Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel to End After 29 Seasons on HBO
After a nearly 30-year run on HBO, the long-running investigative sports series Real Talk With Bryant Gumbel is coming to an end, our sister site Deadline first reported.
Gumbel, who has been with the program since April of 1995, called his run “very gratifying.”
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“Since Day 1 at Real Sports, we’ve consistently tried to look beyond the scoreboard, and focus instead on the many societal issues inherent in the world of sports,” he said. “In the process we’ve had the opportunity to tell complex stories about race, gender, class, opportunity and so much more. Being able to do so at HBO for almost three decades has been very gratifying. I’m proud of the imprint we’ve made, so I’m ready to turn the page. Although goodbyes are never easy, I’ve decided that now’s the time to move on.”
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The show has received a wowing 37 Sports Emmy Awards and three Peabodys, while Gumbel himself was the recipient of the Sports Emmys Lifetime Achievement award for 2022.
Some of the notable stories broken during his Real Sports tenure have included the exposing of a child slavery ring for sport, investigations into the International Olympic Committee, the police shooting of a teenager and Shaquille O’Neal’s revelation that he’s earned more yearly income from endorsements than his NBA career.
The host’s other credits include NBC’s GrandStand and Today, in addition to CBS’ The Early Show.
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