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| How many main characters (listed in the opening credits) are there on 'Sports Night' (sitcom)? | 'Sports Night'
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six. Dana (Felicity Huffman), Casey (Peter Krause), Dan (Josh Charles), Jeremy (Joshua Malina), Natalie (Sabrina Lloyd), and Isaac (Robert Guilame).
Hurley. I think it's mentioned only once in a voice-over by Jeremy while he's writing a letter to his deaf sister Louise. Rydell is Dan's last name, Jaffe is Isaac's last name, and McCall is Casey's last name.
Charlie. Matthew is Isaac's grandson, Gordon was Dana's one-time boyfriend and fiance, Jayson is Jayson Grissom, a football player mentioned in the first episode. Casey and Charlie's mom Lisa are divorced.
| Why was Isaac missing from quite a few episodes of 'Sports Night' (sitcom) during the first season? | 'Sports Night'
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He had a stroke.. Robert Guilame, the actor who played Isaac, had a stroke in real life, so they wrote the incident into the show. Issac (and Robert) returned to work on the last episode of the first season.
Dana. Dana had an epiphany that Casey should date other women for 6 months before they dated each other. They never did get together.
| After he broke up with Natalie, Jeremy briefly dated a woman named Jenny. What was her real job, and the job Jeremy tells people she has? | 'Sports Night'
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porn star, choreoanimator. Jeremy met Jenny the porn star in the local bar while everybody else was playing Natalie's game 'Celebrities' back at the office.
| What is the name of the company that owns 'Sports Night' (sports show)? | 'Sports Night'
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CSC. CSC is the fake Continental Sports Channel, ESPN is a real sports network, ABC is the real network that 'Sports Night' - the sitcom - was aired on, ADS are my initials.
| What basketball superstar was supposed to be on 'Sports Night' (sports show) until everybody realized that he would only be talking about his new cologne and not sports? | 'Sports Night'
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| What is the name of the bar where the gang hung out after shows near the end of the second season? | 'Sports Night'
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Anthony's. Cheers is the bar from 'Cheers', The Max is where the kids in 'Saved by the Bell' hung out, Monterrey's is my fave. restaurant.
Raging Bull. Josh Charles (Dan Rydell) played Knox Overstreet in Dead Poets Society.
Sam Donovan. Sam is hired by Issac to try to help the show achieve hiring ratings so that everyone can keep their jobs. William H. Macey, who is famous for movies such as "Pleasantville", "Fargo" and "Magnolia" played the role of Sam.
Casey has to date other women for six months, before he can date her. In episode, "When Something Wicked This Way Comes", Dana decides that Casey needs more experience with women. She figures he needs to get dating other people out of his system, so that the two of them can have a real shot at staying together.
Dan. Dan meets a woman in a bar who gives him her card. It turns out that she's a therapist and he's not sure whether she wanted to date him or book a session. He goes to her office and he ends up realizing that he really does need therapy sessions.
Pixley. He goes out with Pixley, but end up telling her that he's only there because of Dana's plan. She walks out on their date. Later, he meets her again and they make another date. It signals the beginning of the end for Dana and Casey.
| In "The Sweet Smell of Air", why does "Sports Night" decide not to book Michael Jordan for an interview? | "Sports Night" - Season 2
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He only wanted to discuss his cologne. Michael Jordan contacted "Sports Night" about doing an interview, but when Issac realized that Michael would only be talking about cologne he decided against booking the interview. One of the interview conditions was that Michael's people get editorial approval, and Issac and Dana knew that they were only asking because "Sports Night" had lower ratings and might be desperate enough. They turned him down out of principle.
| On Draft Day, "Sports Night" got the opportunity to broadcast the second round because it rained in which city? | "Sports Night" - Season 2
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Indian Wells. They were only supposed to broadcast the first round, but they ended up broadcasting the second round because of rain in Indian Wells. Dana was excited because she loved draft day. Dan was upset because he had a golf game scheduled and Jeremey was upset becuase it meant that Natalie would still be there when his new girlfriend dropped by the office.
| In "Celebrities", what is the occuptation of the girl Jeremy meets at the bar and becomes interested in? | "Sports Night" - Season 2
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Porn Star. Jeremy meets a girl named Jenny at Anthony's and talks to her for awhile. He later realizes that the reason she looks so familiar is because he has seen her in porn films before. When he starts dating her, he tells everyone at the office that she's a choreo-animator because it's the first thing that pops into his head (he overheard someone say it in an elevator). Everyone assumes that it means that she choreographs dances for cartoons, but no one really knows for sure.
