Central Florida sports fans have a new weekly stop. “Home Turf,” the one-hour show from the News 6 sports team, debuts tonight at 7 p.m. and comes out of the gate with a full slate: Florida football, UCF, the Magic, October baseball and more.
The show is hosted by Sports Director Jamie Seh and Ryan Welch, with producer Nathaniel Rivas joining the effort behind the scenes.
“Home Turf” will air every Thursday at 7 p.m. on the News 6+ streaming app and on ClickOrlando.com. It will also run on television Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. and 11:35 p.m. on News 6 beginning October 10.
The premiere episode starts with the Gators, fresh off a win over Ole Miss, and the big question that comes with it: how good is this team really? Seh and Welch will look at what the result showed and turn the conversation toward Florida’s trip to Missouri.
UCF is next, with the Knights heading to Houston as a heavy underdog. The show will dig into how UCF can get past its road issues and spring the upset.
The Orlando Magic are also part of the opening-night mix as training camp gets underway under new head coach Sean Sweeney. The team is entering the season without much outside noise, and the premiere includes a one-on-one conversation with Paolo Banchero.
Baseball takes center stage too, with October officially here and Seh and Welch offering their World Series picks.
Jamie Seh’s “Seh What!” segment returns as well, spotlighting the oddest and wildest moments from the past week in sports.
The debut episode will also introduce a new recurring feature called the News 6 Peanut Gallery, described as a different kind of sports fan with a different point of view, weighing in on the week’s biggest stories.
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