Sports Night was a primetime sitcom that aired on ABC for two seasons, from 1998 to 2000. The show was written by now famous Aaron Sorkin (probably better known for his work on West Wing[?]) and featured such well known (and others not so well known) actors as Felicity Huffman[?] as Dana Whitaker (Magnolia), Josh Charles[?] as Dan Rydell (Dead Poets' Society, Muppets in Space), Peter Krause[?] as Casy McCall (The Truman Show), Joshua Malina[?] as Jeremy Goodwin (West Wing), Sabrina Lloyd[?] as Natalie Hurley (Sliders, Ed), Robert Guillaume[?] as Isaac Jaffey (Lion King[?]) and even William H. Macy[?] as Sam Donovan (Magnolia; plus, too numerous to mention) appeared on several shows in Season 2.
Sports Night, although about a fictional sports highlight show itching to gain more ratings really has little to do about sports. The show emphasizes relationships, friendship, trust, and of course, humurous comedy.
The show is often somewhat paradoxical, that in many episodes, the characters are often gossiping or going over everything that's happening in the show - gossiping as viewers would normally do.
The show is also famous for having "deceiving" lines, such as:
Jeremy Is it about Rebecca?
DanIt's not about Rebecca.
Jeremy Because I can't get in the way of your relationships anymore--
DanIt's not about Rebecca. (More re-assuring)
Jeremy (Silent pause.)
Dan ... (admittingly) it's about Rebecca.
The conversation between characters are normally blunt and fast. They always seem to be walking from somewhere to somewhere else, and talk like there's no tomorrow.
The whole show pretty much revolves around the Dana-Casey relationship. The viewer is rooting for the two of them from Day 1, but it isn't until Season 2 (and even then, it doesn't really happen) to get together. Natalie and Jeremy make a cute second couple that features the understudy (might I add, off the record, how incredibly HOT Ms. Natalie is?) to Dana and the office nerd. Dan is the jewel of girls and the press, with his looks and younger age, but ironically has the hardest time with women.
A great show that suffers from not continuing for more seasons - its short-lived nature leaves the viewer unhappy and wanting for more.
Aaron Sorkin went on to do West Wing, where you'll again find Joshua Malina (who was also in The American President.
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