Wihtout hesitation, Sports Night can be declared one of the greatest shows ever on television. Many turned off, no doubt, by the mention of Sports in the name, Sports Night was never about Sports. It was about people who put on a sports cable show, and football and baseball never took a starring part. Brilliantly written and delivered at a pace Groucho Marx would've admired, Sports Night was one of those shows that stands far out among all the rubbish on television.

Sports Night ran nearly two full seasons on the ABC network in the US during the '98-99 and '99-00 seasons. Created by Emmy Award winning writer/director, Aaron Sorkin. Sorkin created such movies as, A Few Good Men & The American President before his first venture into television (Sorkin would later create the massively respected & popular The West Wing). Smart, fast-paced, witty and featuring a fine ensemble cast, Sports Night struggled in the ratings from the start, particularly during its second season, when it was routinely pre-empted and moved from night to night. Art imitated life imitating art, as the show took on a consultant (William H. Macy in his first TV role since his stint on ER), was hired to "tweak" the ratings. The show within a show continued to falter, amidst rumors of the imminent sale of its network and the subsequent gutting of its staff, until it, like its parent Sports Night, simply disappeared from the schedule. Upon is cancellation, several networks, most notably HBO came to Sorkin for a possible move to the respected network, but nothing was ever solidified. Sports Night got a bit of a second life through syndication on Comedy Central, although once again it appears to be too smart for its time slot, and following its initial 45-episode run has been relegated to an afternoon and late-late night slot.