The Best Damn Sports Show Period
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The Best Damn Sports Show Period is a sports talk show on Fox Sports Net.
The show made its debut in 2001, and was originally hosted by actor/comedian Tom Arnold and broadcaster Chris Rose. The panelists and the guests are usually either active or retired athletes, including John Salley, Rodney Peete, Rob Dibble, and many others. The show also featured Lisa Guerrero from 2001 to 2003.
The program originally lasted an hour, then was expanded to an hour and a half, then two hours. However, by 2004, it had been reduced back to an hour.
In 2004, the Best Damn Sports Show cast and crew joined with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling to create a series of primetime wrestling specials, entitled The Best Damn Wrestling Event, Period. The specials were received with mixed reactions by wrestling fans, with many believing that the presence of the Best Damn Sports Show cast (including a series of vignettes depicting Tom Arnold training to be a wrestler, compete with a match against a midget wrestler) detracted from the show.
In January 2005 following the Christmas / New Year's break, the program was revamped to appear like a late-night talk show. Original host Rose was dropped, and Arnold was made the headlining star with Salley as his sidekick. Sitting behind a desk, Arnold did comedy bits and an opening monologue, similar to other late night shows such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late Show with David Letterman. After a month or so, the show was quickly formatted back to its original concept. Rose returned as the main host, which forms the current team of Salley, Dibble and Peete. Arnold left the show, but returns occasionally for special events and/or segments.
In 2005, a special episode of the show aired on FOX, as a part of its pregame coverage of Super Bowl XXXIX. The special's title was changed to "The Best Darn Super Bowl Road Show, Period" ("Darn" being substituted for "Damn") so it would not offend network executives or viewers. The show's name has also been censored on advertisements at Major League Baseball games and other major sporting events, presumably to not offend parents of young children in attendance.
March 1, 2006 was the Best Damn Sports Show Period's 1,000th show. It was proclaimed "Best Damn Sports Show Period Day."
Original Hosts
- Chris Rose (Host)
- Tom Arnold (Actor/Comedian)
- John Kruk (MLB Expert)
- Reggie Theus (NBA Expert)
- Deacon Jones (NFL Expert)
Current Hosts
- Rob Dibble (MLB Expert)
- Rodney Peete (NFL Expert)
- Chris Rose (Host)
- John Salley (NBA Expert)
Past Hosts
- Stephen A. Smith (NBA Expert, reporter)
- D'Marco Farr (NFL Expert)
- Lisa Guerrero (Sports Updater)
- Leeann Tweeden (Correspondent)
- Kevin Kennedy (MLB Expert)
- Ray Crockett (NFL Expert)
- Bryan Cox (NFL Expert)
- Michael Irvin (NFL Expert)
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