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This interesting dramedy was about the behind-the-scenes of a cable sports program, 'Sports Night', produced by Dana Whittaker (Felicity Huffman, 'Transamerica', 'Desperate Housewives'), hosted by Casey McCall (Peter Krause, 'We Don't Live Here Anymore', 'Six Feet Under') and Danny Rydell (Josh Charles, 'Dead Poets Society', 'S.W.A.T.'), with the work behind the camera done, among others, by Nathalie (Sabrina Lloyd, 'Sliders', 'Numb3rs') and Jeremy Goodwin (Joshua Malina, 'The American President', 'The West Wing'), and the boss of which was Isaac Jaffee (Robert Guillaume, 'Soap', 'Benson').
This show is the first of three created for TV by Aaron Sorkin; the other ones are the recently concluded 'The West Wing' and the new 'Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip', which has the strongest connection to SN of the two, and is simply a great show people didn't get.
I don't know why; some people say they felt it was preachy, pompous and boring, and I think those were the same people who found 'The Fog' remake scary, or who think 'American Idol' is 'teh best show eva' (a rape of the English language if there is one); these people should get their heads checked.
A lot of people say that it has a misleading title: gee, really? So you never noticed the ads saying 'It's about sports... the same way Charlie's Angels was about law enforcement'? Or never read what this is about? Some people! And the last insult? In Italy it is rarely shown, and when it is it's at 02:00 in the morning! Oh, how I wish the DVD box-set was out in Italy, too...
Sports Night: 10/10.
This interesting dramedy was about the behind-the-scenes of a cable sports program, 'Sports Night', produced by Dana Whittaker (Felicity Huffman, 'Transamerica', 'Desperate Housewives'), hosted by Casey McCall (Peter Krause, 'We Don't Live Here Anymore', 'Six Feet Under') and Danny Rydell (Josh Charles, 'Dead Poets Society', 'S.W.A.T.'), with the work behind the camera done, among others, by Nathalie (Sabrina Lloyd, 'Sliders', 'Numb3rs') and Jeremy Goodwin (Joshua Malina, 'The American President', 'The West Wing'), and the boss of which was Isaac Jaffee (Robert Guillaume, 'Soap', 'Benson').
This show is the first of three created for TV by Aaron Sorkin; the other ones are the recently concluded 'The West Wing' and the new 'Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip', which has the strongest connection to SN of the two, and is simply a great show people didn't get.
I don't know why; some people say they felt it was preachy, pompous and boring, and I think those were the same people who found 'The Fog' remake scary, or who think 'American Idol' is 'teh best show eva' (a rape of the English language if there is one); these people should get their heads checked.
A lot of people say that it has a misleading title: gee, really? So you never noticed the ads saying 'It's about sports... the same way Charlie's Angels was about law enforcement'? Or never read what this is about? Some people! And the last insult? In Italy it is rarely shown, and when it is it's at 02:00 in the morning! Oh, how I wish the DVD box-set was out in Italy, too...
Sports Night: 10/10.