Saturday Night Live. Natalie's job is in jeopardy due to possible budget cuts so she goes on an interview with "Saturday Night Live". They love her and offer her a 25% salary raise if she'll take the job, but she can't bring herself to leave "Sports Night".
| What is the name of Dan's former girlfriend who sends him flowers out of the blue and then shows up in the final episode? | "Sports Night" - Season 2
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Rebecca. Rebecca Wells was a girl who Dan dated in the first season, and was really hung up on. It turned out she was still married and she went back to her husband. She shows up on the series finale, and says that she's divorced now and wants to see him again. He takes her number, but he ends up ripping it up.
| In the final episode, "Quo Vadimus", does the company who buys Continental Corp want to keep "Sports Night"? | "Sports Night" - Season 2
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Yes. Dana meets a stranger in a bar in "La Forza Del Destino", who seems to know a lot about the sale of Continental Corp. It is revealed that he owns the company Quo Vadimus that eventually buys the network. He tells Dana that he doesn't want to disable the cable interests, and that he's keeping "Sports Night" on the air.
| In the pilot episode, which athlete is responsible for renewing Casey's faith in sports? | "Sports Night"
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Ntozake Nelson. Ntozake Nelson is an African long distance runner. After having his legs broken, he was told he would never walk again, but at the age of 41 he won a major long-distance race, setting a new world record.
Luther. Luther Sachs owns LutherCorp which owns CSC.
Soccer. Dan hates soccer, but because CSC has signed a deal with the soccer league, he still has to report it. He is constantly making jokes about making the nets bigger and the low scores.
| Isaac hires a ratings expert to help boost ratings. Who does he hire? | "Sports Night"
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Sam Donovan. Sam Donovan was portrayed by William H. Macy. In 1997 William H. Macy married Felicity Huffman. Their first daughter, Sofia Grace, was born in 2000 and their second, Georgia Grace, was born in 2002.
Kyle. In the episode "Kyle Whitaker's Got Two Sacks", Kyle gets busted on drug charges.
| What actress with a recurring role appeared in a movie with Josh Charles prior to appearing in "Sports Night" together? | "Sports Night"
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Jayne Brook (Abby Jacobs). Jayne Brook and Josh Charles appeared together in the movie "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead". They played brother and sister.
| Which "Sports Night" star has appeared in no fewer than 4 other Aaron Sorkin-scripted shows/films? (As of spring 2003) | "Sports Night"
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Joshua Malina. Joshua Malina has also appeared in "Malice", "A Few Good Men", "The American President" and "The West Wing".
| Robert Gulliaume has provided the voice of several animated characters. He gave a character life in the movie "The Lion King". Which character was it? | "Sports Night"
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Rafiki. Robert Guillaume's character Isaac offered Dana two tickets to see "The Lion King" in the episode "The Quality of Mercy at 29K". Inside joke perhaps?
| Peter Krause appeared as his character "Casey McCall" on an episode of another show in February 1999. Which show was it? | "Sports Night"
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"Spin City". "Casey McCall" came to life on "Spin City".
| In the episode "The Giants Win The Pennant..." why does Isaac not want to talk on camera about the baseball game he attended in 1951? | "Sports Night"
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He missed the final play.. Isaac said he was washing his hands because he thought he had enough time to get back, when the game-winning home-run was hit. Dan later uses this story as an analogy to Dana to explain why she has seriously screwed up with Casey.
| How many share points did Sam Donovan intend to increase the show's ratings by? | Sports Night
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3.5. Sam was hired by Isaac in the 2nd season to raise the show's sharepoints by 3 in order to get the network off his back, however, he believes he can raise them 3.5 points
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