I used to be a huge fan of Sports Night, until someone - Family Guy, I think? - totally called out Adam Sarkin's writing style. Like:
"Give me a pretzel."
"You want a pretzel?"
"That's what I said, give me a pretzel!"
"Oh, well here's your pretzel."
I tried re-watching the series and like, fifteen seconds in they were doing that kind of cross-talk. So, that combined with the jaunty Sports Night theme song equals me never ever ever watching that shit again.