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The offbeat cast and crew of a sports news show deal with professional, personal, and ethical challenges while functioning in a pressure-cooker work environment.
1998
Dejected by his divorce and the state of sports, Casey contemplates leaving "Sports Night". Natalie has a crush on an applicant for an associate producer position.
The network is upset when a newly-published magazine interview reveals that Dan is in favor of the legalization of marijuana.
Jeremy gets his first big producing break - a hunting segment. Natalie tries to get Casey interested in Dana during the run-up to one of Luther Sach's dinner parties.
Casey's jealousy over Dana and Gordon leaves him kicking fire hydrants and hearing phantom flies. Dan faces repercussions from the network for his birthday present to Casey.
Natalie does a pre-interview with a volatile football player and things get out of hand.
A distracted Natalie keeps forgetting things, while Jeremy tries to shield her from her hate mail.
Jeremy writes a letter to his sister Louise, flashing back over the day's events, including Dan's problems with writer's block and Isaac's problems with his daughter's new boyfriend.
Dana worries about her Thanksgiving turkey, Isaac worries about his pregnant daughter, and the ghost of Thespis wreaks havoc on the set.
The team anchors a broadcast from Mt. Everest, Dana sees a Broadway show, and Dan tries to find a worthy charity.
Dan and Casey are Atlantic City-bound after the broadcast, Natalie and Jeremy have a fight, and Isaac discovers he's shrinking.
Casey appears on _"View, The" (1997)_ and the team follows the story of seven college football players who are suspended for refusing to play under the Confederate flag.
Dan decides that it's time Casey started dating again, so long as he stays away from Sally Sasser. Isaac fears for his job.
Dana, Gordon, Casey, and a woman from Gordon's office go on a double-date, leaving Natalie to produce the show and Dan to contend with a replacement anchor.
Dan obsesses over a woman who works in the building, and everyone worries about Isaac's job.
Gordon invites Dana to go snorkeling, and Dan begs Jeremy to talk him up to Rebecca.
Gordon stands Dana up, and Casey's missing his favorite shirt.
The show is held up when a tennis match goes longer than expected, putting a damper on Dana and Gordon's dinner plans.
Jeremy's parents are getting divorced, and Dan eagerly awaits Orlando Rojas' return to baseball.
Isaac is late coming back from vacation, Bobbi Bernstein returns, and Steve Sisco visits Rebecca.
A bomb scare clears the building, Jeremy tries to break up with Natalie, and the network starts pressuring Dana.
Casey is still rattled from the bomb scare, Jeremy tries to understand a cricket story, and Rebecca makes her decision about Dan.
When Dana and Gordon get engaged, Casey has no plan and Dan's compelled to reveal a secret.
Casey's son comes to visit, and Dana takes a group photo with her new camera. Season One Finale.
1999
Casey tries to find the courage to ask Dana out, Isaac's back at work, and Jeremy and Natalie have a fight.
Dana goes to a bachelorette party and has an epiphany, Dan has breakfast with Hillary Clinton, and Isaac brings in a ratings guy.
The staff are stressed out by Sam Donovan's presence, and things get worse when J.J. stops by to give them notes.
Casey does everything he can to win the Sports Night “Who's Cooler: Dan or Casey?” internet poll. Dana has dinner with an old school friend.
Jeremy readies the show's computer systems for Y2K. Dan meets a woman in a bar, discovering later that she's a psychologist.
Casey wants to edit an interview to cast a ballplayer in a more favorable light, Dan has trouble taping a teaser, and The Vatican declares there's no such place as Hell.
Jeremy has to fire an intern, and the team covers breaking news of a football steroid scandal.
Dana's brother comes to visit. Natalie asks Dan to review her audition tape.
It's a very slow news day, Casey goes on a date with a woman named Pixley, and Jeremy is up for an award.
Dana begins to see the flaw in her dating plan. Dan wants to use Isaac in a feature on the 1951 New York Giants pennant win.
Dan and Casey cover a boxing match. Dan's father visits.
The show lands an interview with Michael Jordan but there are a few strings attached. Sam returns.
Dan tries to get the night off for a Tom Waits concert. Dana inherits a gun.
It's Sam's last day at the show, Jeremy and Natalie break up, and Casey gets his eyes examined.
Natalie organizes a post-show trivia game but excludes Jeremy, who ends up meeting a woman at a bar.
Dan reacts to not making the “100 Most Influential People in Sports” list. Dana goes to church.
The team covers the first round of the NFL draft. Jeremy is nervous about Jenny's visit to the studio.
It's the second round of the NFL draft. Jenny visits, and Dan and Casey fight.
The network's cutting costs and jobs may be on the line. The staff sit for Passover Seder, and Dan hopes this will afford him the chance to mend a few fences.
Natalie has a job interview with Saturday Night Live. Dan hires a publicist.
Dana meets a man with inside information on the sale of the network. Dan and Casey have a job offer in Los Angeles.
Rebecca returns, Natalie and Jeremy rekindle their relationship, and the network is sold.
Josh Charles
Dan Rydell
Peter Krause
Casey McCall
Felicity Huffman
Dana Whitaker
Joshua Malina
Jeremy Goodwin
Sabrina Lloyd
Natalie Hurley
Robert Guillaume
Isaac Jaffe
