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SC6, pronounced SportsCenter at Six and also known as The Six, is a rebranded hour of the ESPN program SportsCenter. The program airs weekdays at 6:00 p.m. ET and is hosted by former His & Hers duo Michael Smith and Jemele Hill. The Six, which was designed to help SportsCenter's ratings in the 6 PM hour, features some elements from His & Hers and, like SportsCenter with SVP, is more freeform than other editions of SportsCenter. In addition, SC6 focuses on the night ahead in sports, as well as breaking sports news as warranted.

Reception
Despite initially doing well ratings-wise, SC6's ratings have been slightly lower than the previous incarnation of SportsCenter since March and has received mostly negative press, especially from the political right over the hosts' political stances. The Laughing Place liked the duo's chemistry in the pilot, but hoped future episodes would have more variety. Uproxx said the co-host Michael Smith "Represents Everything Good About ESPN" and applauded both hosts for speaking out on race relations. Many in social media were upset when the series wasn't cancelled when other ESPN employees were laid off.

The series was put in the spotlight after Jemele Hill called the current president Donald Trump a white supremacist, which led Trump to respond "Apologize for untruth!" . ESPN supposedly wanted to keep Jemele from hosting the following episode on Wednesday, but other hosts refused to anchor in her absence, so she hosted that evening.