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Travis Kelce is contemplating the way to achieve yards on a brand new discipline of play.
The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish is in discussions to host a celebrity-focused reboot of the long-running sport present “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” that may stream by way of Amazon Prime Video, in response to two individuals aware of the matter. The deal, if signed, would symbolize the soccer nice’s newest transfer towards common leisure after appearances on “Saturday Night time Reside,” the truth collection “Catching Kelce” and a podcast he hosts along with his brother, Jason.
Amazon Prime Video declined to make executives obtainable for remark, and CAA, the company that represents Kelce, couldn’t be reached for speedy remark. There are some questions, in response to the individuals aware of discussions, about how a lot of a dedication Kelce might make to the enterprise if he continues taking part in soccer.
The brand new model of this system, initially hosted by comic Jeff Foxworthy and showing on Fox’s broadcast community, would depend on movie star visitors relatively than youngsters, in response to these individuals.
Kelce would take the helm of a sturdy property. “Fifth Grader” ran on Fox for 3 seasons beginning in 2007 earlier than shifting to syndication. It returned to Fox for a fourth season, then migrated in a brand new model to Paramount International’s Nickelodeon, the place it was hosted by John Cena.
He wouldn’t be the primary athlete to host a sport present. Michael Strahan has led a contemporary model of “The $100,000 Pyramid” on ABC, and Peyton Manning has hosted a retooled model of “School Bowl” for NBC and Peacock.
Producers would little doubt hope to leverage Kelce’s relationship with singer and musician Taylor Swift to attract new followers to any collection which may come to fruition. Swift’s appearances at numerous NFL match-ups involving the Chiefs final season — together with the staff’s look in Tremendous Bowl LVIII — caught the attention of many youthful shoppers who may not ordinarily be soccer followers.
