Cold Pizza 20 years old
Cold Pizza was a television sports morning talk show that aired weekdays on ESPN2. The show's style was more akin to Good Morning America than SportsCenter's straight news and highlights format. It included daily sports news, interviews with sports journalists, athletes, and personalities, and an assortment of other sports and non-sports topics. This show began airing on October 20, 2003. The show's launch team and daily production management was led by broadcast executives James Cohen, Joseph Maar and Todd Mason. Although Cold Pizza was simulcast on ESPN2HD, it was not produced or presented in high definition. On October 2, 2006, DirecTV became the presenting sponsor with the show titled as Cold Pizza presented by DirecTV. Two back-to-back two-hour episodes aired each weekday from Monday through Friday, with the live episode airing from 10 a.m. ET until noon, followed by a repeat at 12 p.m. ET. The show was hosted by former SportsCenter personality, Dana Jacobson, who joined the program in 2005, and Jay Crawford, who was with the show for its entire run. Skip Bayless contributed during the "1st and 10" segments. Woody Paige, who had been his antagonist during those segments, left after the November 28, 2006, episode, citing health and personal reasons, leaving New York to return to the Denver Post, where he had been a longtime writer.
Credits
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Mark Hamill He was 52 , now 72 years old | |
| Jason Bateman He was 34 , now 55 years old | |
| Jeremy Piven He was 38 , now 58 years old | |
| Fred Willard He was 64 , 80 years old when he died | |
| Omar Gooding He was 27 , now 47 years old | |
| Skip Bayless He was 51 , now 72 years old |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|
Cold Pizza (20 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 2003-10-20
- Runtime: [120] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 26
