I don't mind the Score going back to the old basic "Headline Sports". Not just the channel showing scores like the mid 90's (although that was a Sports Select dream back in the day...it was that or the Calgary Herald Talkies to keep up with NHL scores), but the one that started in the later 90's, which focused on highlights.
Footy Show is pretty good, and was the best show covering the World Cup in 2010.
Obviosuly a lot of programming has gone, so personalities follow.
That said, I do enjoy just turning on channel 222 at 10 or 11pm and just watching the highlights of the night for an hour.
No egotistical windbags, no grandstanding from a guy trying to carve out a personality, no wasting time with things like the Golf Insider in order to get some extra cash from Nike, when there's nothing to talk about golf wise, or Football or Hockey Insiders again when there's nothing to talk about, only purpose is just to get the guys face out there, and finally, no overly scripted, down to the word, highlights, which are repeated, word for word, at the bottom of the hour (looking at you TSN).
Just highlights, from guys you can tell like sports and not having some script to follow when showing both the usual highlights, as well as the off topic/weird highlights or fan shots. Not a lot of filler on weekend nights with a full slate of football or hockey games, but everything is covered, without the "stay tuned for later in the hour" highlights that the other networks use to keep you watching.
The Score may not make a ton of money with this approach, and maybe not a lot of guys out there that share my thoughts, but for me, much more enjoyable and easier to digest to just sit and watch this then a bunch of talking heads try to create some false chemistry on Sportsnet or TSN.
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