The debut of Jason Kelce's new ESPN late-night talk show highlighted the host's affability and the challenge of making late-night TV.

It’s clear that ESPN is committed full-stop to helping Jason Kelce’s post-football media career become a success. The problem is the network may be alienating some of its fan base in the process. Kelce,

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.