The Next Erin Andrews: September

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ABC has a genius or two working at the network.

There are three basic principles for what will get people to consistently watch your television programming - and no, none of them involve a ghastly overload of "reality" or "dramatic" TV.

1) Physical comedy (and lots of it)
2) Some element of competition
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The latter is our TNEA of the Month, Jill Wagner of ABC's Wipeout, one of the true can't-miss shows out there. Some may recognize her as "The Mercury Girl" as well.



Jill's an easy choice for this award - and a potential TNEA of the Year candidate - because if you've seen her on Wipeout, she does a lot of the same things Erin does, only with more flair and humor. Granted, nothing against Erin, since Jill has a script and can always "Take 2", but one could definitely see Jill on the sidelines for ESPN someday (especially with the ABC relationship.)

Jill's an easy choice for this award - and a potential TNEA of the Year candidate - because if you've seen her on Wipeout, you know she does a lot of the same things Erin does, only with some cool flair and a lot more humor (and is fairly flirty as well). Granted, nothing agianst Erin, since Jill has a script and can always "Take 2" and is supposed to be flirty where EA is supposed to be professional, but still. One could definitely see Jill on the sidelines for ESPN someday - particularly considering the ABC-ESPN relationship and the fact that SportsCenter anchor John Anderson is one of "The Two Johns" who host Wipeout.


Here is a few clips of Jill working the Wipeout sidelines, so to speak:



Yeah. Throw in a TON of physical hilariousness alongside Jill's stunning...uh, reporting...and you've got yourself a fun hour of TV right there. Hey CBS - yeah, you with all the reality TV - take note.

-AJ