Who became the presenter of Countdown after Jeff Stelling left?
"Stelling was confirmed as the new host, with Oxford graduate Rachel Riley in the Vorderman role. It was announced on 24 May 2011 that Stelling would be leaving the programme, and he presented his final show on 16 December 2011. On 16 November 2011, it was announced that Nick Hewer would be taking over as host, with his first show broadcast on 9 January 2012. ""Countdown"" quickly established cult status within British television – an image which it maintains today, despite numerous changes of rules and personnel. The programme's audience comprises mainly students, homemakers and pensioners, owing to the ""teatime"""
"new host of the Channel 4 game show ""Countdown"" following the departure of Des O'Connor. He had reportedly also been approached for the role following the death of long-time host Richard Whiteley, but the role was given to former fellow sports presenter Des Lynam instead. Stelling began recording ""Countdown"" in December 2008, with the show's new assistant Rachel Riley, and started broadcasting in January 2009. He also appears during an episode of ""The IT Crowd"" in the same role. However, it was announced on 25 May 2011 that Stelling would be stepping down as presenter of ""Countdown"" at the end"
"an exact solution in the numbers rounds if the contestants are unable to do so. Riley's appointment to ""Countdown"" was announced at the same time as the announcement of a new main host, Jeff Stelling, replacing Des O'Connor; the duo of Stelling and Riley were in place for the new series beginning in January 2009. Although she had no ambition to be a television presenter, she was encouraged to apply by her mother, and decided to do so because she was interested in the numbers part of the game. Having beaten 1,000 applicants for the role, she commented, ""There's only"
"Steele will be replacing Michael Wilbon as host, ending Wilbon's 8-year run on Countdown. Magic Johnson and Michael Wilbon are slated to return to the program in January 2017 to join Sage Steele for pregame coverage for the ""NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC"" series. With the 2017 playoffs looming, ESPN replaced Sage Steele with Michelle Beadle as the host of NBA Countdown on ABC and ESPN. Beadle joined NBA Countdown at the start of the 2016-2017 season, and has led ESPN’s regular Wednesday and Friday episodes. Beadle has been named the full time host and will lead Disney’s NBA pre-game"
"revealed he had refused the job. Anthea Turner, Ulrika Jonsson, and Myleene Klass were all linked with Vorderman's job; however, Channel 4 then began to search for a previously unknown male or female arithmetician with ""charm and charisma"". Eventually, on 21 November 2008, after O'Connor and Vorderman had finished filming, it was confirmed that Stelling and Oxford maths graduate Rachel Riley would join the show, with Susie Dent continuing as resident lexicographer. ""Countdown"" has occupied a tea-time broadcast slot since its inception. Currently an episode lasts around 45 minutes including advertising breaks. During the normal series, the winner of each"
"presenter vacated by the recently deceased Richard Whiteley. Vorderman declined, and a search for a new presenter began while the show went into a four-month hiatus. In October 2005, Des Lynam replaced Whiteley and co-hosted with Vorderman. In January 2007 Des O'Connor replaced Lynam; Vorderman continued to co-host the show. On 25 July 2008, after 26 unbroken years with the show, it was announced that Vorderman was stepping down from ""Countdown"". She later said she had resigned after failing to agree terms with Channel 4 for a new contract, and it was reported that she had been asked to take"
"Jeff Stelling Robert Jeffrey Stelling (born 18 March 1955) is an English sports journalist and sport television presenter. He currently presents ""Gillette Soccer Saturday"" for Sky Sports and hosted their coverage of the Champions League between 2011 and 2015. He also presented the Channel 4 quiz show ""Countdown"" (2009–2011) and ITV game show ""Alphabetical"" (2016–present). Stelling was brought up in a council house in Hartlepool. He attended Rift House Primary School and West Hartlepool Grammar School. After leaving school his first job was as a journalist at the ""Hartlepool Mail"" where he remained for four years. His first broadcasting position"
"who would like to become a game show hostess. Unlike almost any other game show hostess of the time, however, the advertisement also made it clear that the applicants' appearance would be less important than their talent as a mathematician. Gradually the tasks performed by the extra presenters were taken over by Carol Vorderman, whose role within the show essentially became that of co-presenter. Whiteley fell ill with septicaemia in 2005, and as a result he was no longer able to record ""Countdown"". Although Whiteley made a slow recovery from his illness, he died on 26 June 2005, after a"
