''ESPN Sports Saturday'' was an American

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that was broadcast on the

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(ABC). Produced by sister cable sports network

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, it premiered on April 3, 2010. The two-hour program regularly aired on Saturdays at 4:00 p.m.

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between mid-January and late August, to fill time on weeks when ABC did not air any afternoon sports programming outside of

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. season. The first half of the block initially contained an anthology of ESPN-produced documentary content, such as

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productions and '' E:60'' features; the block would sometimes air first-run content, such as new episodes of '' Homecoming with Rick Reilly'' and ''

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''. The second half of the block originally featured ''Winners Bracket'', a studio show co-hosted by

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and

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where

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-styled matchups were used to determine the best sports highlight of the week. The following season, ''Winners Bracket'' was cancelled and replaced by a show featuring highlights of ESPN's weekday talk shows, and previews of the upcoming week in sports. In August 2015, ''ESPN Sports Saturday'' was cancelled, with the Saturday afternoon schedule otherwise being given back to affiliates.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Espn Sports Saturday American Broadcasting Company original programming ABC Sports 2010s American anthology television series Sports telecast series 2010 American television series debuts

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