Rumors

Blake Griffin used to bully rim protectors inside the paint. Now he’s going to fire shots from the outside. The former Clipper and Pistons All-Star is launching a weekly late-night show on Prime Video and YouTube produced with Amazon’s Wondery. Titled The Stepback with Blake Griffin, it features the host sitting behind a desk chronicling and opining on the juiciest sports topics of our time — think John Oliver, but for all things athletic.

The Hollywood Reporter

Bill Simmons new HBO show, “Any Given Wednesday,” is off to bad reviews and even worse ratings after five episodes. The show bottomed out last week, as a paltry 163,000 people viewed the 30-minute infomercial for fellow HBO programs, “Vice Principals” and “The Night Of.” To put that number in perspective, HBO’s two headliners, Bill Maher and John Oliver, both currently average over four million viewers per episode. It’s safe to say HBO expected a bigger audience when they handed Simmons a three-year, $20 million deal last summer.

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