"of ""Countdown"". Magic Johnson, Jon Barry, Michael Wilbon, Bill Simmons, and Chris Broussard have previously served as analysts for ""NBA Countdown"". For the 2016–17 season, Mark Jones replaced Mike Tirico as part of the secondary broadcast team with Hubie Brown as Tirico left for NBC. Also, Doug Collins left NBA Countdown and joined ESPN's roster of game analysts, returning to a position he previously held while working with NBC and TNT. Steele was replaced as host by Michelle Beadle during the season. After the 1990s (when the NBA arguably reached its highest point in terms of popularity) many hardcore and"
"show, NBA Shootaround). After only two broadcasts, Mark Jackson moved to game coverage exclusively, and was replaced by Jon Barry. In 2008, the show was renamed ""NBA Countdown"", and Patrick, who left ESPN, was replaced by Stuart Scott, joining Bill Walton, Michael Wilbon, and Barry as a contributor/fill-in. For the 2008-2009 season (beginning with the Christmas Day doubleheader), Barry replaced Walton full-time, Avery Johnson became the fourth member of the studio team, and Magic Johnson joined the show doing feature interviews and occasionally joining the studio crew as a panelist. For the 2010-2011 season, Hannah Storm joined Scott as they"
"as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations. Amongst the programmes that were chosen to be merged for the evening of specials, production teams on ""Countdown"" and ""8 Out of 10 Cats"" agreed to merge the two formats of their respective programmes together - the crossover between the two formats meant that ""Countdown""s arrangement of games would be interspersed with ""8 Out of 10 Cats""-style banter. As part of the merger, both Rachel Riley and Susie Dent assumed their roles from the programme, while Jimmy Carr took on the mantle of host, with both Sean Lock and Jon Richardson competing as"
"June 2009. In November 2009, it was announced that Lance would leave CMT and the Top 20 Countdown at the end of the year and return to acting. On August 6, 2012, Lance joined the program, ""The Daily Buzz"", alongside actor Charles Divins; veteran TV anchor Lisa Spooner; and radio personality Jessica Reyes, replacing Andy Campbell, Mitch English, and Kia Malone, thus being the new on-air team. Original co-host Andrea Jackson remains with the program, though now serves as a technology expert and correspondent for the GalTime feature segments. In July 2015, the Studio 18 Podcast launched with Smith as"
"on BBC One. On 18 December 2014, Hewer revealed that he had decided to leave the show after the tenth series, believing it to be ""the appropriate time"". On 9 January 2012, Hewer became the new host of the Channel 4 game show ""Countdown"" taking over from Sports presenter Jeff Stelling. In July 2012, Hewer presented a four-part series on BBC Two called ""The Farm Fixer"", where he assisted farmers in Northern Ireland in diversifying. Hewer also presented two BBC One series ""The Town that Never Retired"" and ""We All Pay Your Benefits"" with Margaret Mountford. On 28 August 2013,"
"Samantha Ponder Samantha Ponder (née Steele) (born December 11, 1985) is an American sportscaster who is currently the host of ""Sunday NFL Countdown"" on ESPN. Prior to hosting Sunday NFL Countdown, Ponder worked as a reporter/host for ESPN college football and as a basketball sideline reporter. Ponder replaced Erin Andrews on ""College GameDay"" Saturdays at 10 AM ET on ESPN, as well as co-host of the Saturday 9 AM ET edition on ESPNU. In addition to her duties on College Gameday, Ponder had been the regular sideline reporter for ESPN's Thursday Night College Football with Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, and"
"stated that they were removing both Olbermann and Chris Matthews as live political event anchors, and replacing them with David Gregory, due to growing criticism that they were ""too opinionated to be seen as neutral in the heat of the presidential campaign"". Olbermann continued to broadcast ""Countdown"" both before and after the presidential and vice-presidential debates, and both Matthews and Olbermann joined Gregory on the channel's election night coverage. In September 2009, a Pew Research Poll showed that Democrats were much more likely than Republicans to rate the channel favorably and Republicans were much more likely than Democrats to see"
"would succeed Lynam as host. Lynam's final show as ""Countdown"" presenter was broadcast on 22 December 2006. O'Connor first presented Countdown on 2 January 2007. The other studio mainstay is Dictionary Corner, which houses a lexicographer and that week's celebrity guest (referred to as ""GoD"" or ""Guardian of the Dictionaries""). Initially farmer and broadcaster Ted Moult was on hand for verification. The role of the lexicographer is to verify the words offered by the contestants (see ""Letters round rules"") and point out any longer or otherwise interesting words available. The lexicographer is aided in finding these words by the show's"
