Bill Simmons To Host Show On HBO

Bill Simmons will join HBO, where he will host a weekly television show beginning in 2016.

Leon Bennett / Getty ImagesIn May, ESPN announced they would not renew Simmons’s contract with the network – and that he would not appear on their platforms for the duration of his contract – which expires in September.

Simmons’ contract with HBO begins October 1, HBO confirmed to BuzzFeed News.

Along with a weekly talk show, which HBO says will be “topical and spontaneous,” Simmons will also have access to produce “content and assets” for HBO’s online presence. This will include podcasts, which have become an anchor of Simmons’s career.

In a release, Simmons said “it’s no secret that HBO is the single…