The Sports Guy is now a guy at HBO. Bill Simmons has signed a multi-year overall deal with HBO that will include a weekly talk show, the network announced Wednesday.
“It's no secret that HBO is the single best place for creative people in the entire media landscape,” Simmons said. “From the moment I started talking to Michael and Richard [Plepler, HBO chairman and CEO], it was hard to imagine being anywhere else.”.
However, Simmons won't be relegated to simply being a television host. He will also produce a video podcast and he'll consult with HBO Sports' non-boxing-related programming. That means that Simmons could end up producing shows and documentaries
It's official, Bill Simmons will be the host of a weekly sports and pop culture show on HBO. The multi-year contract was announced on Wednesday by President of HBO Programming, Michael Lombardo, "We could not be more thrilled for him to bring those
Simmons was suspended last year by ESPN for harsh comments he made about NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell over his handling of the Ray Rice domestic violence case. The move had some observers wondering whether the channel no longer was