ESPN Set Breaks During Live Halftime Broadcast (Video)

In live television, the maxim is to be prepared for anything, such as a piece of the set breaking off and banging onto the floor, like at ESPN Thursday night.

So there they were; Karl Ravech, Jay Williams and a third guy obviously not important enough to be in the scene.

They were discussing the Connecticut–Duke game Thursday night on ESPN’s college basketball coverage when …

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Yes, that really was a piece of the set falling off the wall and smacking into the floor.

Considering the four-letter network sank so much into its new SportsCenter set that is so futuristic it makes the people at NASA cry real tears, you’d think they might have been able to fit enough in the budget for some glue or duct tape for the college basketball guys.

The evidence suggests otherwise.

Ravech handled it like a pro with his quick, “We’re all OK here, folks,” and also had time for a quick Twitter exchange about the incident.

@BroiledSports @espn all good. Set falling down
— Karl Ravech (@karlravechespn) December 19, 2014

@BroiledSports @espn sure was. . Love the unexpected. . Best part of live tv..
— Karl Ravech (@karlravechespn) December 19, 2014

Given how strangely ESPN execs can react to the network’s talents actually talking to people on social media, one almost half-expects some sort of suspension from Twitter for Ravech, but none appeared to be forthcoming.

I mean, after Keith Law got a multi-day shutdown on Twitter because he tried to correct another person on the network payroll that was spouting bad science, it’s obvious that someone in Bristol … or underneath the big mouse ears over at Disney … is a tad bit sensitive about what the network’s on-air people do and say online.

In live television, the maxim is to be prepared for anything, such as a piece of the set breaking off and banging onto the floor, like at ESPN Thursday night.

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