7.6 /10 1 Votes
7.9/10 TV Original language(s) English No. of episodes 10 First episode date 11 January 2011 Network Comedy Central | 7.3/10 IMDb Country of origin United States No. of seasons 1 Running time 22 minutes Final episode date 15 March 2011 Genres Comedy, Parody, Sports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Matt Walton
Matt Oberg
Danyelle Sargent Cast Matt Walton, Danyelle Sargent Similar Onion News Network, Sports Show with Norm Ma, Why? with Hannibal Buress, Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!, Nick Swardson's Pretend T Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Funny clip from onion sportsdome
Onion SportsDome was a parody sports television show from the makers of The Onion. The show premiered on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at 10:30 p.m. EST on Comedy Central in the United States. It was seen in Canada on The Comedy Network.
The show was designed as a parody of SportsCenter and ESPN. Jack Kukoda was the head writer. Matt Walton and Matt Oberg play the co-anchors Alex Reiser and Mark Shepard, respectively. Melissa "Wellsy" Wells was portrayed by real-life sportscaster Danyelle Sargent. Gary Payton, Dennis Kenney and Ahmad Bradshaw appeared on the show.
On April 4, 2011, USA Today reported the show, having completed its original 10-episode runs, was on hiatus and replaced in the time-slot by Sports Show with Norm Macdonald. On June 20, 2011, Deadline Hollywood confirmed that Comedy Central cancelled both SportsDome and Sports Show with Norm MacDonald.