Onion SportsDome (2011)
- Genre
- comedy
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 10 episodes
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This series spoofs sports news shows like SportsCenter. Co-anchors deliver ridiculous highlights and interviews with fake sports stories. It mimics the format and tone of real sports coverage but with absurd comedy.
satiricalfast-pacedwittyabsurdparodicenergeticdeadpantongue-in-cheek
What happens
Onion SportsDome was a parody sports television show from the makers of The Onion. The show premiered on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at 10:30 p.m. EST on Comedy Central in the United States. It was seen in Canada on The Comedy Network. The show was designed as a parody of SportsCenter and ESPN. Jack Kukoda was the head writer. Matt Walton and Matt Oberg play the co-anchors Alex Reiser and Mark Shepard, respectively. Melissa "Wellsy" Wells was portrayed by real-life sportscaster Danyelle Sargent. Gary Payton, Dennis Kenney and Ahmad Bradshaw appeared on the show. On April 4, 2011, USA Today reported the show, having completed its original 10-episode runs, was on hiatus and replaced in the time-slot by Sports Show with Norm Macdonald. On June 20, 2011, Deadline Hollywood confirmed that Comedy Central cancelled both SportsDome and Sports Show with Norm Macdonald. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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