A wonderful series, warm, funny and thrillingly fast. Here are most of the basic ideas from The West Wing and Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip in a sitcom format: walk-n-talk; beautiful episodic composition; wit; the 'surprise' moral twist; and all played out by characters sea-sawing between foible and the noble.If it's a heliocentric show then the sun shines out of Felicity Huffmann's producer Dana. Whilst the action naturally gravitates to the show-within-show's presenters Peter Krause and Josh Charles (Casey and Dan). I feel that the best scenes are played out between the on-off lover co-producer odd couple of Natalie and Jeremy. Sabrina Lloyd's sassy kook and Malin's strangely mature geek play out the choicest cuts of scripting. You never know who's right - no discussion acts as an obvious plot device - and the actors don't telegraph it. Robert Guillaume is presidential (if you know what I mean), even following episode 19. 7/10

The characters in this sitcom are often incredibly self-involved and confuse being right with being persecuted. The Dialogue is unrealistically witty and quick. That said, it is possibly some of the best writing in television history. The characters are compelling and rich. The Dialogue is "ideal". The Dialogue is what you and the guys where you work wish you were capable of but fall incredibly short because you're not reading from a script. With the exception of Robert Guillaume the cast had little experience with weekly TV, but by the middle of the first season, each character was polished to a sheen. The name is the show's paradox. Those who would be drawn by the name are not going to like a show about ideal principles and quick wit and banter, and those into these things are not going to be big sports buffs. Good show. Maybe a great show.

The biggest compliment I can give Sports Night is that it is the only show in the last 10 years that kept my interest enough that I made a concerted effort to catch it every week which became quite difficult sometimes with baseball playoffs.I am so pleased it is collected on DVD. If you have the time and the means I would recommend picking it up and giving it a try. Sports Night was an under appreciated gem and it's a shame that a show like Sports Night couldn't last on network TV while junk like 'Life with Jim' just keep getting renewed season after season.Maybe if they called it CSI:SportsNight or something people would have paid more attention to it : )

This show is amazing. I can't even believe it only was on 3 seasons, I would like to know if there are any lost episodes. My husband and I love, love, love this show. It is philosophical, thought provoking, holds symbolism, the communication dialog is with rapid succession, incredibly paced, just amazing. The shows flows with humor, and is really not about sports. Its about relationships, the ups & downs of life, new discoveries, etc..I just can't express enough how wonderful this show is. This is and was the best show ever in the history of television. I just don't understand why it was canceled. Oh, might I also say the direction is awesome. I have not seen West Wing, but will be checking this out. I am just not into politics. But am curious about this show. In closing, I wish they would bring Sports Night back, and all the original characters. Thank you.