Hosted by Sabra Williams

Sabra Williams

-Family:Williams was born in London to parents of British, Russian, Romanian, Guyanese and Carib descent.-Early career:Williams started performing at the age of three and became a professional dancer and actress...

, On the Bench! http://imdb.com/title/tt1190418/ is a talk show

Talk show

A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....

 that features candid and unpredictable interviews with the world’s soccer stars, and the Hollywood celebrities that love the sport.

It is distributed by Setanta Sports

Setanta Sports

Setanta Sports is an international sports broadcaster based in Dublin, Ireland. Setanta Sports was formed in 1990 to facilitate the broadcasting of Irish sporting events...

 http://www.setantanorthamerica.com/ in the United States

United States

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, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, and Australia

Australia

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.

Produced by Tegan Summer Productions, On the Bench! is the first of Setanta Sports

Setanta Sports

Setanta Sports is an international sports broadcaster based in Dublin, Ireland. Setanta Sports was formed in 1990 to facilitate the broadcasting of Irish sporting events...

’ original programming in the United States.

Guests from the first season included Skeet Ulrich

Skeet Ulrich

Bryan Ray Trout , best known as Skeet Ulrich, is an American actor best known for starring in the CBS drama Jericho as Jake Green and for portraying Billy Loomis in Scream...

 the star of the CBS

CBS

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 drama, Jericho (TV series)

Jericho (TV series)

Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States...

,
Jimmy Jean-Louis

Jimmy Jean-Louis

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 of NBC

NBC

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’s Heroes (TV series)

Heroes (TV series)

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 and USA soccer legend, Cobi Jones

Cobi Jones

Cobi N'Gai Jones is a retired American soccer player who formerly served as assistant coach with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer , with whom he had been involved as a player and coach since the team's inaugural season in 1996...

 http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZKMiwhovzS0.
The second season featured WBA world light-welterweight boxing champion, Amir Khan

Amir Khan (boxer)

Amir Iqbal Khan , is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is currently the unified WBA & IBF light welterweight champion....

, Hollywood actor, Anthony LaPaglia

Anthony LaPaglia

Anthony M. LaPaglia is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Without a Trace, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama...

, and former England soccer international, Warren Barton

Warren Barton

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.

Signature Segments

Opening Monologue
The show opens with a comedic event and/or sketch designed to prevent the host from successfully completing her opening monologue.
Much like other television

Television

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 talk shows, On the Bench! uses its crew as regular cast members.
Main Interview
The first segment

Segment

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 consists of the main interview with the scheduled celebrity

Celebrity

A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...

 guest. Williams talks about their career and personal history.

On the Spot!
Williams challenges the scheduled celebrity guest with a series of either / or questions based on pop culture that must be answered.

Sabra's Deadly Seven
In the third segment, the scheduled celebrity guest has to answer seven questions about themselves based on the seven deadly sins

Seven deadly sins

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….

Closing Monologue
The show ends with Williams involved in a comedic event or sketch that’s usually the conclusion of the mishap at the opening monologue

Monologue

In theatre, a monologue is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues are common across the range of dramatic media...

. It’s designed to prevent Williams from successfully closing the show.

External links

• http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt1190418/ IMDB Profile
• http://www.setantanorthamerica.com/home.aspx Setanta Sports
  Setanta Sports
  Setanta Sports is an international sports broadcaster based in Dublin, Ireland. Setanta Sports was formed in 1990 to facilitate the broadcasting of Irish sporting events...
  
  
• http://theoffsiderules.blogspot.com/2008/03/on-bench-debuts-friday-14th.html The Offside Rules