Skip Bayless' return to ESPN's "First Take" boosted viewership by 24%, raising questions about whether the show needs him back on a regular basis.

Unsurprisingly, First Take had a banner day in the viewership department last Friday for Skip Bayless’ return to the ESPN morning program. Bayless, who returned to debate longtime foil Stephen A.

For years the duo of Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless made ESPN's First Take into the must-watch morning sports show on all of television and a ratings juggernaut. After a decade apart, the duo ...