Sports Night
ABC (ended 2000)
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Season 2
- Ep 22Quo Vadimus5/16/00
Bidders drop out of the auction for Continental Corp., which causes concern for the future of the "Sports Night" team. Meanwhile, Casey prepares to look for new work without Dan, who is reunited with a familiar face from his past. - Ep 21La Forza Del Destino5/9/00
While at Anthony's trying to drown their fears about the future of "Sports Night," Dana meets a mysterious stranger who seems to know a great deal about the bidding for Continental Corp.; and Dan tries to convince Casey that a move to LA might not be a bad thing. - Ep 20Bells And A Siren4/4/00
Upset when Natalie gets a job interview with Saturday Night Live, Dana encourages everyone to undermine her confidence. Dan's publicist wants him on the PR fast track - starting with an appearance in New Jersey! Casey and Jeremy roll up their sleeves and try to get to the bottom of CSC's financial woes. Isaac stresses over his stroke's effect on his grandson.moreless - Ep 19April is the Cruelest Month3/28/00
The network deals a financial blow to "Sports Night" that has Isaac and Dana reeling - the show's Olympic coverage is going to be cut to the quick and Natalie's job may be cut entirely! Depressed about his disgraceful on-air behavior toward Casey, Dan decides to hold a Passover Seder, which Jeremy turns into a theatrical event that has a healing effect on everyone.moreless - Ep 18Draft Day: Part II - The Fall of Ryan O'Brian3/21/00
As NFL draft day unfolds, relationships unravel. Jeremy anguishes over Jenny's visit to the studio, where she and Natalie discover common ground and she and Jeremy come apart. After giving him a talking-to behind closed doors, Casey is stunned when Dan humiliates him in front of millions. - Ep 17Draft Day: Part I - It Can't Rain at Indian Wells3/14/00
Casey and Dana try to psyche each other out as they prepare to make their NFL draft day predictions. Dan gets glum when his golf date with PGA star David Duval is jeopardized - by his job. Jeremy tells Natalie about Jenny - except for the part about her being a porn star. Casey questions Dan's attitude and Dan questions their relationship.moreless - Ep 16The Local Weather3/7/00
Dan decides to skip therapy and spends an hour in Abby's office telling her so. Jeremy e-mails the porn star he blew off, then decides to tell her in person why he's not going to see her again. Casey decides to bribe the gang with international cuisine to get them to watch a track and field event in the wee hours. Dana decides to seek shelter from a rainstorm in church.moreless - Ep 15Celebrities2/29/00
The staff prepares for a game of "Celebrities". Jeremy, feeling left out, goes to the bar and makes a new friend, then panics when he realizes who she is. Isaac, despite his vast knowledge of American popular theatre, cannot recall the lyrics of "How Are Things In Glocca Morra". - Ep 14And the Crowd Goes Wild2/8/00
Jeremy and Natalie's break-up ripples through the show after Jeremy asks for his "stuff" back. Casey's dilated pupils provide comic relief for Dan and the crew. Dana deals with Sam's imminent departure. A riot breaks out at Madison Square Garden and Natalie questions turning over the show's filmed coverage of the event to the police.moreless - Ep 13Dana Get Your Gun2/1/00
Natalie and Jeremy fight over going to a club. Dan finagles the night off. A substitute anchor can't do his job because of his girlfriend. Dana and Sam share a moment. - Ep 12The Sweet Smell of Air1/25/00
The crew is excited when they get a chance to interview Michael Jordan; that is until the strings began to be attached. First they find a paper in the press packet, that coaches Michael how to steer away from sports questions, next they are told to only talk about his new cologne, and then they get a request for total editorial control to Michael. They drop the interview when they discover that they were picked because of their ratings vulnerability. ''Sam returns and sets Dana into a frenzy, he later meets Sally. Casey frets over what to do in front of Charlie's class, when he is invited to show and tell.moreless - Ep 11The Cut Man Cometh1/18/00
While prepping to cover a major fight, Dana and Casey duke it out over their stalled fling, and Dan's dad, Jay, hits town for a tense visit. But after the match goes south, the CSC staff bands together to knock out a killer show, including an hour's worth of coverage of a fight that lasted under a minute and a correspondent who only will respond to being called "the cut man", calls Dan; Casey, and Casey; Dan. He also shows he has no idea what he is talking about, when he talks about the last winner of the Miss America pageant, Miss Rochester.moreless - Ep 10The Giants Win the Pennant, the Giants Win the Pennant1/11/00
Casey goes out with Pixley again much to Dana's dismay. Dan wants to do a story on the amazing World Series win by the Giants in 1951, and finds out that Isaac was actually at the game, although he missed the key home run. When Dan finds out Isaac never told him, but told Jeremy he questions their special bond.moreless - Ep 9A Girl Named Pixley12/28/99
Dana worries when Casey goes out on a date. Jeremy's optimism about his award nomination fades. - Ep 8The Reunion12/21/99
