games, in each typical and good-humoredly unconventional approaches together with lively participation from the followers in attendance.
The ambiance inside Union Transfer will convey the Kelce expertise to life, amplified by stay music from SNACKTIME, Philadelphia’s personal beloved band with soul, funk, hip hop, and rock influences. Each present will likely be taped on Friday night, mere hours previous to airing.
The five-episode run will premiere hours previous to the NFL’s common season finale (Week 18) and have consecutive weekly airdates main into Super Wild Card, Divisional and Conference Championship weekends earlier than the finale forward of the Pro Bowl Games and 9 days from Super Bowl LIX. Kelce formally introduced the present on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday, Nov. 21.
A Name Rooted in History
They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce derives its title from They Call it Pro Football, NFL Films’ first full-length movie (1967), representing Kelce’s delicate tribute to the game and the corporate which can now produce his personal present greater than 55 years later. The unique NFL Films manufacturing was given the distinguished honor of being chosen for preservation within the National Film Registry in 2012, having been extremely acknowledged and credited with how soccer and sports activities have been showcased on tv following its creation.Multiplatform Show Debuts on ESPN, Available on ESPN+ and ESPN YouTube
ESPN will air this system at 1 a.m. ET, with the fifth episode starting at 1:30 a.m. The present will likely be accessible on ESPN+, ESPN YouTube, and the Jason Kelce channel on YouTube introduced by ESPN following its preliminary ESPN airing after which will re-air on ESPN2 on Saturday mornings, forward of the NFL slate. Clips of the present will likely be actively pushed throughout social media platforms in actual time and the hours following its airing, together with on ESPN and Wooderboy handles.
What do you think? Will you watch They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce on ESPN this January?
