JACKSON – Athletic Director Tim Wise announced today that Millsaps Athletics will begin a new television show with a focus on the school's athletic program as a whole.
The program, titled “The Major Rundown” will be a weekly prime-time broadcast which will recap the past week's events and look ahead to future events. The show will feature numerous head coaches as special guests of the program and will run other special programming at various times. There will be 26 shows split into two semesters.
It will be carried on channel 17 for the Comcast cable system as well as the Dish Network (check local provider for channel). It will also be broadcasted on channel 51 which reaches Hinds, Madison and Rankin counties with a broadcast signal. The first show is set to air tomorrow evening at 8 p.m. with a rerun of the show appearing Thursday the same time slot.
Along with running on local television, the show will also be placed online through gomajors.com so any fan can get online and join the action.
Ken Anderson of Anderson Productions will be producing the show. Anderson has produced many broadcasts among the South for Fox Sports and Comcast Sports. He is a former host of the Ole Miss Coach's show and Mississippi Sports Tonight.
James Hill, Director of Sports Information, will host the show and Head Football Coach Aaron Pelch is expected to make an appearance for this week's show.