Good Sports

infobox Television
show_name = Good Sports


caption =
format = situation comedy
runtime = approx. 30 minutes (per episode, with commercials)
creator = Alan Zweibel
starring = Ryan O'neal
Farrah Fawcett.
theme_music_composer = Al Green
country = United States
network = CBS
current network =
first_aired = January 10 ytv|1991
last_aired = April 1 1991
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 9
followed_by =
list_episodes =
imdb_id =
tv_com_id =

Good Sports was a short-lived television series on the CBS network that debuted in ytv|1991 and starred Ryan O'Neal and his girlfriend at the time, Farrah Fawcett.

The show featured the two main characters, a once-famous former football player gone to seed (O'Neal) and an ex-Miss America (Fawcett), as mismatched anchors on an all-sports cable network, Mr. Downtown Bobby Tannen and Ms. Gayle Roberts.cite web
title = "Sports" Report
publisher = Entertainment Weekly, Ken Tucker
url = http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,313123,00.html] Bobby was a self-possessed jock, constantly worried about himself and his image. Gayle was 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. The show's tensions and setting resemble the series "Back to You".

The 30-minute Brillstein-Grey productioncite web
title = A Hollywood Hotshot Without a Hit Starmaker, Brad Grey is Struggling on the Production Line.
publisher = CNN.com, Marc Gunther, Henry Goldblatt, September 29, 1997
url = http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/09/29/232082/index.htm] was created by Alan Zweibel, directed by Stan Lathan, featured a theme song by Al Green, premiered on January 10, 1991 with the episode "Pros and Ex-Cons" and was cancelled after nine episodes had appeared, for a full run of fifteen episodes — ending on July 13, 1991 with segment titled "A Class Act".

upporting 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

Episodes

Episode 1 - Pros and Ex-Cons
Episode 2 - Gayle Wouldn't Do That
Episode 3 - The Bigger They Are, the Harder They Hit
Episode 4 - John McKinney is a No Yes Man
Episode 5 - The Reviews Are In
Episode 6 - A Kiss is Just a Kiss
Episode 7 - The Cincinnati Kids
Episode 8 - The Moody Blues Swing
Episode 9 - A Book is Just a Book
Episode 10 - Electricity
Episode 11 - Movin' In
Episode 12 - Love Means Never Having to Say You're Happy
Episode 13 - Bobby and Gayle Go On a Date
Episode 14 - The Return of Nick
Episode 15 - A Class Actcite web
title = Good Sports
publisher = Allocine.fr
url = http://www.allocine.fr/series/episodes_gen_cserie=3414.html]

Notes

External links

* [http://video.aol.com/video-detail/farrah-fawcett-and-ryan-oneal-good-sports-opening-credits/1534176597 Series introduction credits clip featuring music by Al Green]