Sports Night (1998)

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 45 episodes

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 64 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A behind the scenes look at a nightly sports news program. The producers, anchors and staff deal with personal conflicts and professional pressures while trying to keep the show on the air.

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What happens

Sports Night is an American comedy drama television series about a fictional sports news show also called Sports Night. It focuses on the friendships, pitfalls and ethical issues the creative talent of the program face while trying to produce a good show under constant network pressure. Created by Aaron Sorkin and produced by Imagine Television and Touchstone Television, the half-hour prime time comedy drama aired on ABC for two seasons, from September 22, 1998, to May 16, 2000. The show stars Robert Guillaume as managing editor Isaac Jaffe, Felicity Huffman as executive producer Dana Whitaker, Peter Krause as anchor Casey McCall, Josh Charles as anchor Dan Rydell, Sabrina Lloyd as senior associate producer Natalie Hurley, and Joshua Malina as associate producer Jeremy Goodwin. Regular guest stars included William H. Macy as ratings expert Sam Donovan and Brenda Strong as Sally Sasser, the producer of West Coast Update (a sister show on the same network as Sports Night) and professional and romantic rival of Dana. Other notable guest stars included Paula Marshall and several who later appeared on Sorkin's The West Wing including Janel Moloney, Teri Polo, Ted McGinley, Lisa Edelstein, Clark Gregg, Nina Siemaszko, John de Lancie, Timothy Davis-Reed, Cress Williams, Nadia Dajani, and Spencer Garrett. TV Guide ranked it #10 on their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon". In 2025, the show ranked #8 on a TVLine list of television's best two-season shows. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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