Sports Night

Sports Night

Dan Rydell

Casey McCall

Dana Whitaker

Jeremy Goodwin

Isaac Jaffe

Kim (45 episodes, 1998-2000)

Elliott

Chris

Dave (44 episodes, 1998-2000)

Will

Alyson (34 episodes, 1998-2000)

Billi (18 episodes, 1998-2000)

Originally conceived as a movie, Aaron Sorkin was unable to devise a coherent plot. The episodic nature of television solved this.

Throughout episode 2-20, "Bells and a Siren", Dan jokes that his young publicist should be at home watching Felicity (1998). Felicity was produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Tony Krantz- the same team responsible for this show.

The tapes and decks used on the show are U-Matic (aka 3/4") format, which, in the late '90s, would have been quite outdated. The standard they would have likely used at the time would have been Betacam. The U-Matic equipment, which looks very much alike the Betacam equipment, would have been available far more cheaply than Betacam gear, especially for use as a prop.

Casey McCall: Is it nature's special time?

Isaac Jaffe: Let me start by saying that: Dana, what I say in my office stays in my office.

Dan Rydell: What did you do?