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Good Sports

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Genre
  
Sitcom

Directed by
  
Stan Lathan

Created by
  
Alan Zweibel

Theme music composer
  
Andy Goldmark

Written by
  
Larry Levin Monica Johnson Matt Wickline Russ Woody Ron Zimmerman Alan Zweibel

Starring
  
Ryan O'Neal Farrah Fawcett

Good Sports is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS network in 1991, starring Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O'Neal. It was Fawcett's only scripted TV series after Charlie's Angels.

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Synopsis

The show features the two main characters, Bobby Tannen (O'Neal), a once-famous former football player for the Green Bay Packers gone to seed and Gayle Roberts (Fawcett), an ex-Miss America, as mismatched anchors on an all-sports cable network, Mr. Downtown Bobby Tannen and Ms. Gayle Roberts. Bobby is a self-possessed jock, constantly worried about himself and his image. Gayle is the more down to earth and level-headed of the two. Both characters were concerned with the ratings of their sports show, outwardly disliking each other but nonetheless mutually attracted.

Supporting cast

  • Brian Doyle-Murray as John "Mac" MacKinney, the sport show's obsequious producer
  • Lane Smith as R.J. Rappaport, the huffy cable channel owner
  • Cleavant Derricks as Jeff Mussberger
  • Paul Feig as Leash
  • Lois Smith as Mrs. Tannend

    • The premiere installment also included:

  • William Katt as Nick Calder
  • Viveka Davis as Risa Braun
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as himself
  • Arthur Burghardt as Stu Ramsey
  • Lyle Alzado as himself
  • Fred Travalena as himself
  • Christine Dunford as Missy Van Johnson

    • Reception and cancellation

    Good Sports premiered as a mid-season replacement on January 10, 1991. Reviews were generally mixed and ratings were low. After the ratings failed to improve, CBS canceled the series. The final episode, "A Class Act", aired on July 13, 1991.

    References

    Good Sports Wikipedia
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