I, unfortunately, missed the boat on this series during its original 1998-2000 run. It wasn't until a friend of mine lent me his DVD collection that I was introduced to Sports Night, and the gang.
Had I known exactly what I was doing at the time, I could have come up with the term "Binge Watching" before binge watching was a thing. It took me only a few days to go through all 45 episodes, and there were many more re-watchings after that. The dialogue is fluid, the acting is incredible, and the characters are brought to life in a way that you actually feel like you are part of the CSC family. Who's heart didn't break along with Dan's when Rebecca went back to her husband? Or felt a twinge when the Casey-Dana saga reached its inevitable conclusion. I get the feeling that initially, the Jeremy and Natalie characters were only meant for the background, along with Will, Chris, Dave, Elliot, and Kim. However, the performances by Josh Molina and Sabrina Lloyd left the writers with no choice but to include them in plot lines and story arcs which spanned the duration of the show. Incidentally, is there anyone out there who would not want to work for someone like Issac Jaffe?
The fact that this show was cancelled after just 45 episodes is a crime against humanity. One of the finest written, acted, and produced shows ever and was generally misunderstood by television execs who would rather shove garbage like "Two Broke Girls" and "Anger Management" down our throats. The line, "anyone who can't make money off of Sports Night, should get out of the money making business" still rings true to this day,
Had I known exactly what I was doing at the time, I could have come up with the term "Binge Watching" before binge watching was a thing. It took me only a few days to go through all 45 episodes, and there were many more re-watchings after that. The dialogue is fluid, the acting is incredible, and the characters are brought to life in a way that you actually feel like you are part of the CSC family. Who's heart didn't break along with Dan's when Rebecca went back to her husband? Or felt a twinge when the Casey-Dana saga reached its inevitable conclusion. I get the feeling that initially, the Jeremy and Natalie characters were only meant for the background, along with Will, Chris, Dave, Elliot, and Kim. However, the performances by Josh Molina and Sabrina Lloyd left the writers with no choice but to include them in plot lines and story arcs which spanned the duration of the show. Incidentally, is there anyone out there who would not want to work for someone like Issac Jaffe?
The fact that this show was cancelled after just 45 episodes is a crime against humanity. One of the finest written, acted, and produced shows ever and was generally misunderstood by television execs who would rather shove garbage like "Two Broke Girls" and "Anger Management" down our throats. The line, "anyone who can't make money off of Sports Night, should get out of the money making business" still rings true to this day,