# "Sports Night" questions, comments - open spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 21, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-night-questions-comments-open-spoilers/606945 "2011-12-21T14:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-night-questions-comments-open-spoilers/606945/21 "2012-07-03T22:39:39Z")
bump. slogging my way through season 1. i’m having a fun time comparing, contrasting, and analyzing the different layers of crazy vs attractiveness of the actresses. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-night-questions-comments-open-spoilers/606945/22 "2012-07-05T13:30:11Z")
I loved this show, too. Long before I loved _The West Wing_ or even knew who Aaron Sorkin was. Don’t remember it well enough to answer your questions. Just wanted to put in a vote for it. ---
**Author:** ![ScarletNumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@ScarletNumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScarletNumber)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-night-questions-comments-open-spoilers/606945/23 "2012-07-05T13:45:26Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > 1. I’m still trying to determine if Felicity Huffman is pretty or distinctive. Distinctive > [@postcards](#): > > The RCA (GE) building, aka 30 Rockefeller Plaza) is 70 stories. 30 Rock is currently known as the GE Building. However, by all rights it should be called the Comcast Building. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-night-questions-comments-open-spoilers/606945/24 "2012-07-06T12:31:58Z")
I just happened to watch Macy’s first episode, which contains one of my all-time favorite lines, one of those things I wish I had the stones to say in real life: “You should know that just because I’m looking at you while you’re talking, that doesn’t mean I’m listening, or interested in what you’re saying. It’s just something I do to be polite.” I also enjoyed [Clarg Gregg](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0163988/)’s character who came on at the end. IMDb says he was only in 2 episodes, I thought it was more. I would have liked to see him develop if they’d done another season. I’ve always contended that _Sports Night_ was killed by _Who Wants To Be A Millionaire_. It was on the ratings bubble after two seasons, and then ABC decided to go with 47 hours a week of _WWTBAM_, and that was that. I think there was enough steam for at least one more season, maybe that would have been enough. The silver lining, of course, is that Sorkin moved on to the \*The West Wing \*from there. ETA: \*Sports Night \*and \*West Wing \*actually overlapped by one season. I did not realize that! ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-night-questions-comments-open-spoilers/606945/25 "2012-07-06T13:59:42Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Looking at it now, you can see the whole series as Sorkin practicing for West Wing - a lot of the technique is there. Yes! I started watching Sports Night a few months ago and have almost finished. This is several years after watching all of the West Wing. The walk-and-talk. The witty, no pause, banter. The “big” moralistic issues. It’s all there in embryonic form. ---
**Author:** ![Tanbarkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@Tanbarkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanbarkie)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-night-questions-comments-open-spoilers/606945/26 "2012-07-06T14:59:02Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I also enjoyed [Clark Gregg](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0163988/)’s character who came on at the end. IMDb says he was only in 2 episodes, I thought it was more. I would have liked to see him develop if they’d done another season. In the wake of “The Avengers,” I like to think that Sports Night (the show within the show) was being scoped out by SHIELD. I could see Dana kicking ass as Nick Fury’s no-nonsense administrative assistant. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-night-questions-comments-open-spoilers/606945/27 "2012-07-06T15:03:03Z")
> [@Tanbarkie](#): > > In the wake of “The Avengers,” I like to think that Sports Night (the show within the show) was being scoped out by SHIELD. I could see Dana kicking ass as Nick Fury’s no-nonsense administrative assistant. You have to remember he probably only got his job because he’s the [vice president’s](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1759761/) [ex-husband](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462128/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-night-questions-comments-open-spoilers/606945.md?page=1)