Pardon the Interruption... but what the hell is this?

Embarrassing doesn't even begin to cover it.

I watch PTI every day. I TiVo the damn thing, then watch it when I get home from work. This is my daily ritual, and nothing, not a call from the girlfriend, or rubbing one out, can take me away from said ritual.

But I'm beginning to lose my grip.

The guys are on summer vacation, which is fucking laughable to me. Tony Kornheiser hasn't seen the inside of the studio in at least two weeks, leaving Mike Wilbon to deal with a parade of morons on his set.

Dan LeBatard? I delete before watching the first segment.

JA Adande? Tolerable, but not the same edge, or humor, as Kornheiser.

Bob Ryan? Love him as a writer. As a television personality, he leaves a lot to be desired.

Rick fucking Reilly? Are you kidding me? The guy is a train wreck on screen. He doesn't know where to look, and he doesn't know how to be funny (unless you think word puns are funny; I thought they stopped being funny in 8th grade). By all means, put him on a humorous, interesting sports show so he can make the same jokes he made in a column five years ago. Awesome. Can't wait for tomorrow's segment on how great some middle aged, mid-American middle reliever is doing in the minor leagues. Fuck me with a spoon.

I'm beginning to wonder if there wasn't some sort of falling out on the set between the two main hosts, and that the network is keeping things rotating until they find the right person for Kornheiser's job. I can't imagine that this is the case, but the never ending parades of people that spout predictable drivel instead of funny, worthwhile insight, is getting old.

Of course, I'm sure there's no bad blood, but until Kornheiser shows up on screen with Wilbon, what else do we have to do but guess? We're sure as shit not watching the show.

You know how you fix this? Know how you make it interesting again? Add Bill Simmons to the show. Train him up, let Kornheiser go, and let Simmons be the East Coast Bias the show needs for that "damn the world" bent.

He's currently doing a weekly podcast and writing exactly zero articles for the World Wide Leader, all while being under contract at a cool $1.5 mil. So why not add him to the only "specialty show" ESPN has that's even remotely worth watching?

I guarantee you: keep parading out guest hosts, and there won't be a show to put on anymore, because nobody is going to watch the fucking thing.