Dana gets edgy as the arrival of her brother comes close. As part of a Secret Santa, Casey searches for the perfect gift for Isaac. Natalie tells Casey that if his gift isn't cheap and located within two blocks of the building he's getting socks. ''When Natalie gives Dan a tape to watch of her work as an anchor, he tells her it was great, when it really was just mediocre. The crew struggles to name an athlete of the century. Dan decides to go to midnight mass, even though he's Jewish.moreless - Ep 7Kyle Whitaker's Got Two Sacks12/14/99
Dana is extremely proud when her brother gets two sacks in a football game. She becomes determined to show others how he did it. Jeremy is nervous about firing Corbin Davis, a cousin of JJ's who is screwing up simple assignments. Jeremy gives him a pep talk and Corbin tells him, that he doesn't take sides when JJ talks bad about this show. ''Because of a drug scandal involving football players erupts, Casey travels to Ohio to find out the names, Tina fills in. When the names are uncovered, one hits close to home for Dana... literally... her brother.moreless - Ep 6Shane12/7/99
Natalie obsesses over the loss of hell. In a nod to real-life racist John Rocker, Casey interviews an old friend, Shane McArnold, who heaps disdain on his new home city of New York and all its inhabitants. Casey promises to "fix it" out of loyalty, but Dana knows it's good television and leaves it as is. Meanwhile, Dan's therapist Abby is opening up Dan's true feelings about his family, making him more and more dysfunctional.moreless - Ep 5Kafelnikov11/2/99
Jeremy tells Dana that there is no reason to hire people to prepare for the expected Y2K computer problems; he has made the computers Y2K compatible. To prove this, Jeremy, rigs the computer to say that it is December 31, 1999 and hold a Y2K test to prove that there will be no computer problems when the studio rolls into 2000. The results are total darkness. Dan picks up a therapist in a bar, who invites him out on a date... he thinks; she really just thinks he needs some therapy.moreless - Ep 4Louise Revisited10/26/99
Jeremy becomes nervous when he finds out Natalie is writing to his sister Louise. Casey gets very competitive about an Internet poll regarding who is cooler, Dan or Casey, so Casey convinces Jeremy to rig the computer to cheat, and stuff the ballot box for him. Sam demonstrates his ability to pay attention even when visibly doing something else. When Dana goes out with an old friend from high school, Casey is unsettled. Dana, in a spur of the moment whim, takes off her panties during the utterly boring meal and stuffs them into her purse , which Natalie, once informed, inadvertently blurts to Casey during a discussion. When he confronts Dana about it, she gets all defensive but once he realizes it wasn't a threat to him he relaxes. Dan, in the meantime, realizes something is up with regards to the poll when Casey has 3,000,000 votes to Dan's 230+moreless - Ep 3Cliff Gardner10/19/99
With Sam Donovan around everyone is on edge, both on and off the set. Dana considers leaving the show, because she feels everyone is blaming her for the show's problems. Natalie makes her realize how silly this is, by pointing out to her that if she goes she has to bring her... and Jeremy... and Casey...and Dan... The tension grows, when the network bosses demand that the staff meet with J.J. and his boys for "some notes". Sam is offered Isaac's job but doesn't answer, then shows his respect for Isaac and the others' work by sidetracking the network execs' meeting as it was getting out of hand, and answering their job offer by surreptitiously leading them to the exit and suggesting very strongly that they are incompetent to be judging the staff's work or making suggestions of any kind and should leave immediately. Isaac observes what he did, and Sam goes back into the meeting alone and tells the staff to trust him, he's going to help pull them out of the hole they are in.moreless - Ep 2When Something Wicked This Way Comes10/12/99
Rumors abound that a "ratings guy" is being brought in to raise the show from its third place status. To Dana's surprise, Isaac announces the rumors are true.
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''Dana has an "epiphany" that she and Casey should date other people for six months.
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''Dan is invited to a Hillary Clinton fundraiser, and in his efforts to impress the First Lady, confuses secular with non-secular in a conversation about schools. This causes him no end of distress, and he proceeds to obsess about it to Casey.moreless - Ep 1Special Powers10/5/99
Second Season Opener ''''Isaac returns to the job, but the effects of his stroke appear to be affecting his performance. The 90-day "cooling off period" following Dana's canceled wedding is drawing to a close, and Dan encourages Casey to ask Dana out. Natalie and Jeremy fight over a job she's offered in Galveston, TX.moreless
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Season 1
- Ep 23What Kind of Day Has it Been5/4/99
Season One Finale.''''''Gordon has an announcement for Dana. Dan helps Casey and his son Charlie with a problem. Dana has a big new camera and she's threatening to use it. Isaac's back!
