link to the cast

 

sports night facts

  • There were two seasons of Sports Night with a total of 45 episodes

  • The Pilot episode originally aired on September 22, 1998

  • The series finale "Quo Vadimus" aired on May 16, 2000

  • This was creator Aaron Sorkin's first foray into television after writing the movies A Few Good Men, Malice, and The American President

  • Sorkin's other television venture, The West Wing, started one year after Sports Night in 1999

  • Sports Night originally aired on ABC, but wasn't given much of a chance.  It was cancelled after two seasons.  There was talk of a move to another network, possibly even HBO, that never materialized.  It found some new life in a brief syndication run on Comedy Central

awards & nominations

  • Sports Night won a total of 3 Emmys over its two years:

  • 1999 - Outstanding Direction for a Comedy Series (Thomas Schlamme; "Pilot")

  • 1999 - Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Series (Janet Ashikaga; "Small Town")

  • 2000 - Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series (Peter Smokler; "The Cut Man Cometh")

  • The show was also nominated for 5 other Emmys:

  • 1999 - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (Aaron Sorkin; "The Apology")

  • 2000 - Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series 

  • 2000 - Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (Thomas Schlamme; "Quo Vadimus")

  • 2000 - Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Series (Janet Ashikaga; "The Cut Man Cometh")

  • 2000 - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (William H. Macy for playing Sam Donovan)

  • Felicity Huffman was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2000 for Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series - Comedy/Musical

  • Sports Night won the Director's Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Comedy Series in 1999 and 2000

  • The show also won the 1999 Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy and it won the 1999 Humanitas Prize in the 30-minute category

cast

 

Josh Charles

Dan Rydell

Peter Krause

Casey McCall

Felicity Huffman

Dana Whitaker

Robert Guillaume

Isaac Jaffe

Joshua Malina

Jeremy Goodwin

Sabrina Lloyd

Natalie Hurley

 

 

other guest stars and recurring roles

 

 

Brenda Strong

Sally Sasser

Kayla Blake

Kim

Greg Baker

Elliot

William H. Macy

Sam Donovan

Teri Polo

Rebecca

Ted McGinley

Gordon

Timothy Davis-Reed

Chris

Ron Ostrow

Will

Jeff Mooring

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