That belief could be tested if ESPN drastically changes the format of one of its most popular shows, Pardon the Interruption ... For sports on TV in 2001, this was revolutionary.

Pardon the Interruption has remained one of ESPN’s most popular sports debate shows. As for why this is, Meadowlark Media’s Pablo Torre and MSNBC’s Chris Hayes believe that it was due to the show’s ...

Before there was ‘First Take,’ ‘Undisputed,’ or even ‘1st & 10,’ the sports debate metroplex wasn’t as obsessive or nearly as numerous as it used to be. As far as shows with ...

According to Andrew Marchand at The Athletic, ESPN is considering expanding Pardon The Interruption to one hour. Since its inception in 2001, the granddaddy of sports debate TV has usually been 30 ...