nothing frustrates me more than television writers or reviewers who apparently
don't know much about television... there is no way Sports night was not filmed
in front of a studio audience! it was canned laughter! I simply don't know how
it would be possible to film a single camera comedy /drama in front of a live
audience.
back then there were no single camera 30 minute sitcoms (unlike today that is
just about all there are) and I imagine that the execs at ABC didn't know how to
handle a show like SP and decided to give it a laugh track... a very poor one at
that. did you ever notice that the laughs all come at the wrong moments and with
the wrong amount  of ... how should I put it, Laugh inflection! it almost feels
like it was made for a different television show.

anyway aside from that. interesting article. I love revisiting Sports Night. I
often put in the DVD while I am folding laundry... there's no better way to
match socks

Jason

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]