So I get a frantic call from my wife tonight telling me HBO's "Inside the NFL" wasn't coming back on the air.  I calmly told her that football season was over and that the show always shuts down until the the season starts again in the fall.  My lovely bride then emphatically told me she just finished watching the show tonight and they said this was the last one ever on HBO.  So I did a little quick internet research and found this. 

What?!?

One of my all-time favorite shows is now off HBO and most likely bound for the impossible-to-find NFL Network.  Here is my favorite quote from HBO Sport's president.  "...the television landscape has changed quite a bit over the last 30 years and we have to recognize the realities of the business. I'm not sure we had more than one competitor when the show launched in 1977."

So now that you have competition, you figure it's not worth airing simply the best weekly NFL program on TV?  Do I need to remind anyone the NFL is the most popular sport in the country? What...do we need to find room to squeeze in yet another re-airing of "Taxi Cab Confessions Part 84"?!?  I'm perplexed.

I can't imagine the show moving to ESPN or FOX since it would interfere with their football franchises.  HBO Sports always does such a top-notch job on all of their programs, I can't help but feel like we will get a watered-down version of "Inside the NFL" wherever it turns up next year.  I've got to believe it's destined to be on the NFL Network...which will leave a LOT of unhappy football fans.

I had thought this YouTube link of the day would actually be pretty funny one day...but instead, today it feel likes part tribute, part eulogy. 

Ugh.