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Packers at Steelers, ABC...
Whether or not a new television show survives is usually a fairly trivial matter, but in the case of Sports Night the stakes are higher. This series, which airs Tuesdays at 9:30 E.T. on ABC, represents the best opportunity in a long time for network comedy to evolve into something sharper and more interesting. If it fails--a highly possible outcome, given its mediocre ratings--then the networks will be all the more wary of trying something novel. On the other hand, if the show succeeds, it just might revitalize a very tired form...
Sports Night is about a nightly cable show of that name, modeled on ESPN's SportsCenter, on which two anchors cover dozens of athletic events while trading jokes back and forth. (Like ABC, ESPN is owned by Disney, and while Sports Night was developed independently of SportsCenter, there are plans to cross-promote them.) Peter Krause and Josh Charles play the anchors Casey and Dan, Felicity Huffman is the producer Dana, and Robert Guillaume is the show's executive producer Isaac. Aaron Sorkin, the screenwriter for A Few Good Men and The American President, created Sports Night and is among...
Fouhy spoke as part of the series led by IOP Fellow Marguerite Sullivan on "Power Struggles: the States vs. the Feds." He has served as a Washington bureau chief for both ABC and CBS News and as senior producer of NBC Nightly News...
Cowboys at Eagles, ABC...