Popular hosts Onrait, O’Toole return to TSN after Fox show cancelled
TORONTO — Popular television hosts Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole are returning to Canada.
TSN announced Wednesday that the duo will host a new version of
that will air weeknights at midnight ET and loop the following morning.
The announcement comes a week after Fox Sports One cancelled their show and chose not to renew their contracts.
“I’m excited to be coming home to TSN,” Onrait said in a statement. “Also, I was about to be deported, so the timing couldn’t be better.”
Onrait and O’Toole moved to Los Angeles to join FS1 in 2013 after 10 successful years hosting
“I can’t tell you how many people have told me and Jay they grew up watching us on O’Toole said. “It’s what makes returning to the SC brand so special. It’s what we love doing. It’s what we have the most fun doing, and honestly, it’s the only job we know how to do. We have no other skills.” The original five members of
have reportedly offered to take a pay cut to boost the salary of their co-stars Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch.
In 2014, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki reportedly signed a deal to receive $1 million an episode for seasons eight to 10, while their original co-stars Kunal Nayyar and Simon Helberg ended up on $1 million by season 10, and Bialik and Rauch, who both joined the show in season three, earned around $200,000 an episode.
The cast’s contracts for season 11 and 12 are currently up for renewal, and according to the original five have offered to take a pay cut of $100,000 each to free up $500,000 to give to Bialik and Rauch. If this is approved, the actresses would be on $450,000 per episode each during the twoyear deal.
The negotiations reportedly began for Bialik and Rauch, who play Amy and Bernadette respectively, this week and their representatives