ESPNews Pregame is a sports news program that aired Monday-Friday at 6pm Eastern Time on the American cable channel ESPNews

ESPNEWS

ESPNEWS , launched on November 1, 1996, is a 24-hour-a-day sports news television channel...

. This program, which was originally hosted by David Lloyd

David Lloyd (sportscaster)

David Lloyd is a sportscaster for ESPN. He appears on ESPNews and on the weekend SportsCenter, often with Cindy Brunson.Lloyd is a native of Westport, Connecticut. He has a bachelor's degree in international relations from Colgate University...

, debuted on September 5, 2006 in its original timeslot of 7pm ET as part of the sports news network's significant weekday evening programming overhaul.

Original host David Lloyd left ESPNews Pregame in 2007 to take over the co-hosting duties of The Hot List

The Hot List

Sports Hit List was a news, talk and analysis television show and also the flagship program on ESPNEWS. Since its debut in January 2004, the program aired Monday through Friday from 3-6pm ET.-About the show:...

. Since Lloyd's departure, several personalities, most notably Michelle Bonner

Michelle Bonner

Michelle Bonner joined ESPN in March 2005 as an ESPNEWS anchor and occasionally anchors SportsCenter, ESPN’s flagship sports news program. Bonner came to ESPN from CNN in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was a sports anchor from 2003–2005....

, have hosted this show.

Program format

Originally airing as a one-hour program, this two-hour show looked at all the day's news around the world of sports and sets the table for the evening's sports lineup, and features analysis, interviews, highlights, and more.

Program history

ESPNews Pregame replaced 4 Qtrs

4 Qtrs

4 Qtrs is a sports news program that aired on the American sports news channel ESPNEWS from 2003-2006. This program, hosted by David Lloyd, was replaced in the 7-8pm ET timeslot by ESPNEWS Pregame on September 5, 2006....

(also anchored by Lloyd) in the 7pm ET timeslot. On July 21, 2008, this program expanded to two hours as it moved up an hour to the 6pm ET timeslot, replacing the re-airings of Around the Horn

Around the Horn

Around the Horn is a daily, half-hour sports roundtable on ESPN filmed in Washington, D.C. It airs at 5:00 pm ET, as part of a sports talk hour with Pardon the Interruption. The show is currently hosted by Tony Reali.-History:Around the Horn premiered on November 4, 2002, hosted by Max Kellerman...

and Pardon the Interruption

Pardon the Interruption

Pardon the Interruption is a sports television show that airs weekdays on various ESPN TV channels, TSN, ESPN America, XM, and Sirius satellite radio services, and as a downloadable podcast. It is hosted by Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, who discuss, and frequently argue over, the top stories...

(both of which moved to sister channel ESPN2

ESPN2

ESPN2 is an American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...

in the same timeslot). In addition to the expansion of the current two-hour format, ESPNews Pregame has switched to a dual-anchor format as well, just like most of the network's other programs, such as The Hot List and Gametime.
The show had its series finale on January 2, 2009 as ESPNews reverted back to half-hour blocks of sports news throughout the day beginning January 5, 2009.