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I'm not a TV critic, but I'm going to watch as much of FS1 this weekend as I can. I am interested in your thoughts critically as well as your comparison to ESPN and I figured we could use this thread to discuss the shows, hosts, etc.

admin wrote:I'm not a TV critic, but I'm going to watch as much of FS1 this weekend as I can. I am interested in your thoughts critically as well as your comparison to ESPN and I figured we could use this thread to discuss the shows, hosts, etc.

Going to be tough for my today, as it's NASCAR and UFC, which I'm just not a FAN OF.

I'll mainly have it on to just see if they have any announcements/promos for new shows/programming.

bmorex wrote:

admin wrote:I'm not a TV critic, but I'm going to watch as much of FS1 this weekend as I can. I am interested in your thoughts critically as well as your comparison to ESPN and I figured we could use this thread to discuss the shows, hosts, etc.

Going to be tough for my today, as it's NASCAR and UFC, which I'm just not a FAN OF.

I'll mainly have it on to just see if they have any announcements/promos for new shows/programming.

Similar here unfortunately. I caught a few minutes but then turned away from NASCAR. Most of the schedule today doesn't do much for me, but I will be interested to make the switch from SportsCenter tonight to catch FS Live.

Saturday 8/17/2013
FOX College Football Kickoff 6am ET
Fantastic Finishes 7am ET
NASCAR Live, Michigan Live - 8am ET
NCWTS Qualifying, Michigan Live - 9:30am ET
NASCAR Sprint Cup Practice, Michigan Live - 11am ET
NCWTS Racing, Michigan Live - 12:30pm ET
FOX Sports 1 on 1: Tom Brady 2:30pm ET
UFC Fight Night Prefight: Shogun vs Sonnen Live - 5pm ET
UFC Fight Night Prelims: Shogun vs Sonnen Live - 6pm ET
UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen Live - 8pm ET
FOX Sports Live [Premiere]

I'm really surprised they don't have something NFL related on at all unless they contractually cannot.

Dew wrote:I'm really surprised they don't have something NFL related on at all unless they contractually cannot.

They do. I think a daily show around 6 pm (Mon-Fri).

EDIT: http://msn.foxsports.com/other/page/foxsports-schedule

I hope FS Live is played in the mornings as well. That's usually when I watch my highlights.

bmorex wrote:

Dew wrote:I'm really surprised they don't have something NFL related on at all unless they contractually cannot.

They do. I think a daily show around 6 pm (Mon-Fri).

EDIT: http://msn.foxsports.com/other/page/foxsports-schedule

I hope FS Live is played in the mornings as well. That's usually when I watch my highlights.

So what are they airing during the times not listed overnight?

I'll tune in for the ufc but no NASCAR for me. From what I have seen though I like their presentation. It looks clean and is a nice contrast to ESPN.

admin wrote:

bmorex wrote:

Dew wrote:I'm really surprised they don't have something NFL related on at all unless they contractually cannot.

They do. I think a daily show around 6 pm (Mon-Fri).

EDIT: http://msn.foxsports.com/other/page/foxsports-schedule

I hope FS Live is played in the mornings as well. That's usually when I watch my highlights.

So what are they airing during the times not listed overnight?

I know Fox Sports Live airs fo4 3 hours live. I'm guessing after that, every hour not listed in the schedule will be re-runs of Fox Sports Live (the highlight show).

I don't watch NASCAR, UFC, or really much TV in general, especially since it is absolutely gorgeous outside this weekend, so I doubt I'll be much help in bumping ratings until basketball season.

I will say, though, the white and blue 'info bar' at the bottom of the screen appears to me more obnoxious/distracting to me than the black/red that ESPN uses.

I caught the first hour of FS1 which was the college football show. I thought it was pretty good, definitely can compete with ESPN's college football show. They also used a few of the regional Fox Sports networks for expertise on certain leagues which I thought was nice. Then Nascar came on and well......channel change. Don't watch UFC either but I'll probably give it a shot tonight. I'll try to watch Fox Sports Live too but it does start late at 11 ET.