There's a rumor that Ryan Seacrest wil host the Fox Pre-game

[Big Chee]

Please tell me this isn't true?

Call me an ass or an idiot. Someone tell me they havent heard this?

 

[funky_mountain]

from tmz.com

The NFL and Ryan Seacrest go together like Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise.

Nonetheless, word on the street is, the "Idol" ringmaster will handle pre-game and halftime hosting duties of the Super Bowl on Fox next February. Because nothing says manly man like a guy with frosted highlights. Seacrest out!

No halftime act has been named yet, but Clay Aiken would fit the bill nicely, no?

 

[StaggerLee]

Please tell me this isn't true?

Call me an ass or an idiot. Someone tell me they havent heard this?

It's all about cross-promotion. ABC did it with Jimmy Kimmel.

They'll use it as an opportunity to push American Idol even more and they're hoping the "Ryan appeal" will bring in little girls and AI fans.

Lucky for me I won't have to watch any of that garbage as I'll be too busy working.

 

[mike311gd]

from tmz.com

The NFL and Ryan Seacrest go together like Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise.

Nonetheless, word on the street is, the "Idol" ringmaster will handle pre-game and halftime hosting duties of the Super Bowl on Fox next February. Because nothing says manly man like a guy with frosted highlights. Seacrest out!

No halftime act has been named yet, but Clay Aiken would fit the bill nicely, no?

Are the NFL and Fox really trying to outdue the last Super Bowl Halftime Suckfest: Cirque du Soleil?

When will they put a rock band on the card or something that doesn't make people everywhere want to vomit?

 

[GB-Hack]

Eh, if it's only for the Super Bowl, I won't care. I'll be too busy working.

If it were Clay Aiken as the halftime show, it could end up being as big a fiasco as Ashlee Simpson at the Orange Bowl.

You couldn't get back together again Springsteen and the E Street Band? That would be something.

 

[Armchair_QB]

from tmz.com

The NFL and Ryan Seacrest go together like Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise.

Nonetheless, word on the street is, the "Idol" ringmaster will handle pre-game and halftime hosting duties of the Super Bowl on Fox next February. Because nothing says manly man like a guy with frosted highlights. Seacrest out!

No halftime act has been named yet, but Clay Aiken would fit the bill nicely, no?

Horrible news. Funny lede though.

 

[Big Chee]

Please tell me this isn't true?

Call me an ass or an idiot. Someone tell me they havent heard this?

It's all about cross-promotion. ABC did it with Jimmy Kimmel.

They'll use it as an opportunity to push American Idol even more and they're hoping the "Ryan appeal" will bring in little girls and AI fans.

Lucky for me I won't have to watch any of that garbage as I'll be too busy working.

It's disgusting. I was already disgusted by the action from the NBA Finals but was sickened when they decided to cover Eva and Tony's upcoming wedding duringthe halftime show.

Seriously....what the hell is going on?

 

[GB-Hack]

The sports and entertainment worlds are colliding. Stuff like "Who's now" is another example of it. Most networks that show sports, but especially ESPN/ABC and Fox are pushing off the field as much as on the field to try and attract more casual viewers.

There are those, myself included, who would like analysis of the first half and a preview of the second half, but the Super Bowl has already crossed over into mainstream popular culture, and the NBA, with ABC and ESPN, is trying to do the same thing with the All-Star weekend and NBA Finals. Why do you think the NBA now has halftime shows at all of these things?

 

[mike311gd]

I'm waiting for the Seventh-Inning Stretch Show at the MLB All-Star Game. That should be wonderful.

 

[Big Chee]

The sports and entertainment worlds are colliding. Stuff like "Who's now" is another example of it. Most networks that show sports, but especially ESPN/ABC and Fox are pushing off the field as much as on the field to try and attract more casual viewers.

There are those, myself included, who would like analysis of the first half and a preview of the second half, but the Super Bowl has already crossed over into mainstream popular culture, and the NBA, with ABC and ESPN, is trying to do the same thing with the All-Star weekend and NBA Finals. Why do you think the NBA now has halftime shows at all of these things?

I'm sickened by the union of pop culture and sports. As a man, where is my refuge from the insights of Paris Hilton or what Lindsay Lohan is doing?

It's disgusting....

 

[dooley_womack1]

Ryan Seacrest and the NFL: not that there's anything wrong with that

 

[GB-Hack]

The sports and entertainment worlds are colliding. Stuff like "Who's now" is another example of it. Most networks that show sports, but especially ESPN/ABC and Fox are pushing off the field as much as on the field to try and attract more casual viewers.

There are those, myself included, who would like analysis of the first half and a preview of the second half, but the Super Bowl has already crossed over into mainstream popular culture, and the NBA, with ABC and ESPN, is trying to do the same thing with the All-Star weekend and NBA Finals. Why do you think the NBA now has halftime shows at all of these things?

I'm sickened by the union of pop culture and sports. As a man, where is my refuge from the insights of Paris Hilton or what Lindsay Lohan is doing?

It's disgusting....

I don't know what to tell you man. I try to stick to live sports and ESPN News, with halftime's spent posting on here.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Is he going to be out there dancing with Roy Simmons and Esera Tuaolo?

 

[Pastor]

Is this paving the way for the return of Prince and the phallic guitar?

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Maybe FOX can put Seacrest out there and then they just send out the QBs to throw a few practice passes, let the kickers try some long FGs, and let some defenders run a 40-yard dash, then the public calls in to vote on the winner -- all the way to the Super Bowl.

 

[Cowboycane]

I would pay good money to see the "Ryan Seacrest Throw Like a Girl Quarterback Challenge"

Seacrest vs. Richard Simmons vs. Clay Aiken vs. Jake Gyllenhaal.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[BRoth]

Announced on imdb...

Seacrest To "Host" Super Bowl


Apparently, Fox is planning to turn up the entertainment content of the Super Bowl next February 3. The network announced today (Thursday) that Ryan Seacrest, host of American Idol, will emcee the halftime show and conduct interviews with celebrities arriving at the Glendale, AZ site of the game. Neither the network nor Fox has announced other talent for the halftime show. Today's (Thursday) Daily Variety observed that naming a red-carpet host is a first for a Super Bowl. The trade paper suggested that it was aimed at "trying to increase entertainment quotient to bring in non-football fans and increase already massive viewership."

 

[Cansportschick]

Please tell me this isn't true?

Call me an ass or an idiot. Someone tell me they havent heard this?

Oh god, keep him far away from the Super Bowl. Fox really knows how to ruin something don't they. If CTV decides to use Ben Mulroney like that for their Super Bowl coverage, then the sports world in North America is in serious trouble :o :o :o. (Mulroney is the host of ETALK and Canadian Idol on CTV)

 

[Simon_Cowbell]

I like the Crest.

 

[imjustagirl2]

I would pay good money to see the "Ryan Seacrest Throw Like a Girl Quarterback Challenge"

Seacrest vs. Richard Simmons vs. Clay Aiken vs. Jake Gyllenhaal.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I will crush you like a bug.