*Skip Bayless is set to depart from his position as co-host of “Undisputed” at Fox Sports 1 after an eight-year tenure.
His final show is scheduled for later this summer, the New York Post reports.
After Shannon Sharpe’s exit in 2023 after seven years with Skip, “Undisputed” became a rotating panel featuring Keyshawn Johnson, Michael Irvin, Richard Sherman, Rachel Nichols, and Paul Pierce. The new iteration failed to engage audiences as effectively as the firey one-on-one debates between Bayless and Sharpe.
As we reported previously, Sharpe and Bayless launched FS1’s “Undisputed” in 2016, but growing tension between the pair allegedly prompted Sharpe to leave the show last summer.
Following Sharpe’s exit, F1 took a brief hiatus before returning with a new format and new co-hosts with Bayless. Despite the changes, it wasn’t able to dethrone ESPN’s “First Take” as the most buzzed-about sports talk show on TV.
“First Take” continues to outperform “Undisputed” following Sharpe’s exit, according to reports.
Meanwhile, when “First Take host Stephen A. Smith appeared on The Joe Budden Podcast, he noted that Sharpe was pushed out of Fox Sports 1.
“I’m telling you he was pushed out,” Smith said. “But, then again, that’s his story to tell.”
Check out Stephen A.’s reaction to Skip’s FS1 exit in the X/Twitter video below.
Skip Bayless has not yet commented on his exit from “Undisputed.”
Stephen A Smith reaction to Skip Bayless being let go by FS1 and the end of ‘Undisputed’.
“I think he’s 73, he isn’t some 30 year old who flopped after 1 year…I hope my career will be as long as Skip Bayless.” pic.twitter.com/6qJoxeFGcY
— VideoMixtape.com (@VideoMixtape_) July 18, 2024
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