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Good Sports

CBS Ended Comedy • Sports

1 Season · 15 Episodes · Premiered January 10, 1991 · Ended July 13, 1991

Farrah Fawcett plays Gayle Roberts, a former model and Sports Illustrated cover girl who wants to be taken seriously as a broadcast journalist She's a co-anchor on an all-sports network along the lines of ESPN. Ryan O'Neal plays "Downtown" Bobby Tannen, a man whose talents have always been overshadowed by his self-destructiveness. A star receiver on the Jets' Super Bowl champion team back in '69, Bobby is famous mostly for wasted talent. He once quit football to marry and manage the career of a juggling stripper. His return to the NFL was cut short, first when he punched out a reporter and then when he ended up in jail for tax evasion. Now. he's a 42-year-old pizza delivery man.But the on-camera death of Gayle's co-anchor leaves an opening at RSCN. Mr. Rappaport (Lane Smith), a Ted Turnerish cable mogul, spots Bobby on "Where Are They Now" and immediately tabs him as the new co-anchor.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

15 episodes
E01
Pros and Ex-Cons
Thu, Jan 10 1991 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E02
Gayle Wouldn't Do That
Mon, Jan 21 1991 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E03
The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Hit
Thu, Feb 7 1991 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E04
John McKinney is No Yes Man
Thu, Feb 14 1991 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E05
The Reviews Are In
Mon, Feb 25 1991 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E06
A Kiss is Just a Kiss
Mon, Mar 18 1991 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E07
The Cincinnati Kids
Mon, May 27 1991 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E08
The Moody Blues Swing
Sat, Jun 8 1991 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E09
A Book is Just a Book
Mon, May 27 1991 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E10
Electricity
Mon, Jun 3 1991 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E11
Movin' In
Thu, Jan 31 1991 5:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E12
Love Means Never Having to Say You're Happy
Sat, Jun 15 1991 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E13
Bobby and Gayle Go on a Date
Sat, Jun 22 1991 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E14
The Return of Nick
Sat, Jul 6 1991 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min
E15
A Class Act
Sat, Jul 13 1991 4:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min

Cast

Farrah Fawcett
Farrah Fawcett as Gayle Roberts
Ryan O'Neal
Ryan O'Neal as Bobby Tannen
Lane Smith
Lane Smith as R.J. Rappaport
Brian Doyle-Murray
Brian Doyle-Murray as John 'Mac' MacKinney
Cleavant Derricks
Cleavant Derricks as Jeff Mussberger
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