Onion SportsDome

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]

Onion SportsDome
Starring	Matt Walton Matt Oberg Danyelle Sargent
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Original release
Network	Comedy Central
Release	January 11 (2011-01-11) – March 15, 2011 (2011-03-15)
Related
Onion News Network

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]