Former FOX Sports SVP of Original Programming on his short time in the sports content world around his years in non-fiction entertainment
This week it's episode 27 of The Wormcast. My guest Michael Bloom, CEO of BONGO Pictures. Michael spent a few years in the sports content space as SVP of Original Programming at FOX Sports and helped set up the E-League at Turner Sports. There's tonnage of orginal sports content wherever you look. We look at sports documentariess, ones that Michael worked on and others that left a great a great impression. Where's the genre going in the near future? Enjoy
Topics discussed: 2:30 Moving from entertainment into sports 5:00 "Being Liverpool" 15:00 "The Last Dance" 18:00 Jason's behind the scenes feature with Roy Williams and the Kansas Jayhawks at the Final Four 20:30 The futture of all-access team documentaries going? 22:00 The Tiger doc/"The Defiant Ones" (Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine)26:00 Athletes production companies 28:20 TNT's Inside Story doc and Michael working at Turner 33:30 "Rise as One" series of soccer docs at FOX Sports before the 2014 World Cup 38:00 Michael forming BONGO Pictures & selling pitches for projects 41:30 Michael and Jason's favorite sports docs 46:30 Michael has a story about Jason 51:30 Michael the long suffering Jets fan
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