Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Another Change at the Score

I can tell you that they didn't see this one coming. I interviewed Mike Mulligan just last month for the Illinois Entertainer and he didn't even hint at any issues. This month his partner since 2005 has been cut loose.

The Score is re-assigning Brian Hanley.

Why are they doing this? I have no idea. The Score morning show is ranked #4 in the demo. That's a pretty solid sellable number. It doesn't appear to be for money reasons--Robert Feder's article speculates that someone is being brought in to take Hanley's place. It isn't because of friction between the hosts. As I mentioned, I interviewed Mulligan just a few weeks ago and he had nothing but praise and admiration for his partner. This is a bit of a head scratcher for me.