Undisputed is an American sports talk show program on Fox Sports 1. Episodes air live Monday through Friday from 9:30 am EST until noon. The show broadcast from the Fox Network Center in the Century City neighborhood and business district of Los Angeles, California.

History 

The series premiered on Fox Sports 1 on September 6, 2016.

On June 13, 2023, one day after that year’s NBA Finals ended, Sharpe officially announced that it would be his final episode co-hosting the show with Bayless.

Cast 
Skip Bayless: (2016–present)
Keyshawn Johnson (2023–present)
Michael Irvin (2023–present)
Rachel Nichols: (2023–present)
Richard Sherman: (2023–present)
Lil Wayne: (2023–present)
Josina Anderson: (2023–present)

Host (full-time) 
Joy Taylor: (2016–2018)
Jenny Taft: (2018–2022)
Jen Hale: (2022–2023)
Skip Bayless: (2023-present)

Frequent & past guest analysts 
Chris Broussard: NBA/NFL Analyst
Rob Parker: NBA/NFL/MLB Analyst
Eddie House: NBA Analyst 
Emmanuel Acho: NFL analyst 
Michael Vick: NFL Analyst 
Reggie Bush: NFL/College Football Analyst 
Greg Jennings: NFL Analyst 
Stephen Jackson: NBA Analyst 
LaVar Arrington: NFL Analyst 
Colin Cowherd: NBA/NFL Analyst 
Eric Dickerson: NFL Analyst 
Orlando Scandrick: NFL analyst 
Ray Lewis: NFL analyst 
Ric Bucher: NBA analyst 
Tony Gonzalez: NFL analyst 
Cris Carter: NFL analyst 
DeAngelo Hall: NFL analyst 
Plaxico Burress: NFL analyst 
Kenyon Martin: NBA analyst 
Jason McIntyre: NFL/NBA Analyst

Theme song
The show's opening theme song, "No Mercy", was recorded by American rapper Lil Wayne, a friend of Bayless' and a frequent guest from his former ESPN show First Take. The song was written and produced by Jared Gutstadt, president and CCO of Jingle Punks Music, which had partnered with Fox Sports prior to the show's launch. The full-length version of "No Mercy" was released by Cash Money Records to iTunes in September 2016, and Lil Wayne appeared on Undisputeds inaugural episode on September 6 and has since regularly made guest appearances.

Viewership 
Undisputed averaged 107,000 viewers per episode from September 9 to December 31, 2016, and 155,000 viewers during 2017, representing a 45% increase in viewership. 

During July 24–28 of that year, it averaged 136,000 viewers, 65,000 of which were adults in the 18–49 years of age range. Compared to competing weekday morning sports programs in the same time slot, it outdrew ESPN2's edition of Sportscenter (117,000) but fell behind First Take (320,000) in overall viewership.

In 2018, Undisputed averaged 165,000 viewers, and in 2019 through August 9, 2019), averaged 169,000 viewers. In 2021, the show averaged 199,000 viewers during the month of October, which beat the show's previous October peak of 182,000 viewers in 2019 and granting the show its most successful October to date.

As of November 2022, the series' highest-rated broadcast occurred following FS1's English language telecast of  England vs Iran, when the show averaged 499,000 viewers.

References

Further reading
 
 

2010s American television talk shows
2016 American television series debuts
American sports television series
Fox Sports 1 original programming