Sports Night

Sports Night#267199

By Liberty4Life - July 17th, 2009, 8:34 pm

- July 17th, 2009, 8:34 pm #267199

Just finished watching this series via Netflix with my wife. Very well done. Anyone else ever watch it? It harkens back to the 'we're having fun and not full of ourselves' days at ESPN... My, how long ago that was.

Re: Sports Night#267201

By kel varson - July 17th, 2009, 8:51 pm

- July 17th, 2009, 8:51 pm #267201

Liberty4Life wrote:Just finished watching this series via Netflix with my wife. Very well done. Anyone else ever watch it? It harkens back to the 'we're having fun and not full of ourselves' days at ESPN... My, how long ago that was.

I remember the show. Thought it was pretty good but it wasn't on very long. It was well liked by all the critics.

#267205

By HenryGale - July 17th, 2009, 9:44 pm

- July 17th, 2009, 9:44 pm #267205

I watched it when it was on. I thought it was an extremely well written show that did get the credit it should have.

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By DeathCab4LU - July 17th, 2009, 9:50 pm

- July 17th, 2009, 9:50 pm #267208

amazing show...I have it on dvd....why do so many good shows get canceled lol

#267211

By Liberty4Life - July 17th, 2009, 10:30 pm

- July 17th, 2009, 10:30 pm #267211

DeathCab4LU wrote:amazing show...I have it on dvd....why do so many good shows get canceled lol

Because it's so much more convenient for television networks to give the thumbs-up to a mediocre show that a bunch of people kinda like (ladies and gentlemen, 'Deal or No Deal!') than an awesome show that a few people really like (see 'Arrested Development').

#267332

By mrmacphisto - July 19th, 2009, 10:55 pm

- July 19th, 2009, 10:55 pm #267332

Yeah, whenever the critics say a show is as good or better than anything else on TV, that's usually a death knell. In other words, Eli's coming.

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By RagingTireFire - July 19th, 2009, 11:15 pm

- July 19th, 2009, 11:15 pm #267336

Critically acclaimed usually equals boring and Sports Night -- as well as just about every other Aaron Sorkin creation -- was no exception. Robert Guillaume was good but the show wasn't funny and it wasn't believable as a drama.

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#267337

By adam42381 - July 19th, 2009, 11:15 pm

- July 19th, 2009, 11:15 pm #267337

mrmacphisto wrote:Yeah, whenever the critics say a show is as good or better than anything else on TV, that's usually a death knell. In other words, Eli's coming.

I'm glad Mad Men didn't end up on a regular network. It would never have made it.

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By Libertine - July 20th, 2009, 10:31 am

- July 20th, 2009, 10:31 am #267355

I didn't watch Sports Night until they started running it on syndication on USA. It was a decent show but, at the time, I thought the Keith Olbermann character was over the top especially when they had the plotline when he was taking gratuitous shots at Doc on the air. Then Olbermann got his show on MSNBC and displayed how over the top he really was.

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#267381

By Liberty4Life - July 20th, 2009, 1:47 pm

- July 20th, 2009, 1:47 pm #267381

Libertine wrote:I didn't watch Sports Night until they started running it on syndication on USA. It was a decent show but, at the time, I thought the Keith Olbermann character was over the top especially when they had the plotline when he was taking gratuitous shots at Doc on the air. Then Olbermann got his show on MSNBC and displayed how over the top he really was.

Yeah, I remember that episode... It was pretty hilarious in one of those 'is this really happening?' sort of things.

The show was written by Aaron Sorkin (of West Wing fame), so you really expect these things from time to time. The show wasn't perfect, I'll agree, but certainly worth a watch.

#267385

By LUconn - July 20th, 2009, 2:46 pm

- July 20th, 2009, 2:46 pm #267385

I remember watching Sports Night and I really didn't like it. It always struck me as fairly boring. But as long as we're talking about good shows that got canceled way before they should have, did anybody watch a show on ABC called Sons and Daughters? It was around the same time as Arrested Development and had the same type of humor. It shared the same fate as well, but I think it was only 1 season. I really liked that show but I personally didn't know anybody else who watched it. It also didn't last long enough to become popular and trendy postmortem like AD did.

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#267400

By Liberty4Life - July 20th, 2009, 5:09 pm

- July 20th, 2009, 5:09 pm #267400

There was this political cartoon on Spike TV called 'This Just In'. I thought it was hilarious, albeit a little risque (although nothing that you wouldn't find in a typical Family Guy -- which I hate -- episode). It lasted six episodes.

#267432

By Sly Fox - July 21st, 2009, 8:54 am

- July 21st, 2009, 8:54 am #267432

Forgive me for being a bit critical of a show about TV sportscasters that had little to do with reality. But I was not a fan of the show then or now. The writing was nowhere near as clever as some made it out to be IMHO.

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By kel varson - July 24th, 2009, 7:21 pm

- July 24th, 2009, 7:21 pm #267835

I used to like the show 'Ed' with Tom Cavanaugh. It was only on for about 2 or 3 seasons.

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By rueful - July 24th, 2009, 7:39 pm

- July 24th, 2009, 7:39 pm #267837

Arrested development was the best show on tv. And about critics, its always the opposite. If they all love a movie, then it most likely is going to be garbage, but if they hate it then its probably great.

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