[UATrewqaz]

I also grow tired of them.

I like the rest of you can't figure out why they think the audiance wnats this. I guess they figure people will grow tired of "pure" poker for the entire broadcast, but heck isn't that why people are tuning in, it is a poker tournament.... I can tolerate a few fluff pieces on the bigger names (for example the "impressions" skit was funny and poker related)

However they put some random sob story in every broadcast (no disrespect to anybody). The story about the man dying of brain cancer was very, very sad and bummed me out, and the story about the burn victim child was also pretty blindsiding... I can see how it could be very upsetting to the squimish or sensitive types.

I guess they try to put a feel good spin on it, but jeez. The target tv audiance of poker is young to middle aged males (mostly) and I don't know why ESPN does this.