After watching the "This is SportsCenter" behind the scenes special show, I was enthralled with all that went down behind the scenes. Two things really stuck out:
- There were four voices in the anchor's ears at all times, including their own reading of notes that they had received 10 seconds prior. One was the director, counting down cues for cameras, highlights and commercial breaks. And two others were the show producer and the coordinating producer, dictating which story was next, rearrainging the show as events happened (like Bill Mueller's two grand salamis), which highlight tapes were in, and coaching the anchors through unfamiliar graphics.
- There is so little face time from the anchors. Watch for it the next time you see the 11 PM show. Most of it is clips, highlights, and scores, and very little face time with the anchors.