"11, Olbermann announced that ""Daily Kos"" founder Markos Moulitsas, filmmakers Michael Moore and Ken Burns, and comedian Richard Lewis would become contributors to the new ""Countdown"". During a June 16 interview on NBC's ""Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"", Olbermann further announced that journalists Matt Taibbi and Jeremy Scahill, former Nixon administration official and author John Dean, actor Donald Sutherland, and astronomer Derrick Pitts would also be contributors. On June 20, ""Countdown"" aired its first episode on Current TV, concluding with an abbreviated ""Special Comment"" in which Olbermann outlined his mission statement, quoting Harriet Beecher Stowe. The program drew 179,000 viewers,"
"meaning the best politics is the better idea. And, we cannot restrict ourselves in the political dialogue to sourcing ideas from the politicians and pundits."" Originally, Newsom asked Current TV if they would let him use their equipment to do a YouTube channel; they rejected that request, with a proposal instead that he do his show on their network. The show was a replacement for ""Countdown with Keith Olbermann"" and premiered on May 18, 2012, with guests Lance Armstrong, Marissa Mayer, and Nick Bilton. On January 2nd, 2013 it was announced that the show was going off the air. According"
"and the ""Monday Night Countdown"" crew did the show on November 21 from Estadio Azteca in Mexico City for the game between the Oakland Raiders and Houston Texans, and December 12 from Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. This was also Berman's final season as a host for ESPN's NFL-themed studio shows. Suzy Kolber was named host of ""Monday Night Countdown"" on March 23, 2017. She replaced Chris Berman, who departed after 30 seasons of hosting NFL-themed studio shows, though he still appeared in occasional segments. In addition to her pregame duties, Kolber now hosts all halftime and post-game shows, normally"
"co-host, who had also been on the programme since it began, left the show in December 2008, at the same time as Des O'Connor. She was replaced by Rachel Riley. Cathy Hytner originally placed letters on the board for the letters games and in series 1 and 2 Beverly Isherwood placed the numbers up on the board from series 3 Cathy Hytner put the numbers up on the board, in 1987 Karen Loughlin took over from Hytner but only lasted 3 series after this Lucy Summers took over but she only lasted 3 months and Countdown stayed they couldn’t be"
"by Samantha Ponder (and in 2017 by Maria Taylor after Ponder left to become host of ""Sunday NFL Countdown"" that same year). In 2015, Rece Davis (also host of the college basketball version of ""GameDay"") replaced Chris Fowler as host of the show. In 2010, the program was expanded from two to three hours, with the opening hour broadcast on ESPNU until 2013. The show is known for its prediction segment that appears at the end of each broadcast. Typically there are four predictors: Corso, Herbstreit, Howard, and an invited guest, usually a celebrity, prominent athlete, or radio personality associated"
"two weeks prior to Kolber's arrival, Brent Musburger was mysteriously absent from his position as lead host of ""NASCAR Countdown"" on the ABC/ESPN network. On the week of the race on May 19, ESPN gave no reason for his absence but announced Kolber as the new host of Nextel Cup and Busch Series studio programming. She was subsequently replaced by Allen Bestwick as host of ""NASCAR Countdown"". After substituting for the then-ailing Stuart Scott during most of the 2014 NFL season, Kolber took over Scott's role permanently as an on-site host of ""Monday Night Countdown"", starting with the 2015 NFL"
"regularly during the final segment of the show; notable appearances have included George Carlin, Lewis Black, Mo Rocca, and John Cleese. Countdown with Keith Olbermann Countdown with Keith Olbermann is an hour-long weeknight news and political commentary program hosted by Keith Olbermann that aired on MSNBC from 2003–2011 and Current TV from 2011–2012. The show presented five selected news stories of the day, with commentary by Olbermann and interviews of guests. At the start of ""Countdown"", Olbermann told television columnist Lisa de Moraes: Our charge for the immediate future is to stay out of the way of the news... News"
"is working within the primary broadcast team. Cox took over the secondary role in 2012 after Salters became a full-time sideline reporter for ""Monday Night Football"", with either Chris Broussard, J. A. Adande or Holly Rowe serving as the secondary reporter whenever Cox was assigned as the lead reporter. , the main broadcast team currently consists of Mike Breen, Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy, while the secondary broadcast team consists of Mike Tirico and Hubie Brown, with either Mark Jones, Ryan Ruocco or Dave Pasch filling in when Tirico has other commitments. The ""NBA Countdown"" studio team consists of"
"Botham arrived to lend his support and walked with Stelling to Glanford Park, the home of Scunthorpe United. In 2017, Stelling again pledged to walk to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. He covered the length of 15 marathons in as many days, starting from St. James's Park in Exeter, home of Exeter City and ending at St.James's Park in Newcastle, home of Newcastle United. The walk took place 2–16 June. Jeff Stelling Robert Jeffrey Stelling (born 18 March 1955) is an English sports journalist and sport television presenter. He currently presents ""Gillette Soccer Saturday"" for Sky Sports and hosted"
