Undisputed is an American sports talk show program on Fox Sports 1. Episodes air live Monday through Friday from 9:30 am EST until noon. The show broadcast from the Fox Network Center in the Century City neighborhood and business district of Los Angeles, California.
History
The series premiered on Fox Sports 1 on September 6, 2016.
On June 13, 2023, one day after that year’s NBA Finals ended, Sharpe officially announced that it would be his final episode co-hosting the show with Bayless. Soon after the show went on a brief hiatus the following month. In late August the show returned with a brand new cast featuring former NFL Stars Richard Sherman, Keyshawn Johnson, and Michael Irvin alongside Bayless.
Cast
Skip Bayless: (2016–present) Keyshawn Johnson (2023–present) Michael Irvin (2023–present) Rachel Nichols: (2023–present) Richard Sherman: (2023–present) Lil Wayne: (2023–present) Josina Anderson: (2023–present)
Host (full-time) Joy Taylor: (2016–2018) Jenny Taft: (2018–2022) Jen Hale: (2022–2023) Shannon Sharpe: (2016–2023) Skip Bayless: (2023–present)
Frequent & past guest analysts
Chris Broussard: NBA/NFL Analyst
Rob Parker: NBA/NFL/MLB Analyst
Eddie House: NBA Analyst
Emmanuel Acho: NFL analyst
Michael Vick: NFL Analyst
Reggie Bush: NFL/College Football Analyst
Greg Jennings: NFL Analyst
Stephen Jackson: NBA Analyst
LaVar Arrington: NFL Analyst
Colin Cowherd: NBA/NFL Analyst
Eric Dickerson: NFL Analyst
Orlando Scandrick: NFL analyst
Ray Lewis: NFL analyst
Ric Bucher: NBA analyst
Tony Gonzalez: NFL analyst
Cris Carter: NFL analyst
DeAngelo Hall: NFL analyst
Plaxico Burress: NFL analyst
Kenyon Martin: NBA analyst
Jason McIntyre: NFL/NBA Analyst
Theme song
The show's opening theme song, "No Mercy", was recorded by American rapper Lil Wayne, a friend of Bayless' and a frequent guest from his former ESPN show First Take. The song was written and produced by Jared Gutstadt, president and CCO of Jingle Punks Music, which had partnered with Fox Sports prior to the show's launch. The full-length version of "No Mercy" was released by Cash Money Records to iTunes in September 2016, and Lil Wayne appeared on Undisputeds inaugural episode on September 6 and has since regularly made guest appearances. In 2023, Lil Wayne released the new opening theme song for the revamped Undisputed called "Good Morning".
Viewership
Undisputed averaged 107,000 viewers per episode from September 9 to December 31, 2016, and 155,000 viewers during 2017, representing a 45% increase in viewership.
During July 24–28 of that year, it averaged 136,000 viewers, 65,000 of which were adults in the 18–49 years of age range. Compared to competing weekday morning sports programs in the same time slot, it outdrew ESPN2's edition of Sportscenter (117,000) but fell behind First Take (320,000) in overall viewership.
In 2018, Undisputed averaged 165,000 viewers, and in 2019 through August 9, 2019), averaged 169,000 viewers. In 2021, the show averaged 199,000 viewers during the month of October, which beat the show's previous October peak of 182,000 viewers in 2019 and granting the show its most successful October to date.
As of November 2022, the series' highest-rated broadcast occurred following FS1's English language telecast of England vs Iran, when the show averaged 499,000 viewers.