Good Sports: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Good Sports
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Sports
• Premiere date: 1991-01-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 1991-07-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 4553

Cast and credited roles

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

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1991-01-10; final listed air date 1991-07-13; episode order: 15.

Source and licence

Adapted from Good Sports on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.