- Ep 22Napoleon's Battle Plan4/27/99
Gordon has proposed to Dana, and Casey is seething, but tells Dan he plans to "take the high road' and follow Napoleon's Battle Plan: Show up and see what happens next. Dan reminds Casey that Napoleon lost at Waterloo and died in exile, and announces his intention to "step in".So Dan tells Natalie about Gordon's fling with Sally. Natalie runs straight to Dana, who confronts Gordon who, in turn, tells Dana about Casey's fling with Sally. Then Dana confronts Sally, who reveals she has been sleeping with Casey for months. Confused? You won't be on the tonight's episode of . . . oh wait, that's another show!moreless
- Ep 21Ten Wickets4/13/99
Jeremy can't figure out how to report a great story no-one understands. Natalie doesn't accept Jeremy's attempts to break up with her. Rebecca gives Dan her decision. Dana starts losing things and Casey doesn't want to stop the Jerry Falwell jokes. - Ep 20Ordnance Tactics4/6/99
Isaac's in the hospital, the network brass is all over Dana, Jeremy wants to break up with Natalie, Rebecca may go back to her husband and Casey continues to see Sally -- something's bound to explode -- let's hope it's not a bomb in the building! - Ep 19Eli's Coming3/30/99
Dan's day is not shaping up to be a good one as Bobbi Bernstein returns to the broadcast, and he discovers Rebecca's husband hasn't quite reached "ex" status. Meanwhile, Casey and Dana's bickering escalates until news that Isaac has suffered a stroke reaches the staff. - Ep 18The Sword of Orion3/23/99
Hit hard by the news of his parents' impending divorce, Jeremy pushes himself to solve the mystery of a yachting disaster. This will be his first feature length story. Meanwhile, romance is in the air when Rebecca agrees to watch a baseball game with Dan. - Ep 17How Are Things in Glocca Morra?3/9/99
A televised tennis match heads into overtime, delaying the start of Sports Night and forcing Dana to choose between canceling a date with Gordon and handing the show over to Sally. Meanwhile, Jeremy uses the delay to write to Louise; and Dan's charms are beginning to work on Rebecca. - Ep 16Sally2/23/99
When Casey has a one-night stand and does not tell anyone, the entire staff, led by Dan, prods him for details. After Gordon cancels a date with Dana, she questions the status and future of their relationship. Jewish Jeremy panics when he is set to visit Natalie's parents for a Catholic holiday he knows nothing of.moreless - Ep 15Dana and the Deep Blue Sea2/9/99
Having been rebuffed by Rebecca, Dan turns to Casey for help in dating her. Casey, still wrestling with his feelings for Dana, refuses. Next Dan turns to Jeremy in his efforts to be "more than friends" with Rebecca. Meanwhile, Dana agrees to go snorkeling with Gordon even though she is terrified of fish. Casey: "Sometimes you just stand there -- hip-deep in pie." Rebecca [to Jeremy]: "Is everyone who works on your show deranged?"moreless - Ep 14Rebecca1/26/99
Rumors spread about Isaac's job status when the Wall Street Journal reports the recent trouble between Luther Sachs and Sports Night. J.J. begs Isaac to let him forward messages to Luther instead of Isaac doing it himself. This leads Isaac to realize that J.J. is the only one to gain if there is turmoil between the show and company. Maybe J.J. is starting trouble? Dana is nervous that Gordon is going to dump her because she is so preoccupied with work. Dan feels he should apologize for not calling Rebecca after he met her in the elevator. She doesn't remember him, though.moreless - Ep 13Small Town1/12/99
It's Dana and Casey's night off, and neither wants to take it. They decide to double date, Dana with Gordon and Casey with Lisa a lawyer who's on a blind date. Natalie is left to produce the show for the first time, and has to handle an 11th hour trade, which in its chaos, Isaac and Jeremy question her authority. Casey's replacement is Bobbi Bernstein a psychotic woman who thinks that Dan slept with her in Spain and never called.moreless - Ep 12Smoky1/5/99
Certain employees try to position themselves for a promotion when rumors of Isaac's leaving start to circulate. - Ep 11The Six Southern Gentlemen of Tennessee12/15/98
A southern African American football player and five other students refuse to play at a Tennessee college where the Confederate flag is hung. Luther Sachs the owner of CSC and alumnus of the college sides with the college, but Isaac disagrees and says so on the show. ''Casey goes on "The View" and takes credit for his wardrobe, which he doesn't deserve and this leads Dan and another staffer to teach him that the show is a team.moreless - Ep 10Shoe Money Tonight12/8/98
It's snowing in Pittsburgh so the anchors of the 2 AM West Coast Update are stuck and the staff have to stay to do the show. Instead of going to Atlantic City, Dan and Casey and the staff have a poker tournament.
