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American TV series or program
Onion SportsDome was a
parody
sports television show from the makers of
The Onion .
[1] The show premiered on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at 10:30 p.m. EST on
Comedy Central in the United States.
[2]
[3]
[4] It was seen in Canada on
The Comedy Network .
[5]
The show was designed as a parody of
SportsCenter and
ESPN .
[6] Jack Kukoda was the head writer.
[7]
Matt Walton and
Matt Oberg play the co-anchors Alex Reiser and Mark Shepard, respectively.
[4]
[8] Melissa "Wellsy" Wells was portrayed by real-life sportscaster
Danyelle Sargent .
Gary Payton ,
Dennis Kenney and
Ahmad Bradshaw appeared on the show.
[9]
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 .
[10] On June 20, 2011,
Deadline Hollywood confirmed that Comedy Central cancelled both SportsDome and Sports Show with Norm MacDonald .
[11]
References
^ Albrecht, Chris (November 5, 2009).
"Comedy Central Orders Sports Pilot from The Onion" . gigaom.com. Retrieved January 6, 2011 .
^
"First Images and Premiere Date for Comedy Central's Onion SportsDome!" . Comedy Central Insider .
Comedy Central . December 1, 2010. Archived from
the original on August 26, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2011 .
^ Chandler, Rick (January 5, 2011).
"New Onion sports show parody may have potential" . Off the Bench .
NBC Sports . Retrieved January 6, 2011 .
^
a
b Pierce, Scott D. (January 6, 2011).
" 'The Onion SportsDome' skewers 'SportsCenter' " .
The Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved January 6, 2011 .
^
"Canoe – Jam! Television - TV Shows - Onion SportsDome: 'Onion' bosses take swing at sports" . Jam.canoe.ca. 2011-01-11. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-05 . {{
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^ Hinckley, David (January 11, 2011).
" 'The Onion SportsDome' will lampoon sports shows like ESPN's 'SportsCenter' in Comedy Central slot" . New York Daily News . Retrieved January 26, 2010 .
^ Hale, Mike (January 10, 2011). "Where Sports News Is Irreverent, and Scores Irrelevant" The New York Times ..
^ O'Brien, Walter (December 25, 2010).
"Matt Walton, a New Jersey native, to co-host Comedy Central Onion sports show" .
Courier News .
Bridgewater Township, NJ . Retrieved January 6, 2011 .
^
[1]
Archived February 3, 2011, at the
Wayback Machine
^
"MacDonald's show may be departure from norm" . USA Today . April 11, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2011 .
^
"Comedy Central Cancels 'Sports Show with Norm Macdonald' and 'Onion SportsDome' " . Deadline Hollywood . June 20, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2011 .
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