‘I thought we were locked in’: Cam Newton show axed after 8 episodes, ex-NFL star turns TV money into tailgate tour

Former NFL MVP Cam Newton’s BET show "106 & Sports" is done after just eight episodes. BET told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution it will not order another season after the 2025 run, though the episodes from Oct.

15 to Dec. 3 remain on BET platforms.The news hit in mid-February 2026, months after taping wrapped. It comes right as Newton’s own comments and podcasts are back in the spotlight and just as he says he found out he was canceled by email, not a phone call. Instead of sitting in that, he is already flipping the short TV run into a 2026 college tailgate tour.

Cam Newton show was over and he found out from a late-night email

"106 & Sports" was built as a sports spin on "106 & Park," co-hosted by Newton and Ashley Nicole Moss, produced by LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s SpringHill Company, and filmed at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.

It pulled in names like Brittney Griner, Claressa Shields, and Chad Johnson but never found the ratings or engagement BET wanted during a wider leadership reset at the network.On his "4th&1 with Cam Newton" podcast, Newton said he found out the Cam Newton show was done while going through a new rundown that suddenly turned into a cancellation notice. “When the show got sent to me, and I went through it, I said, okay, this [is] the hot topic.

This is the first step. Hold on. What? We want it done,” he said. “Oh my goodness. I said, I thought we were going, I thought we had chemistry, I thought we had an understanding.

I thought we were locked in.”

He added that the email blindsided him late at night. “It’s unfortunate, though. That’s how I found out. Dang. I found out when you sent the show. And how it typically works, you typically send a show the day before. These are the topics that we are thinking about.

I was completely taken aback. Clenched pearls.”Newton also made it clear it was never technically his show. BET and SpringHill owned it. He was on-air talent attached to a brand he called “something so prestigious, so iconic, something so cultural, and black with the 106 name.”Moss publicly showed support for everyone involved, writing on X that she was sad the show would not continue and wishing Newton and the crew well.

The tone from her side has stayed professional, even as fans debate whether low ratings, BET’s strategy shift, or Newton’s own comments helped push the series to a quick end.

Cam Newton is already turning the ‘106 & Sports’ check into a 2026 college tailgate tour

Whatever the mix of reasons, the cancellation of the Cam Newton Show became official in February 2026. Newton has already moved the conversation to what comes next. On the same "4th&1" episode, he said he plans to pour the money he made from "106 & Sports" straight into his own project.

“In the fall of 2026, I’m going to take every nickel, penny, dime, dollar that was given to me on this project. I’m going to reinvest it with the 4th&1 with Cam Newton College tailgate,” he said.He laid out a tour that hits HBCUs, PWIs, and campuses across the country, built around showing up in person and tapping into each school’s culture. In his words, “when you have the backing of Iconic Saga, when you have the backing of producers like yourself with people that share the vision of what you want, it’s HBCUs, it’s PWIs, it’s colleges around the nation and universities around the nation that we’re able to go on campus and garner their culture.

”Newton has already built a second act across TV and digital. He has a multi-year deal with ESPN and a growing role on "First Take," while "Funky Friday" and "4th&1 with Cam Newton" give him direct access to his audience on YouTube and podcast feeds. Even with "106 & Sports" gone after a short 2025 run, he is treating it as a paid lesson and a launchpad, not a dead end.