HBO cans "Inside the NFL"

[Inky_Wretch]

I guess I can take that season pass off my DVR ...

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6529584.html

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Director of Corporate Communications Dan Masonson said the league plans to continue the highlights show next season with another network, although he would not provide specific details

Sounds like it will be reincarnated on NFL Network.

 

[Oz]

One less reason to subscribe to HBO. I always, always made sure to watch "Inside the NFL."

 

[markvid]

I'm surprised at this...thought it was still one of the most successful shows they had.

 

[markvid]

Director of Corporate Communications Dan Masonson said the league plans to continue the highlights show next season with another network, although he would not provide specific details

Sounds like it will be reincarnated on NFL Network.

That's a stupid quote.
The show was like many others out there (yes, it was original, but copied many times over).
How are you going to reincarnate the HBO version?

 

[Rough Mix]

Director of Corporate Communications Dan Masonson said the league plans to continue the highlights show next season with another network, although he would not provide specific details

Sounds like it will be reincarnated on NFL Network.

That's a stupid quote.
The show was like many others out there (yes, it was original, but copied many times over).
How are you going to reincarnate the HBO version?

Follow the money. If you are the NFL, do you want the NFL Network as the main source of NFL programming? They will keep a portion of games on other nets for the rights fees, but this type of programming is different. They stand to profit more from a successful NFL network, I would think, but I have no direct knowledge of this situation. Just an observation.

 

[markvid]

But that type of programming exists all over the place.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

But that type of programming exists all over the place.

It's on ESPN and NBC's Sunday night game of the week. That's about it.

 

[markvid]

Nope...it's all over ESPN all week, there is a syndicated show from the NFL each week, etc.

 

[Rough Mix]

But that type of programming exists all over the place.

Maybe they hope to bring the HBO audience that watched the show to the NFL Network to help it grow. Makes sense to have your product on your network, but again, just an observation. They have limited rights to the locals in recent years.

At this point they need ESPN, but not HBO.

 

[markvid]

But that type of programming exists all over the place.

Maybe they hope to bring the HBO audience that watched the show to the NFL Network to help it grow. Makes sense to have your product on your network, but again, just an observation. They have limited rights to the locals in recent years.

At this point they need ESPN, but not HBO.

The restrictions on the locals have been relaxed. The NFL blinked on that one because of pressure by TV stations.
And one hour a week is not gonna make the network grow. If that was a unique show, it's one thing, but it's not.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Nope...it's all over ESPN all week, there is a syndicated show from the NFL each week, etc.

That's what I wrote -- it's on ESPN and NBC's Sunday night show. Where else?

 

[Football_Bat]

Nope...it's all over ESPN all week, there is a syndicated show from the NFL each week, etc.

That's what I wrote -- it's on ESPN and NBC's Sunday night show. Where else?

For now, it is.

 

[markvid]

Nope...it's all over ESPN all week, there is a syndicated show from the NFL each week, etc.

That's what I wrote -- it's on ESPN and NBC's Sunday night show. Where else?

Sorry, I misread what you put.
I thought you meant Sunday Countdown on ESPN, I am talking the whole network, in addition to all the highlight shows on NFL Network that rerun 8,000 times, the syndicated show from the NFL, all the local stations that do preview shows each week, all the nightly mentions of the NFL by the locals, etc.
For the NFL to pretend Inside the NFL was still unique is disingenuous.

 

[Rough Mix]

What would be interesting to know is if there was any kind of negotiation, and if so, where each party stood. Was it rights fees, or did the NFL just pull the plug?

 

[Dedo]

I'm not trying to defend the NFL here, but weren't the "Inside" highlights the only ones with the NFL Films sideline/locker room access? Not that those clips were worth much, but I'd say there's at least a small bit of uniqueness there.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

For the NFL to pretend Inside the NFL was still unique is disingenuous.

I wouldn't go that far.

Inside used NFL Films for the highlights. And since the show didn't air until later in the week, they approached it as of a mini-feature on the game than straight highlights.

Also, it was commercial-free. That alone made it unique among sports shows.

 

[heyabbott]

I don't know how old most of you are or whether you played organized football, ever, or whether you've just been a fan or professional observer (journalist) of football for a number of years, but having watched football 6 months a year for decades, there is very very very little I've gotten from any commentator over the past 10-15 years. The opinions generated and regurgitated on TV, whether color commentators, studio hosts or 'expert' analysis are fairly simplistic or just basic.

You can watch all the highlights, but it is the rare exception that someone spends 5 minutes showing lineblocking, route running, stunting, or explanations of coverages. Why they are used? when? The tree of plays off of 1 formation. When was the last time you heard a play-by-play or game analyst discuss the defenses reaction to a man in motion and whether they can hide their coverage?

How about using that over head camera to focus on the Free Safety or MLB as the QB calls signals. Split Screens as the audience watches what the QB keys in on or from the MLB perspective on the QB. And then explain what the QB is looking for? We allsee Payton barking and throwing his arms around, but why doesn't someone try and explain what he's looking for and what he's changing?

These shows are just better dressed George Michael's Sports Machines or Warner Wolf's video clips.

The puddle is wide, but never deep.

Sorry but Inside the NFL is closer to the simplicity of ESPN or Fox's gameday coverage than to a CSPAN special on the Electoral College.

 

[playthrough]

RIP. It was a unique show back in the day. Kinda like watching NBC's baseball Game of the Week when it was an A.L. game and you lived in an N.L. town.

 

[somewriter]

Some interesting access from NFL Films but the show did not evolve nearly enough with the proliferation of highlights available everywhere over the past few years. At times, it sort of felt like a P.M. newspaper. And Dan Marino and Cris Carter made it all but unbearable recently.