Josh Charles
Dan Rydell
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- 1. Pilot Sep 22, 1998
- A witty staff frantically produces a nightly sports cable program.
- 2. The Apology Sep 29, 1998
- The network demands an on-air apology after Dan is quoted in a national magazine.
- 3. The Hungry and the Hunted Oct 6, 1998
- Jeremy produces segments on hunting; Casey notices Dana in a new light.
Sports Night is an American 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.
Sports Night: Created by Aaron Sorkin. With Josh Charles, Peter Krause, Felicity Huffman, Joshua Malina. Casey McCall and Dan Rydell are sports anchors and best friends on "Sports Night", a nightly cable program.
- (8.6K)
- 1998-09-22
- Comedy, Drama, Sport
- 30
- IT WAS CONCEIVED AS A BOOK. Originally, it didn't occur to Sorkin to think about Sports Night as a television series. He thought it might make an interesting book, and his agent at the time suggested a movie might be better—"Kind of a Broadcast News set in a SportsCenter place," Sorkin explained to TV Guide.
- IT IS LOOSELY BASED ON SPORTSCENTER. Shortly after Sports Night's premiere, Keith Olbermann—former co-host of ESPN's SportsCenter—couldn't help but notice the similarities between Sports Night’s fictional anchors Dan Rydell (played by Josh Charles) and Casey McCall (played by Peter Krause) and he and his SportsCenter co-host, Dan Patrick, respectively.
- AARON SORKIN SPENT SOME TIME ON THE ESPN CAMPUS. In order to research the series, Sorkin spent some time observing the goings-on at ESPN's main campus in Bristol, Connecticut.
- THE NETWORK INSISTED ON USING A LAUGH TRACK. Given that Sports Night was a rather unconventional comedy, the network executives at ABC were worried that audiences wouldn’t get Sorkin’s sense of humor so they insisted on using a laugh track, much to everyone's dismay.
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Sep 22, 2023 · Sports Night is about the making of a sports news show, also called Sports Night, a fictionalized take on ESPN’s SportsCenter. Its two seasons are among the most compelling television...
Sports Night is an American 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.
Sports Night is an American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) half hour comedy about a live television sports news show also called Sports Night and the people that make the show. It stars Peter Krause as the show's anchor Casey McCall, Josh Charles as his co-anchor Dan Rydell and Felicity Huffman...
