FSL Tonight
| FSL Tonight | |
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| Created by | Justin Robert Young and Tom Merritt |
| Hosted by | Justin Robert Young and Tom Merritt |
| Opening theme | "The Big Boom" by Jonathan Coulton |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
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| Producer(s) | Tom Merritt |
| Editor(s) | Tom Merritt |
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| Distributor | Frogpants Studios |
| Original Run | November 3, 2011 - Present |
FSL Tonight, is a podcast hosted by Justin Robert Young and Tom Merritt. The show is centered around a fictional sports league, the FSL featuring teams and players from various sci-fi and fantasy series like The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Firefly. Since Tom and Justin are gigantic dorks for the stories and characters involved in the league, the show is laden with comedic references to the teams' back-stories.
The show's format is similar to many real-life fantasy sports shows in that they talk about the previous week's games as well as the upcoming match-ups. However, unlike most podcasts, FSL Tonight is actually completely scripted and, besides the championship episode, every episode is pre-recorded and released later. The podcast fictionally "airs" on the radio station, "Dragon SportsTalk Radio."
Justin has described the podcast as being the nerdiest thing he has ever been involved with. Since the show is a mixture of sports and sci-fi/fantasy the show caters to a very small audience, however there are a good number of very passionate fans.
Many episodes include guests appearances by many of Tom and Justin's geeky friends like Scott Johnson, Paul and Storm, Len Peralta and Veronica Belmont. Most of the time the guests are playing a character, such as a reporter, a fan or even former league Commissioner, Stan Lee. Brian Brushwood has been known to serve as play-by-play announcer for the fledgling sports league.
Fun Facts
- The show is hosted on Scott Johnson's Frogpants Network.
- Scott also created the "Dragon SportsTalk Radio" stinger and the FSL dragon logo.
- The coverage of the final game of the season is live.
- The first season's broadcast was hosted by the "BBLiveShow Network".
- Starting with the second season, the championship week broadcast was recorded in front of a live studio audience at Dragon Con. (The fifth season had no live convention appearances.)
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| Western Division: Arrakis Sandworms | Gallifrey Time Lords | Ponyville Fillies | Skaro Exterminators |
| Eastern Division: Coruscant Empire | Cylon Raiders | New York Avengers | San Francisco Federation |
| Former Teams: Alderaan Rebels | Canton Jaynes | Lannisport Lions | Mordor Crows |
| Qo'nos Raiders | Rivendell Fellowship | Serenity Valley Fireflys | Vulcan Velocity | Winterfell Direwolves |
| Champions: 2011: Canton Jaynes | 2012: Lannisport Lions | 2013: San Francisco Federation |
| Commissioners: Stan Lee (2011-12) | Hari Seldon (2012-Present) |
| Hosts: Justin Robert Young | Tom Merritt |