Chemistry on a sports studio show is hard to find and harder to fake.
Turner Sports’ “Inside The NBA,” featuring Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, and Shaquille O’Neal, is the most entertaining studio program of all time, because of how the personalities interact.
ESPN’s “NFL Live,” which includes Laura Rutledge, Mina Kimes, Marcus Spears, Ryan Clark, Dan Orlovsky, and Keyshawn Johnson, is appealing because its panelists play off each other so well. They seem like friends, and that translates to a consistently enjoyable program.
But that chemistry is elusive. Which is why what is happening with “Good Morning Football” strikes me as remarkable.