Intentional Talk
| Intentional Talk | |
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| Starring |
Chris Rose Kevin Millar |
| Opening theme | "How You Like Me Now?" by The Heavy (April, 4, 2011-April 1, 2016) "Ladies and Gentlemen" by Saliva (April 4, 2016-current) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 575+ |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
Secaucus, New Jersey Los Angeles, California (select shows) Austin, Texas (select shows) |
| Running time | 60 minutes (regular season) 30 minutes (off season) |
| Production company(s) | MLB Network |
| Release | |
| Original network |
MLB Network (2011–present) ESPN2 (2017–present) |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
| Original release | April 4, 2011- Present |
| External links | |
| Website | mlb |
Intentional Talk is an hour long (during the regular season) and a 30-minute-long (during the offseason) talk show shown live Monday-Friday at 5:00 ET on MLB Network and aired at 4:00 PM on ESPN2. Hosts Chris Rose and Kevin Millar talk about the major events in baseball. Viewers are also allowed to tweet to the hosts during the show to voice their opinions and some of the tweets are shown on a marquee at the bottom of the screen, seen in "Ask Kevin" and/or read by Chris.
The show is filmed from Studio 42 of the MLB Network facility in Secaucus, New Jersey. Most times, when they are not in the studio, they will film the show from their houses. When this happens, the show is shown as a split-screen, using Cisco TelePresence, in which Chris is at his house in Los Angeles, California and Kevin hosts from his house in Austin, Texas (also known as "Studio 1-5").
During the 2011 season, MLB Network started showing a special one-hour, recorded Best of Intentional Talk each weekend, showcasing the best segments of the show from the past week to be topped off with the weekly, "This Week in MLB Network" segment.
On the Friday, January 25, 2013 show, the hosts allowed viewers to call the shots. Everything on the show that day was fan-based, including "Ask Kevin", "Five for Friday", the Got HEEEEM and HELLOOOOO introduction. On Twitter, they asked for YouTube videos for segments, such as "What just Happened?" and "That was Awkward". The IT Fan Show returned for the July 24, 2013 show.
On March 13, 2013, the show announced they were getting a new introduction for the 2013 season, as seen here. This was the show's first introduction change, as the older version was with the show since the start. The new introduction seems to take place in a pinball machine with slots, bumpers and a pinball going around signs, such as "Got HEEEEM" and "Outta Here", ending off with the ball hitting the word "grand slam". The intro debuted on Opening Day 2013 (April 1, 2013). The intro and theme song changed starting with the April 4, 2016 episode to a circus-themed intro with Rose and Millar as ringmasters and the theme song changed to "Ladies and Gentlemen" by Saliva. For the ESPN2 airings, some MLB Network logos are replaced by the ESPN logo.
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