Jason Kelce Shares All the Details About His New Late Night Show: ‘It’s Going to Be a Lot of Fun’ (Exclusive)

Jason Kelce's new late night show is coming to ESPN on Saturday, Jan 4 — and he's sharing new details exclusively with PEOPLE ahead of the premiere.

"It's a comedy, late night show," Kelce, 37, tells PEOPLE of They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce, joking, "We have a bunch of really funny writers who are going to make the show funny, because I certainly can't."

The Monday Night Countdown analyst — who is also the face of Kingsford charcoal — promises "a bunch of really great guests lined up" to appear on the show, which will air Saturdays at 1 a.m. on ESPN.

The show will film in Philadelphia in front of a live audience and is produced by NFL Films and ESPN.

"We're going to be utilizing great footage and soundbites from the past and history of the game as well as current weeks, we're going to be having panelists on that'll be able to give perspective from either former players and coaches, to fans, to other high level athletes," says the former Eagles center.

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Jason says he wanted the show to feel authentic to the kind of content he wants to consume now that he's retired from football.

"I was just talking about it with Kylie, like, 'What can I do that's something that I want to do and is fun?' and I think when you're talking to most guys, the thing almost everybody says they miss the most is being around the guys, being around the players and shooting the crap with the boys."

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Jason wants They Call It Late Night to be "a place where we're going to be able to come once a week...have some fun and talk about a sport that we all love and a culture that is near and dear to us."

"So I think I'm really, really looking forward to it."

Kelce says he wasn't sure what to expect from his first season as an ESPN analyst, but he describes the new gig as an "awesome" way for him to interact with fans, much like he did while grilling and chilling with fans at a tailgate with Kingsford before the San Fransisco 49ers-Detroit Lions game on Monday, Dec. 30.

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"In some ways, I wish I wasn't as big of a name, so I could even be more normal with fans," he tells PEOPLE.

"I've always wanted to get to be appreciative of tailgates, and have that experience, and just be out and about, seeing the game from a different point of view. And that's difficult. But nonetheless, it's been awesome interacting with fans more. There's something about sharing food that is just, I think synonymous with people from the stone ages. So I think that for me it's just been fun to be and see this side of the game, which I've been away from for so long."

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