The Saturday morning show, which began 24 years ago as an hour-long studio show from ESPN's Connecticut studio but now attracts thousands as it airs at college campuses hosting big games, will run three hours starting at 9 a.m. ET, up from two hours and a 10 a.m. ET start last season. It also will be simulcast for the first time on ESPN Radio. The show will also allow Andrews, who is America's most-famous TV sideline reporter and who recently signed a new contract to stay at ESPN/ABC, to appear as a part-time host and feature reporter.

"The biggest reason I wanted to stay was because they'd expand my role," Andrews said Sunday in her first interview about her new contract. "It's time for me to try new things. … The hosting stuff is what I'm really looking forward to."

That hosting will come during GameDay's first hour, which will air on ESPNU. The final two hours, when Andrews will serve as a reporter, will remain on ESPN — with Andrews also working the sidelines at the game being played at the GameDay site. "She's very versatile," says ESPN executive Norby Williamson. "We've always been looking for opportunities for her."

With GameDay expanding, its main host Chris Fowler no longer will call ESPN Thursday night college games — but will work more weeknight ESPN studio shows. Fowler's replacement on Thursday games: Rece Davis.

Andrews' new contract also includes regular appearances on ABC's Good Morning America for stories that won't always involve sports. "Some will be fun and light-hearted," she says. "I don't take myself too seriously and like to have a good time." But having been a victim of stalking, which resulted in a videotape surfacing online a year ago, she also wants to report on crimes against women: "With what I've been through, I want to talk to women who are victims. … And people haven't seen I can have a serious tone. We feel it's important to start off with serious issues so people take me seriously."

Andrews, who says she got "lots of offers to work in entertainment" before re-signing, might be best known to many GMA viewers for her recent run on ABC's Dancing with the Stars. "I got on (Dancing) thanks to ESPN. And then I got exposed to a completely different demographic." And she figures ESPN's tonnage offers plenty of possibilities: "I almost feel like we have 50 different (ESPN) channels. And Norby (Williamson) said, 'If you have an idea, just come to me.' "