FS1 is making sweeping changes to its programming lineup, as three of its five daily shows are getting canceled. In the shake-up, Joy Taylor’s nine-year tenure with the network has come to an end. 

Breakfast Ball, The Facility, and Speak will be no more, leaving The Herd with Colin Cowherd and Jason McIntyre and First Things First with Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes as the only shows remaining in the lineup, Front Office Sports has confirmed. The news was first reported by The Athletic. 

A Fox Sports spokesperson declined to comment. 

Talents whose shows were canceled include Craig Carton, Mark Schlereth, Danny Parkins, Emmanuel Acho, LeSean McCoy, Chase Daniel, James Jones, Paul Pierce, Michael Irvin, Keyshawn Johnson, and Taylor. 

It is possible that a couple of the talents could remain at the network as it cooks up new shows. 

Sources told FOS that on-air talents who could be in play for new FS1 programming include Tony Reali, Max Kellerman, and Kay Adams. On X/Twitter, former FS1 host Jason Whitlock suggested that a TV version of All the Smoke, with former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, could be an option. 

Reali, the longtime host of ESPN’s canceled Around the Horn, told FOS he’s interested in “absolutely everything.” While he plans to be “discerning” about his future, Reali envisions a future where he works in both the TV and digital spaces at the same time.

“I’m open to talking to anybody and everybody at all times,” said Reali, who’s currently taking a long vacation with his family before weighing his next steps.

While the scope of the cancellations is stunning, all three of the shows were struggling to attract audiences. They were all created by former FS1 boss Charlie Dixon, who exited the company in April, several months after he was named in lawsuits from former host Julie Stewart-Binks and former network hairstylist Noushin Faraji. Taylor was also named in Faraji’s suit.

Allison Williams will be promoted to the NFL beat at Fox Sports. Williams will succeed the departing Laura Okmin as an NFL sideline reporter on one of the network’s announce teams this season, sources tell Front Office Sports.

Williams joined Fox as a college football sideline reporter and studio host in August 2022 following a contentious split from ESPN over parent company Disney’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. 

Williams, who was trying for a second child with her husband, said she decided not to comply with the vaccine mandate after consulting with her doctor and a fertility specialist. After being denied her request for an “accommodation,” the 10-year veteran announced her split with ESPN in October 2021.  

“Belief is a word I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, because in addition to the medical apprehensions regarding my desire to have another child in regards to receiving this injection, I am also so morally and ethically not aligned with this. And I’ve had to really dig deep and analyze my values and my morals, and ultimately I need to put them first,” a choked-up Williams said in an Instagram video.

Okmin, the third-longest-tenured sideline reporter in NFL history, told FOS last month she was leaving Fox after turning down a contract extension. 

Okmin said she thought it was the right time to walk away from TV. She plans to focus on her company, GALvanize, which trains and mentors young women entering the sports world, as well as projects inside and outside the football world. The 30-year media veteran will continue covering the NFL postseason and Super Bowl for Westwood One Sports radio.

Okmin worked with play-by-play announcer Kevin Kugler and color commentator Daryl “Moose” Johnston during the 2024 season. Fox’s other NFL sideline reporters last season included Erin Andrews (who just signed a contract extension), Tom Rinaldi, Pam Oliver, Megan Olivi, Kristina Pink, and Jen Hale.

“They sent me the contract. I printed it out. I sat there. It was just my voice saying, ‘It’s time, this is it.’ I called my boss and my friend Jacob Ullman, who I’ve known as long as I’ve been at Fox Sports. I’m happy to say he was very surprised,” Okmin recalled. “I would have been very disappointed if there was any other reaction. It was a really nice call, because I got to have it with my boss and my friend.”

Fox declined to comment on this story.

NBC continues to bolster its NBA talent lineup.

Former Hawks executive Grant Liffmann is joining the network, sources told Front Office Sports. His job as front office insider will be to analyze roster moves, a critical role as NBA fans obsessively follow transactions and salary-cap minutiae.

The 38-year-old Liffmann is returning to NBC after spending the past three seasons with the Hawks as the VP of basketball operations under GM Landry Fields, who was fired in April. Before joining the Hawks front office, Liffmann worked for NBC Sports Bay Area for more than five years as a broadcaster for Warriors games. 

An NBC spokesperson declined to comment.

NBC is betting on Liffmann to be a younger version of ESPN’s Bobby Marks or The Athletic’s John Hollinger. The latter helped build a strong Grizzlies core in between media stints, where he was previously an influential writer at ESPN. 

NBC has been busy stocking up its roster as it prepares to re-enter the NBA space after more than two decades away. Mike Tirico and Noah Eagle will be play-by-play broadcasters, as Reggie Miller and Jamal Crawford will share the title of lead color commentator. Carmelo Anthony and Grant Hill will be analysts, and Maria Taylor will be the top studio host.

In a massive coup, NBC also landed Michael Jordan as a special contributor, and basketball fans are eagerly waiting to see how candid he will be in his analysis of today’s game.