Rich Eisen Show to Debut on Roku Channel September 12

<div class&equals;"newsroom-article-head ks-text-left ks-pv-60"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"row ks-pb-20">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"newsroom-article col-md-8 ks-pl-no">&NewLine;<article><strong>SAN JOSE &&num;8212&semi; <&sol;strong>Roku&comma; Inc&period; announced that the TV broadcast of the Emmy-nominated sports and entertainment talk show &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Rich Eisen Show&comma;” hosted by Rich Eisen&comma; will exclusively launch on The Roku Channel on September 12&period; Streamers will be able to enjoy the weekday live show through an all-new&comma; dedicated FAST &lpar;free ad-supported streaming TV&rpar; channel called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Rich Eisen Show&comma;” accessible on The Roku Channel and through The Roku Channel’s Live TV Guide on Channel 210&period; The channel will feature the live broadcast of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Rich Eisen Show” Monday-Friday&comma; from 12&colon;00-3&colon;00 PM ET&sol;9&colon;00 AM-12&colon;00 PM PT and will stream prior episodes of the show when the broadcast is off air&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Rich Eisen&comma; Host of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Rich Eisen Show” said&colon;<&sol;strong> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am so happy to be part of the Roku family and help carry the torch for their push into original sports programming&period; From the jump&comma; they have understood what the show is about and what we are doing&comma; and what better day to kick things off than the Monday after Week 1 in the NFL&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Rob Holmes&comma; Vice President&comma; Programming&comma; Roku said&colon;<&sol;strong> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Bringing &OpenCurlyQuote;The Rich Eisen Show’ exclusively to The Roku Channel just in time for the NFL season kickoff is a win for our streamers&period; Sports is one of the most valuable content categories for audiences&comma; and we’re thrilled to be expanding our sports offering with Rich Eisen as the perfect partner&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Millions of Americans have now discovered new ways to access sports and quality news programming through streaming&period; Roku offers a robust sports streaming experience&comma; carrying every major content provider of professional sports programming on the Roku platform and more than 20 sports-themed linear channels on The Roku Channel&period; The increased engagement of sports content via streaming is just one strong indicator that the migration toward a streaming-first TV world is in full swing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Rich Eisen Show” launched in 2014 and has been nominated for two Sports Emmy Awards for Outstanding Studio Show-Daily&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Rich Eisen Show” features an engaging mix of sports&comma; humor&comma; and pop culture&comma; while attracting the most recognizable names in sports and entertainment&comma; including prior guests Tom Brady&comma; Shaquille O’Neal&comma; Matt Damon&comma; Jodie Foster&comma; Matthew McConaughey&comma; Regina King&comma; Aaron Rodgers&comma; Larry David&comma; Morgan Freeman&comma; and more&period; Eisen continues to work with the NFL Network and serves as the emcee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Canton&comma; Ohio&comma; while also anchoring the network’s special on-location coverage of the NFL Draft&comma; NFL Scouting Combine and the Super Bowl&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rich Eisen is repped by UTA and David Markman of DLA Piper&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Rich Eisen Show” will continue to originate from El Segundo&comma; CA&comma; and the radio broadcast will continue airing on Westwood One&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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