11.   Gifford will co-host the studio show with the terminally boorish Chris Berman, and one can start taking book on how long he lasts.

12.   Grushow said he would step back a bit from leading the effort to place Fox studio shows at other networks by naming a new president of the studio.

13.   He still hosted studio shows, but he added play-by-play skills by calling New York Knicks and Yankees games.

14.   In fact, all the pregame and postgame studio shows and highlight reels are worthless in comparison to what ESPN delivers.

15.   It has the best studio shows in basketball, football, baseball and hockey.

16.   One hopes that CBS will pair him with extremely lively partners in the National Football League studio show that will make its debut in September.

17.   Studio shows are relatively inexpensive to produce and promote the games.

18.   The show was nominated twice in two years for an Emmy for the best sports studio show, and won once.

19.   Then he will be in the business of making programming choices for his network to combat Fox studio shows broadcast elsewhere.

20.   There will be holes in the studio shows where relaxed player interviews, some illuminating, some dull, will have to be filled.