The Best Billiard Shows on Television

Until a few years ago, Christmas was synonymous with watching billiards on TV. 

YouTube makes things easy for us when looking for billiard shows, although most results refer to championship games. It is very frequent that programs late-night style shows one day billiards appear on the set, and this is what happened in 2014 on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC. They invited the actor Hugh Jackman to play a game of billiard-bowling and this was the result.

But you do not have to go to the United States to watch pool in prime time. In Spain that has also happened some occasions thanks to El Hormiguero. The show by Pablo Motos has used billiards several times to do some of his experiments.

Andreu Buenafuente also likes to play some games from time to time. That is why when he invited Jordi Alba to On the air he proposed to play the footbilliard.

What is very rare in Spain, in the Philippines is usual. As you will know in that country the pool is national sport and, therefore, its best billiards are national heroes. That's why Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante often appear on television shows like this.

If instead of pool we look at Snooker, it is also quite frequent that some British program invite to stars of the professional circuit. Ronnie has been invited a lot of times to late night shows like Clare Balding, however for me the favorite is when he went to the Top Gear show. He was very young, had mane and yes, made his own.

Another good show is the one starring two snooker stars like Judd Trump and Neil Robertson. Both participated in this television challenge to see which of the two was able to clean the table faster. In the end he won ...

Want more? If you have already seen all these shows, you will like to know that this year has been a series of billiards. Yes, a series, how curious. I've seen some chapter and it’s not bad. It's in English and you can buy it in iTunes or Amazon.

And to finish, the best billiard show that exists today because it stars an unparalleled genius. By now you sure know what I mean. In effect: The Ronnie O’Sullivan Show. Having Rocket as the presenter and driver of this program is sublime, so you're already seeing the last chapter.

I hope you have enjoyed these television billiard shows. Do not forget to write in the comments your impressions about these shows and tell me which one you liked the most.