MTV Rock N' Jock | |
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Created by | Patrick Byrnes |
Starring | Steve Albert, Ken Ober, Dan Cortese, Bill Bellamy, Chris Connelly |
Country of origin | United States |
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Running time | 60 – 90 minutes |
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Original network | MTV |
Original release | April 1, 1990 [1] |
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MTV in the United States |
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MTV Rock N' Jock is a television series on MTV featuring actors, musicians, and other entertainers playing sports with professional athletes. The original episode was called The MTV Rock N' Jock Diamond Derby, and was changed to MTV's Rock N' Jock Softball Challenge, in year 2. The concept expanded to include basketball in 1991, football in 1997 [2] [3] and bowling in 1999 [4] The game was an annual feature (with multiple reruns of most episodes) for many years on MTV. [5] [6]
The original announcers were professional sportscaster, Steve Albert [7] and comedian Ken Ober who provided color commentary. [8] Bill Bellamy [9] and MTV Sports host Dan Cortese initially participated as players and then as coaches in later years.
The fourth annual Rock N' Jock B-Ball Jam was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show in 1995, losing to Jeopardy! .
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