Ernie Johnson

So when he saw the promo for Thursday, he was like, hold on just a second. That game's on NBA TV. So, look, this goes –

this goes back a ways too because you know back when chuck started with us he used to crush the movies that were coming on tnt after our show and and and then the the folks upstairs said hey you tell chuck to to stop criticizing our programming so then the next night it's like here's the movie coming up next on tnt says i've been told if i don't think if i think a movie sucks i shouldn't say anything so i won't say anything

this goes back a ways too because you know back when chuck started with us he used to crush the movies that were coming on tnt after our show and and and then the the folks upstairs said hey you tell chuck to to stop criticizing our programming so then the next night it's like here's the movie coming up next on tnt says i've been told if i don't think if i think a movie sucks i shouldn't say anything so i won't say anything

So I'm kind of used to Chuck going there.

So I'm kind of used to Chuck going there.

I probably have some really slow-witted answers for you.

I probably have some really slow-witted answers for you.

It's an hour drive home and then I'm usually sleeping within 15 minutes.

It's an hour drive home and then I'm usually sleeping within 15 minutes.

No earlier than 10 and leave for the studio no earlier than noon.

No earlier than 10 and leave for the studio no earlier than noon.

I have more tired points early on because once the Eastern Conference Finals get here, as we got this year, you do a show, day off, that kind of thing. So these are the days. I feel it a little bit today because this is five days in a row until 2 o'clock in the morning, so there you go. What can you tell us about the job that people don't know?

I have more tired points early on because once the Eastern Conference Finals get here, as we got this year, you do a show, day off, that kind of thing. So these are the days. I feel it a little bit today because this is five days in a row until 2 o'clock in the morning, so there you go. What can you tell us about the job that people don't know?

I have a routine. There are certain things I feel like I need to do, and it's overkill, but unless I do all those things, I don't feel comfortable.

I have a routine. There are certain things I feel like I need to do, and it's overkill, but unless I do all those things, I don't feel comfortable.

98, 99.6. I mean, yeah.

98, 99.6. I mean, yeah.

Because I aim for 99.7. So I'm not there yet.

Because I aim for 99.7. So I'm not there yet.

No, you know, it is. It's just a it's when you do something the same way year after year after year after year, I've thought in past years, I said, you know, this year I'm not going to keep a file on this or I'm not going to update this every day. And I tried it for like a day and a half. And I was like, this feels very strange. I got to go back to the way I've always done things.