(Posted at 8:55 p.m. EST –Ed.)
Informed sources say that the ESPN Outdoors show BassCenter was canceled effective today. Requests for comment from ESPN Outdoors communications staff were not immediately returned.
When the show debuted in 2005, it was supposed to be the cornerstone of ESPN2's Bass Saturday programming block. Until now, it was still part of the network's Saturday morning lineup of fishing shows.
This is the first action that BassFan is aware of since Steve Anderson, ESPN executive VP of production and technical operations, assumed responsibility of BASS and ESPN Outdoors in June and was given the task of conducting "a thorough review of all outdoors operations with the goal of continuing to enhance our overall performance." Quoted material is from an ESPN internal email.
BassFan has heard rumors of impending personnel changes at ESPN Outdoors/BASS, but nothing could be immediately confirmed. No further information is available at this time.
