Fox Sports is "ending 'Fox Sports Live' as viewers know it now," though it is "not clear when the final episode of this iteration of the show will end," according to Richard Deitsch of SI.com. A Fox Sports spokesperson "declined comment on any specific changes." However, a source said that the new show "will have little in the way of news and reporting." The viewership story for "Fox Sports Live" was "not a great one and was the likely catalyst for the changes." The show, which typically would air at 11:00pm ET each night, was "averaging 87,000 viewers for all first-run 'Fox Sports Live' telecasts on FS1 for the four weeks ending Jan. 24." A single post-UFC telecast on Jan. 17 "had a dramatic impact on the average; if you take that telecast out, both the weighted and simple averages were 61,000 viewers." Show co-hosts Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole are "under contract, well-liked by [Fox President & COO Eric] Shanks and will likely have a major role on whatever 'Fox Sports Live' becomes." It is "unclear what will happen to other 'Fox Sports Live' on-air staffers" (SI.com, 1/29).
