{"id":1495,"date":"2015-07-22T13:12:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T17:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2015-10-20T13:46:49","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T17:46:49","slug":"hbo-signs-bill-simmons-for-weekly-talk-show","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/articles\/hbo-signs-bill-simmons-for-weekly-talk-show\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO signs Bill Simmons for weekly talk show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bill Simmons (COM\u201992)<\/strong>, a former ESPN writer and commentator, has signed an exclusive, multi-year deal with HBO. According to the Time Warner-owned premium cable network, the deal symbolizes \u201ca comprehensive partnership on a variety of platforms between the network and Simmons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simmons\u2019 deal with HBO will become effective in October and will join the ranks of similar weekly programs such as \u201cReal Time with Bill Maher\u201d and \u201cLast Week Tonight with John Oliver.&#8221; In his new role, Simmons will host a show that features guests from the worlds of sports and culture. He will also assist with video podcasts and act as a consultant with HBO Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been fans of Bill Simmons and his work for a very long time,\u201d said Michael Lombardo, HBO\u2019s president of programming, in a prepared statement. \u201cHis intelligence, talent and insights are without precedent in the areas he covers. We could not be more thrilled for him to bring those talents to HBO and to become a signature voice at the network, spanning the sports and pop culture landscapes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before his recent departure from ESPN, Simmons was best known for his website BostonSportsGuy.com and Grantland.com, where he served as editor-in-chief. Back in 2014, Simmons was honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Communication, which recognized his professional and personal achievements.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement regarding his HBO opportunity, Simmons said \u201cIt\u2019s no secret that HBO is the single best place for creative people in the entire media landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2015\/tv\/news\/bill-simmons-hbo-talk-show-espn-1201545575\/\" class=\"button bg-green\">Read the full article at Variety<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Simmons (COM\u201992), a former ESPN writer and commentator, has signed an exclusive, multi-year deal with HBO. According to the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9776,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[567,395,338],"bu-publication":[],"discipline-type":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/1495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9776"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/1495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3927,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/1495\/revisions\/3927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1495"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=1495"},{"taxonomy":"discipline-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline-type?post=1495"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=1495"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=1495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}