First Take: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

First Take (aka: ESPN First Take) is a weekday sports talk show co-hosted by Stephen A. Smith, Max Kellerman and Molly Qerim who are joined by regular contributors and special guests. The show includes daily sports news, interviews with sports journalists, athletes and personalities, spirited debates, and an assortment of other topics. The show debuted 7 May 2007 as "Cold Pizza".

Series details

• Title: First Take
• Format: Talk Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Sports
• Premiere date: 2007-05-07
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ESPN
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 117 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 22382

Cast and credited roles

• Stephen A. Smith — Co-Host
• Shae Cornette — Co-Host
• Molly Qerim — Co-Host
• Ryan Clark — Football Analyst
• Dan Orlovsky — Football Analyst
• Kendrick Perkins — Basketball Analyst
• Cam Newton — Football Analyst
• Kimberley A. Martin — Reporter
• Shannon Sharpe — Co-Host
• Marcus Spears — Football Analyst
• Jeff Saturday — Football Analyst
• Damien Woody — Football Analyst

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-05-07; final listed air date 2007-05-07.
• Season 10: premiered 2016-04-06; final listed air date 2016-12-30; episode order: 38.
• Season 11: premiered 2017-01-03; final listed air date 2017-07-31; episode order: 38.
• Season 12: premiered 2017-07-31; final listed air date 2017-09-29.
• Season 13: premiered 2018-09-03; final listed air date 2018-09-05.
• Season 14: premiered 2019-09-05; final listed air date 2019-09-09.
• Season 15: premiered 2020-09-21; final listed air date 2020-09-23.
• Season 16: premiered 2021-09-09; final listed air date 2021-09-13.
• Season 17: premiered 2022-01-03; final listed air date 2022-01-07.
• Season 18: premiered 2023-09-04; final listed air date 2023-09-08.
• Season 19: premiered 2024-09-06; final listed air date 2025-09-05.
• Season 20: premiered 2025-09-08; final listed air date 2026-10-09.

Source and licence

Adapted from First Take on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.