"program featured live updates on the then-unfolding War in Iraq. ""Countdown"" was broadcast at 8:00 p.m. on weekday nights, having replaced a cancelled talk show hosted by Phil Donahue. Olbermann—who left MSNBC in the late 1990s—returned to the network around this time and replaced Holt, becoming the permanent host for the renamed ""Countdown with Keith Olbermann"". The show did not feature political commentary in its first few years, simply recapping the news of the day in a ""5-4-3-2-1"" format as the title suggested. ""Countdown"" began to attract liberal and progressive viewers in 2005, when Olbermann began critiquing and satirizing conservative"
"a cut of 90% from her previous salary, estimated as £900,000. She had considered leaving the show when the show's original host Richard Whiteley died in 2005, but remained on the show when Lynam took over, and until 2008 when his eventual replacement O'Connor announced he was also to step down as the show's host. Vorderman and O'Connor both left the show in December 2008. Vorderman recorded her last ""Countdown"" show on 13 November 2008 which was broadcast on 12 December 2008. Both her children were in the audience, together with many of the previous guests from ""Dictionary Corner"". After"
"Countdown with Keith Olbermann Countdown with Keith Olbermann is an hour-long weeknight news and political commentary program hosted by Keith Olbermann that aired on MSNBC from 2003–2011 and Current TV from 2011–2012. The show presented five selected news stories of the day, with commentary by Olbermann and interviews of guests. At the start of ""Countdown"", Olbermann told television columnist Lisa de Moraes: Our charge for the immediate future is to stay out of the way of the news... News is the news. We will not be screwing around with it... As times improve and the war [in Iraq] ends we"
"Ed Show"", ""Hardball with Chris Matthews"", ""Countdown with Keith Olbermann"" and ""The Rachel Maddow Show"" all finished ahead of their time slot competitors on CNN. During 2014, MSNBC's total ratings in the 25 to 54 age group declined 20%, falling to third place behind CNN. The only demographic in which MSNBC still leads is among Hispanics and even more so among African-Americans. In November 2010, MSNBC announced that Keith Olbermann, the host of the highly rated news/opinion show ""Countdown"", was suspended for violating an NBC News policy barring personalities from donating to political candidates; MSNBC had discovered that Olbermann had"
"Top 20 Countdown Top 20 Countdown is a former chart countdown program on CMT revolving around popular country music videos. Hosted by Lance Smith through most of its run, it premiered weekly on Friday mornings, with several reruns through the weekend and Monday, launching on January 3, 2001; a previous weekly countdown show through CMT's early years featured a countdown of only twelve popular videos. The first episode was the top 20 videos of 2001 (which aired the last week of 2001). Smith departed the series at the end of 2009, with Evan Farmer taking over from then until November"
"over the ""Hot30 Countdown"" from 2004 after Sandilands and Jackie O moved to the drive-time slot. A previously unknown announcer ""Higgo"" stepped in after Labrat took the morning shift on 2DayFM. Alexis and Higgo hosted the nightly show until 2005, when Craig ""Lowie"" Low came in to host the program until mid-2006. Low occasionally included Carla ""Biggzy"" Bignasca as co-host who was the executive producer of the show from the middle of 2006. ""Hot30 Countdown"" phased out the national promotion of the Black Thunders in early 2005, across the Today Network. Sam ""Sam Mac"" McMillan and Bignasca hosted the show"
"countdown accompanied by comets launched from jet skis before midnight. The show's budget has increased from $6.3 million to $6.6 million. Kylie Minogue was appointed as creative ambassador for the 2012 celebrations. Kylie worked alongside samplify to create the soundtrack including an exclusive remix created for the finale. On NYE 2013, fireworks launched from the Opera House celebrating its 40th anniversary in the midnight fireworks and once again, city buildings were removed from the 9 pm and midnight fireworks. The bridge effect was also twice as big than previous years and used new LED technology. Reg Mombassa was creative ambassador"
"Saturday Showdown also moved from its Saturday timeslot a week earlier than originally planned. Showdown was intended to air on a Saturday for the first four weeks, up until 24 August 2013, before moving to Thursday due to the NRL finals airing from the following weekend. Showdown was no longer hosted by Shelley Craft, and Michael Beveridge no longer provided commentary as the games were now shown in sequence during the daily show depicting Wednesday's events – with Mike Goldman, the sole survivor of the revamp, who provided the narration as per normal. At the same time, it was also"