Any good funnyman (or woman) in 2025 can tell you that comedy is in dire straits.
Comedy, by definition, is meant to offend — at least a little — and that creates a natural tension with the more sensitive culture that’s been cultivated in modern times.
Given that, you would understand trepidation from any major network when it comes to deploying an honest-to-goodness comedian to host a primetime award show.
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(Just ask CNN how that can go.)
ESPN opted to go that route with its 2025 ESPY Award show.
The embattled sports network, to its credit, threw caution to the wind on that front, when it announced comedian Shane Gillis as the host of its annual award show.
And to reward that faith, Gillis injected
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