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''Natalie is angry with Jeremy because he skipped an outing with her to go play tennis with an old girlfriend who is now an actress. Casey approves a rundown from the 2AM producer, Sally without consulting Dana, making her feel very angry and unappreciated. Isaac is shrinking.moreless - Ep 9The Quality of Mercy at 29K12/1/98
The team broadcasts an Everest climb. Jeremy realizes he's got something to live for -- Natalie. Casey searches for food, as Dan searches for a charity to give to. Dana takes her niece to see "The Lion King", and discovers a love of the theater. - Ep 8Thespis11/17/98
November 23rd marks the birthday of Thespis, the Greek God of Theater. A legend states that on his birthday he has been known to haunt live productions, and for the first half-hour of it, Sports Night is targeted. ''''This date also is the anniversary of Dan and Casey's first broadcast, and Casey can't remember. Issac worries over his expecting daughter, and Dana worries about making Thanksgiving for her mother.moreless - Ep 7Dear Louise11/10/98
Jeremy writes a letter to his deaf sister about his new job at Sports Night, in a summary introduction for people just picking up the show. In it he describes the last few days there, including Dan's writer's block and a story about the carjacking, beating, and death of an 80-year-old Negro League ball player, Archibald Russell, who is known to Isaac. He also talks about his interest in Natalie, who, as everyone but he can see, is crazy about him.
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''Also: Isaac's mad that his daughter is dating a Republican and Casey tries to annoy Gordon, Dana's new boyfriend, who clearly can hold his own with Casey.moreless - Ep 6The Head Coach, Dinner and the Morning Mail10/27/98
This episodes title represents its three main themes. "The Head Coach" involves Casey's harsh treatment on a coach's bad decision. "The Diner" is about Jeremy's major decision about where to take Natalie on their first date. And the morning mail is about the hate mail Natalie receives after the events of last week's episode.moreless - Ep 5Mary Pat Shelby10/20/98
Dana is excited to be getting a notorious football player, Christian Patrick on the show. The staff is not when his lawyers force them to not mention the ex-girlfriend he badly abused, Mary Pat Shelby. When Natalie goes to pre interview him, he assaults her. Dana's decision about whether to break the story is a difficult one, and it is not the same as Dan and Casey's. Also Dan wrestles with whether or not to get a goatee and Dana is made aware of her lack of comic ability.moreless - Ep 4Intellectual Property10/13/98
Casey spins out of control, due to jealousy when Dana starts seriously dating Gordon. He swats flies that no one else can see, kicks fire hydrants and other odd behavior. ''Dana, Natalie, and Jeremy wonder where all their "good" ideas went and CSC has to pay royalties after Dan sings Casey "Happy Birthday" on the air.moreless - Ep 3The Hungry and the Hunted10/6/98
Jeremy gets the "call" -- His first field production assignment. Unfortunately, it's for CSC's sport hunting show, and he has a problem with modern "sport" hunting with high powered weapons being "sport" of any kind..''''Natalie tries to orchestrate romance between Casey and Dana, during one of Chairman Luther Sach's dinner parties., which does kindle Casey's interest but unfortunately, Dana apparently already has a new boyfriend named Gordon, who was at the partymoreless - Ep 2The Apology9/29/98
Dan is misunderstood on his opinion over marijuana and the law. When Luther Sachs reads this, he demands an on-air apology; Isaac seconds it, as does Dana. But no one will answer as to whom he should be apologizing to. ''''Casey worries about why he is not considered "cool" like Dan is. Dan is stalked by one of the CSC fitness show stars.moreless - Ep 1Pilot09/21/98
Casey, one of the co-anchors of Sports Night, a TV sports 11pm news show for CSC, the "#3 sports network", has a problem attitude, both on and off screen, as a result of his recent divorce. Dan, his co-anchor, tries to get him out of his haze while J.J. and the network brass begin to get vocal about his need to shape up or hit the road. Dana, his producer, ardently defends him, even while she tries to get him to shape up before they override her shielding of him. At the same time Casey himself is thinking about quitting sports, citing the moral decay he's seen on the job, despite Dan's observation that he'd only be doing it for the wrong reasons. Dana also hires a new associate producer -- high strung but brilliant Jeremy Goodwin. In the end, a unique sporting event rekindles Casey's fire and all is well.moreless
