"Sports Night" Summer DVD Bookclub - "Pilot"

Sports Night
“Pilot”

Original Air Date: September 22, 1998

KP – TwoCents Head Writer
kp@thetwocents.com

How do you know you’re watching an Aaron Sorkin show? Well, before you even hear the sparkling dialog, you notice you’re watching a single camera shot follow a multitude of people around an enormous set. Sports Night started with this very thing!

And, in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 …..

“Good evening everybody, from New York City, I’m Dan Rydell alongside Casey McCall. Those stories and more, plus we’ll take you live to the locker-room at Arrowhead.

All that coming up after this. You’re watching Sports Night on CSC, so stick around.

We’re Out.”

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Sports Night - Summer DVD Bookclub

Sports Night
Summer Review Intro

KP – TwoCents Head Writer
kp@thetwocents.com

I’ve got an idea for a hit TV show. It will be written by Aaron Sorkin who wrote The West Wing, American President and A Few Good Men. It will star Felicity Huffman from Desperate Housewives, Peter Krause from Six Feet Under and Dirty Sexy Money, Josh Charles from SWAT and Dead Poets Society, Joshua Malina from The West Wing and Big Shots, Robert Guillaume from Benson and The Lion King, Sabrina Lloyd from Ed and NUMB3RS, Teri Polo from Meet the Parents, Brenda Strong from Desperate Housewives, and the one and only William H. Macy from Fargo, The Cooler and Pleasantville.

Oh wait – this show already DID exist! It was called Sports Night and after two seasons of winning the “Best Show You’re Not Watching” award from TV Guide, it was cancelled in 2000.

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