Undisputed is an American
sportstalk show program on
Fox Sports 1. Episodes air live Monday through Friday from 9:30 am
EST until noon. The show broadcast from the Fox Network Center in the
Century City neighborhood and business district of
Los Angeles, California.
The show's opening theme song, "No Mercy", was recorded by American rapper
Lil Wayne, a friend of Bayless' and a frequent guest from his former
ESPN show First Take. The song was written and produced by
Jared Gutstadt, president and CCO of
Jingle Punks Music, which had partnered with Fox Sports prior to the show's launch. The full-length version of "No Mercy" was released by
Cash Money Records to
iTunes in September 2016, and Lil Wayne appeared on Undisputed's inaugural episode on September 6 and has since regularly made guest appearances.[20] In 2023, Lil Wayne released the new opening theme song for the revamped Undisputed called "Good Morning".[21]
Viewership
Undisputed averaged 107,000 viewers per episode from September 9 to December 31, 2016, and 155,000 viewers during 2017, representing a 45% increase in viewership.[22]
During July 24–28 of that year, it averaged 136,000 viewers, 65,000 of which were adults in the 18–49 years of age range. Compared to competing weekday morning sports programs in the same time slot, it outdrew
ESPN2's edition of Sportscenter (117,000) but fell behind First Take (320,000) in overall viewership.[23]
In 2018, Undisputed averaged 165,000 viewers, and in 2019 through August 9, 2019), averaged 169,000 viewers.[24][25] In 2021, the show averaged 199,000 viewers during the month of October, which beat the show's previous October peak of 182,000 viewers in 2019 and granting the show its most successful October to date.[26][27]
As of November 2022, the series' highest-rated broadcast occurred following FS1's English language telecast of
England vs Iran, when the show averaged 499,000 viewers.[28][29]