Sports Show with Norm Macdonald
| Sports Show with Norm Macdonald | |
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| Genre |
Comedy Satire Sport News parody |
| Created by |
Norm Macdonald Daniel Kellison Mike Gibbons Lori Jo Hoekstra |
| Directed by | Lenn Goodside |
| Presented by | Norm Macdonald |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Marc Gurvitz Lori Jo Hoekstra Daniel Kellison Norm Macdonald Jimmy Kimmel Adam Carolla |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Comedy Central |
| Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
| Original release | April 12 – June 7, 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
SNL's "Weekend Update" The Norm Show |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Sports Show with Norm Macdonald is a sports comedy series which aired on Tuesdays at 10:30 p.m. ET on Comedy Central from April 12, 2011 to June 7, 2011. The show lampooned the world of sports using Web videos and field segments. Comedian and former Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" anchor Norm Macdonald hosted the show. As host of Sports Show, Macdonald is described as a "gleeful, equal-opportunity offender who is back in his element making snarky asides at the absurd excesses of the sports biz," according to TVGuide's Matt Roush.
The show premiered on April 12, 2011, on the American cable network Comedy Central, and on April 13, 2011, on the Canadian cable television channel The Comedy Network. Comedy Central ordered nine episodes of the show, all taped on Monday nights in front of a live studio audience; however, Macdonald "wanted to (broadcast) live." In June 2011, it was announced that Comedy Central would not be renewing the show for a second season, reportedly due to relatively low ratings, even though Sports Show steadily averaged one million viewers per episode.
Episodes of the Sports Show feature Macdonald in a role reminiscent of his time as Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update news anchor, but now covering topical and controversial sports-related stories with his signature smirk and absurdist dry spin, according to Washington Times' Craig Sanger. The show's segments consist of topical sports humor, wacky field segments, and long form comedic rants.
During the premiere episode, Los Angeles Clippers players DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin were featured in a sketch called "Blake Like Me." The sketch also featured Macdonald, who hired a makeup artist to disguise him as Blake Griffin so he could go undercover in the NBA. Macdonald's undercover-Griffin then joins his teammate Jordan on the practice court, and Macdonald's voice is dubbed-in for the undercover-Griffin. Jordan can't understand why his teammate is playing so poorly (i.e. airballs, awkward moments and even a sky-hook), until the real Blake Griffin enters the practice court and the undercover-Griffin runs away when confronted.
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