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Casey McCall is a major character in the first and second seasons of Sports Night. He is played by starring cast member Peter Krause and debuts in the series premiere "Pilot". He is a sportscaster and the anchor for Sports Night.
Biography[]
Background[]
Casey has been friends with Dana for fifteen years and Dan for ten years at the start of the series. According to Dana, he took gymnastics after school for seven years. He was previously married to Lisa for ten years, having begun dating at age 18 and gotten married at age 23; he divorces shortly before the show begins. He has a son named Charlie. He speaks English, French, German, and Spanish. At some point, he had to take a Home Economics class. He attended college somewhere in the Great Lakes region and was in a fraternity. He wears contacts.
Season 1[]
Casey McCall starts the series on the verge of being fired over his recent lack of professionalism. Dana exclaims that Casey is messing up her show, but Dan will not let Casey be fired. In the following episodes, Casey is encouraged to get back out in the dating scene (mostly by Dan) but he is mostly weighed down by his divorce from Lisa. In the episode, "Thespis", he and Dan experience an anniversary of their first taping. We also learn that he was offered Conan O'Brien's show but he turned it down.