Jim Rome Is Burning

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Jim Rome Is Burning
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Format Sports Talk
Starring Jim Rome
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 1,000
Production
Location(s) Los Angeles, California
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ESPN2
Original run May 6, 2003 (2003-05-06) – January 27, 2012 (2012-01-27)

Jim Rome Is Burning, originally titled Rome Is Burning and often abbreviated as JRIB, was a sports conversation and opinion show hosted by Jim Rome. Debuting on May 6, 2003 as Rome Is Burning, it was originally a once a week show in primetime at 7:00 PM ET on Tuesday nights on ESPN. After a short hiatus in 2004, it returned with a new name, Jim Rome Is Burning, and a late-night Thursday timeslot. In February 2005, JRIB became a daily program airing each afternoon at 4:30 PM in between NFL Live and Around the Horn. After ESPN expanded NFL Live to sixty minutes, JRIB moved to ESPN2 as part of its new afternoon lineup on September 12, 2011. It is produced by Mandt Bros. Productions in association with ESPN Original Entertainment and tapes in Los Angeles as opposed to ESPN's Bristol, Connecticut headquarters.

The show ended on January 27, 2012, when Rome's ESPN contract was not renewed, he was later hired by CBS Sports Network.

Contents

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  • Rome Is Burning: Rome gives takes on four or five of the top sports-related stories of the day and always opens with the statement "Here's what I am burning on."
  • Alone with Rome: Rome interviews a popular sports figure on a number of topics. This is usually the longest segment of the show.
  • The Forum: Rome is joined by a reporter, sports figure, or entertainer who usually appears for an entire week and discusses various sports topics with him/her. Until 2011 there were usually two panelists joining Rome for The Forum.
  • Correspondents: Generally, a player will give a tour of one of their team's sports facilities or take Rome and the TV audience through a normal day in the life of a sports athlete. Some of the correspondents include David Wright, Nick Swisher, Tywon Lawson, Tony Gonzalez, Delonte West and Donté Stallworth. For special occasions, such as the NFL Draft, there is a group of correspondents. The players who appear as correspondents are said to attain good "JRIB karma" afterwards.
  • Final Burn: The last segment of the show, in which Rome gives one or two final takes. He then thanks the show's guests and signs off with "I am out."

These segments almost always run in the above order, with Correspondents pieces about once per week. On rare occasions, if the Alone with Rome guest is late to the studio or the remote location, that segment will air after the Forum. On other occasions, the segments are in a different order by design, without explanation of lateness. Also, a show may end with a Correspondents piece instead of a Final Burn.

[edit] Former

  • U Smack 2 (formerly known as Smack Back): Rome takes calls and reads e-mails, and gives his take on the topics the caller/e-mailer is talking about. Discontinued in late 2005.

[edit] Contributors

These are guests to the program appearing occasionally, with some appearing more than others. Guest hosts and forum guests usually serve that role for a full calendar week.

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