When Jason Kelce took the stage at Union Transfer last Friday for the taping of his new ESPN talk show, his first shout-out went to his wife, Kylie, seated in “Kylie’s Korner” in the balcony to his left.

Jason Kelce has reason to be a bit glum. His first episode of "They Call It Late Night With Jason Kelce" averaged a mere 290,000 viewers on ESPN, per Puck’s John Ourand. That's not good. RELATED: Kylie Kelce dunks on haters after dethroning Joe Rogan as top podcast But Ourand also adds: Most critics and viewers said it simply wasn't funny despite Kelce's personality and charm.

Luckily for ESPN, all of the chaos at Fox Sports 1 due to a lawsuit that makes bombshell allegations against Skip Bayless and Joy Taylor has dominated