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Blake Griffin to launch sports-focused late-night show on Amazon and YouTube
Former NBA star Blake Griffin is launching a new sports show called The Stepback with Blake Griffin on Amazon and YouTube.
The program will look beyond game results and player performances to examine issues affecting sports.
Griffin plans to cover topics including gambling, NIL deals and ticket prices in 24-minute episodes.
NIL refers to college athletes’ ability to earn money from their name, image and likeness.
The show will also challenge powerful team owners, including over demands for taxpayer-funded stadiums and threats to move teams.
Griffin says he was inspired by John Oliver’s mix of humor and explanations of serious issues.
Fourteen episodes have been filmed and are scheduled weekly during the coming NBA season.
A second season is hoped for later in 2027, but no firm schedule is given.
Blake Griffin is launching The Stepback with Blake Griffin, a sports-focused late-night show on Amazon and YouTube.
The program is produced with Wondery and is designed to examine social and business issues in sports rather than analyze games.
Each episode runs 24 minutes and features Griffin explaining and commenting on a controversial topic with help from researchers and writers.
Topics include sports gambling, name, image and likeness money in college athletics, NFL head injuries and rising ticket prices.
Fourteen episodes have been filmed and are scheduled to appear weekly over the coming months of the NBA season.
- Who
- Blake Griffin, a six-time NBA All-Star and former NBA player.
- What
- He is launching The Stepback with Blake Griffin, a late-night show about issues in sports.
- When
- Its first episode is due next week, with episodes scheduled weekly over the coming months of the NBA season.
- Where
- Amazon and YouTube.
- Why
- Griffin says he wanted to explain the issues and systems behind sports, using humor to help audiences understand them.
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Griffin says he first had the idea for a sports show inspired by Last Week Tonight.
The first episode of The Stepback with Blake Griffin is due to debut on Amazon and YouTube.
Fourteen filmed episodes are scheduled to drop weekly.
- Host
- Blake Griffin
- Show
- The Stepback with Blake Griffin
- Platforms
- Amazon and YouTube
- Episode length
- 24 minutes
- Episodes filmed
- 14
- Producer
- Wondery
What people are saying
I actually had this idea in 2016 and it’s just sort of been sitting around and I’d been updating the doc and updating the doc.
He’s asking questions insiders won’t.