On The Bench

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On The Bench!
Show Logo
Created by Tegan Summer
Starring Sabra Williams
Country of origin United States
Production
Running time 30 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Setanta Sports
Picture format 1080i
Original run March 14, 2008 – April 18, 2008
External links
IMDb profile


Hosted by Sabra Williams, On The Bench! [1] is a talk show that features candid and unpredictable interviews with the world’s soccer stars, and the Hollywood celebrities that love the sport.

It is distributed by Setanta Sports [2] in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Setanta Broadband.

Produced by Tegan Summer Productions, On The Bench! is the first of Setanta Sports’ original programming in the United States.

Guests from the first season included Skeet Ulrich the star of the CBS drama, Jericho (TV series) , Jimmy Jean-Louis of NBC’s Heroes (TV series) and USA soccer legend, Cobi Jones [3]

[edit] Signature Segments

Opening Monologue The show opens with a comedic event and/or sketch designed to prevent the host from successfully completing her opening monologue. Much like The Howard Stern show and the late night television talk format, On The Bench! uses its crew as regular cast members.

Sabra Williams.
Sabra Williams.

Main Interview The first segment consists of the main interview with the scheduled celebrity guest. Williams talks about their career, history, and their love of the sport of soccer.

On The Spot! Williams challenges the scheduled celebrity guest with a series of provocative either / or questions based on pop culture that must be answered.

Sabra's Deadly Seven In the third segment, the scheduled celebrity guest has to answer seven questions about themselves based on the seven deadly sins….

Closing Monologue The show ends with Williams involved in a comedic event or sketch that’s usually the conclusion of the mishap at the opening monologue. It’s designed to prevent Williams from successfully closing the show.

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