Pardon the Interruption is a sports television show that airs weekdays on various ESPN TV channels, TSN, ESPN America, XM, and Sirius satellite radio services, and as a downloadable podcast. It is hosted by Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, who discuss, and frequently argue over, the top stories of the day in "sports... and other stuff". They had previously done this off-air in The Washington Post newsroom. Either Tony Reali or the uncredited "producer over the loudspeaker" serves as moderator for parts of the show, which is filmed in Washington, D.C.; Around The Horn also originates from the same studio.
Maybe these two dopes, their Stat Boy, their rundown, and heads-on-sticks were never original in the least (Sports Reporters? Siskel & Ebert?), but undeniable that PTI was a real breath of fresh air through an otherwise staid sports talk landscape. The proof is in the pudding; after PTI, it's been a landslide of one screaming studio head yapper retread show after another which melded neatly into the podcasting age. Worth mentioning here is the sister show Around the Horn, which originally was a vehicle for Max Kellerman, but ended up salvaged, resurrected, and given its' own long life thanks to PTI Stat Boy Tony Reali. Don’t'cha just love progress???
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