Onion SportsDome (2011)
| First Air Date: | 2011, January 11 |
| Last Air Date: | 2011, March 15 |
| Status: | Canceled |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 10 |
| Episode Runtime: | 30, 22 min |
| Countries: | United States of America |
| Cast: | John Speredakos |
Overview:
Onion SportsDome is a parody sports television show from the makers of The Onion. The show premiered on Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at 10:30 p.m. EST on Comedy Central in the United States. It is seen in Canada on The Comedy Network.
The show is designed as a parody of SportsCenter and ESPN. Matt Walton and Matt Oberg play the co-anchors Alex Reiser and Mark Shepard, respectively. Melissa "Wellsy" Wells is portrayed by real-life sportscaster Danyelle Sargent. Gary Payton and Ahmad Bradshaw appeared on the show.
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. On June 20, 2011, Deadline Hollywood confirmed that Comedy Central cancelled both SportsDome and Sports Show with Norm MacDonald.