# Bill Simmons' HBO show cancelled after 17 episodes

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**Created:** [November 11, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-simmons-hbo-show-cancelled-after-17-episodes/771489 "2016-11-11T12:51:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Textual\_Assault](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@Textual\_Assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Textual_Assault)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-simmons-hbo-show-cancelled-after-17-episodes/771489/7 "2018-07-11T18:12:02Z")

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> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#):
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> I liked Simmons way back when was The Sports Guy at ESPN. But Le Batard, much as I hate to say it, is right that ESPN makes those guys famous. Almost all of them crater after they move on. Craig Kiborn, Keith Olberman, Colin Cowherd, Skip Bayless…the list goes on. Dan Patrick is probably the exception, but he’s not as popular as he was at the mothership.
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> I don’t get HBO, I didn’t see Simmons’ show. But honestly I probably would not have watched anyway.

So making more than $40,000,000 from Current Tv as Olbermann did is considered ‘cratering?’:rolleyes: Yeah yeah, sure thing.:rolleyes:

Bayless and Cowheard both got multi million multi year deals from FS1.

tell us how does it feel to be absolutely wrong about everything you post? Is it enjoyable? Do you pour yourself a big glass of box wine and settle in every evening and review your posts?

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