ESPN goes heavy on ‘SportsCenter’ in place of games

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With most major professional sports leagues’ seasons suspended, sports networks such as Disney’s ESPN have been left with a lot of time to fill.

ESPN has been making do with filling time slots with special extra editions of “SportsCenter.”

However, that’s likely not a long term solution since, as the days go one, there will be less and less sports news to cover — and anchors can probably only go so long reporting on the cancellations of the games they were supposed to be covering.

Most major U.S. sports leagues have suspended their seasons in wake of the coronavirus.

FS1, meanwhile, announced it will also pull all live studio programming until March 20.

It’s not entirely clear how these networks intend to fill the hours of the TV day until pro sports get back up and running.

Some on social media have suggested re-running old games such as ESPN Classic already does. Infomercials could be another option, or carrying programming from corporate cousins.