"NAMES! NAMES, NAMES, NAMES!"

There's nothing quite like having an obnoxious sports reporter and basketball analyst shouting at you at the top of his lungs every time he opens his mouth. But that's Stephen A. Smith for you.

Smith is the star of ESPN's Dream Job. He's not one of the contestants, but he does for the show what Simon Cowell does for American Idol. Sometimes the contestants suck, but like that arrogant English jerk, Smith makes you want to watch.

The concept of Dream Job hasn't changed in its third season: contestants compete to become ESPN's newest on-air talent.

But unlike the first two seasons, in which contestants tried out to be SportsCenter talents, this season focuses on finding ESPN's next basketball analyst.

Another new feature to the show is that contestants are no longer young guns looking for work.

All of this season's competitors are retired NBA players, including former 76er and backboard-breaker Darryl Dawkins.

This has pros and cons, as most TV show gimmicks do. On the one hand, every contestant has name recognition from every hardcore NBA fan from the past 25 years. On the other hand, these guys are anything but polished.

The bottom line: Dream Job will be somewhat entertaining, but it's going to take a lot of Smith's trademarked yelling.

-- Reviewed by Kevin Doran