Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons is a weekly talk show hosted by one of the most influential figures in contemporary sports media. The weekly half-hour show begins its 20-show season on Wednesday, June 22 at 10:00 PM ET/PT on HBO.
Spanning pop culture and touching on everything from sports and entertainment to arts and technology, Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons will feature intimate conversations with compelling guests each week. The show will also include field segments and Simmons' signature commentary on current events.
- from a Hollywood Reporter profileOn June 22, his reign at HBO will formally begin with the launch of Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons. "It'll be conversations about sports, culture and technology," he says, "and then me being a snarky asshole." The format — a mix of his hard takes and interviews — is subject to change, particularly as its host gets more comfortable with the role of television personality. That there's a subset of the sports press that suggests the latter may never happen — that Simmons isn't cut out for TV — only appears to motivate him. "Competitive Bill is definitely fired up about that," he says, seemingly driven by the same "nobody believed in us" theory that's fueled so many of his favorite sports narratives. "I know how these things go and how easily you can fail," he adds. "But I really think this has a chance."
Also worth noting (and the THR profile mentions it) that Any Given Wednesday will not be live or a John Oliver type show. It will mostly consist of taped, condensed interviews and presumably a Simmons monologue of some sort that will be shorter than the interviews.
Guest Lineup (will be updated throughout the season)
Week 1- Charles Barkley and Ben Affleck
Week 2- Bill Hader, Mark Cuban and Malcolm Gladwell
Week 3- Joe Rogan, Anthony Anderson and Chris Bosh
Week 4- Aaron Rodgers
Week 5- Danny McBride, Christina Hendricks and Michael K. Williams
Additional clips from the interviews that do not make it into the main show are available via the various HBO streaming services.
Relevant Links
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