'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.

On July 25 2012 he threw out the first pitch during a Pirates/Cubs series at PNC Park. In May 2011 Sparks announced he'd become a father during a special Ustream show on Father's Day. Reality TV
In 2006 Sparks competed for the charity Habitat for Humanity on the Fox celebrity competition Celebrity Duets.

Hal Harry Magee Sparks III (born September 25 1969) is an American actor comedian musician and television personality.