I've recently started getting into the mid 90's - late 90s television shows. I had no idea what I was looking for, so I just googled "best television shows '90s". I have stumbled upon series as 'Freaks & Geeks', 'Undeclared', '21 Jump Street', ... I had never heard of these shows - I'm Belgian, so that explains it, in case you were wondering - but was pleasantly surprised. I also discovered 'Sports Night', which carried the tag line 'It's about sports... the same way Charlie's Angels was about law enforcement'. I'm really liking this show. It described the interdependency of co-workers at a news station. Their quarrels and affairs, mostly amusing (some get boring, but hey, what are you gonna do about it?). I watched Studio 60 this year, and considering how Aaron Sorkin created both shows, I have the feeling he recycled an old idea to try to make it better. Well, he failed. This show doesn't try to give the characters unnecessary depth. It doesn't come in waves. It just is. The characters develop what little they do in a normal, realistic way. No epiphany's, or whatever. The show is entertaining, funny... just good actually. Only thing that bugs me - and it bugs me real bad - is the laugh-track. Don't do it. I know it was common back then, but still. It is senseless. Even though the track isn't omnipresent in the show, it's still quite annoying. It gets the score down from an 8 to a 7. I was born in '88, so I still got a whole lot of 90s-series catching up to do. But I'll stick with this one for a little while longer.
Review of Sports Night
