| Runtime: | 22 minutes |
| Starring: | Matt Walton Matt Oberg Danyelle Sargent |
| Country: | United States |
| Network: | Comedy Central |
| Last Aired: | |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 10 |
Onion SportsDome was 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 was seen in Canada on The Comedy Network.[1]
The show was designed as a parody of SportsCenter and ESPN. Jack Kukoda was the head writer.[2] Matt Walton and Matt Oberg play the co-anchors Alex Reiser and Mark Shepard, respectively. Melissa "Wellsy" Wells was portrayed by real-life sportscaster Danyelle Sargent. Gary Payton, Dennis Kenney and Ahmad Bradshaw appeared on the show.[3]
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.[4] On June 20, 2011, Deadline Hollywood confirmed that Comedy Central cancelled both SportsDome and Sports Show with Norm MacDonald.[5]