Kurt and Brian are the Windy City's coolest salesmen and best friends with a shared dream: NFL ownership. When they're not making huge deals, they find themselves disrupting NBA playoff games, flipping their company cars, throwing wild toga parties, and investing in defunct gold mines with their group rowdy friends. The two have everything they want in life: great jobs, great friends, and, for Kurt, an accomplished, beautiful fiancé who views him with love and humor. The only thing that would make life better would be quitting their jobs and realizing their dream of buying a professional football team. Everything changes when good fortune smiles on Kurt and Brian. Following an offhand suggestion from Kurt's girlfriend, they play their lucky numbers and win the biggest lottery in history...half of it, anyway. The windfall allows them to quit their jobs. It also puts them one step closer to realizing their once-impossible dream of becoming owners in the greatest league in the world. But they can only buy a professional football team if they can persuade the other lottery ticket holder to combine his fortune with theirs. The catch? He happens to be their hated ex-boss.
Sport Fan Chronicles
They decide to combine their winnings with the other winner: Frank, their hated former boss. They reluctantly joined forces with their enemy in order to fulfill their lifelong dream of owning an NFL team. The good news is they're now filthy rich. The bad news is they're still hundreds of millions of dollars short of the amount needed to purchase a team. Making huge business deals is their only option, and these guys are willing to invest in almost anything as long as it makes them more money, including reality shows, technology startups, and hilarious inventions. Their large windfall magnifies everything in their lives, especially the fun...at least when Victor isn't getting them beat up by jealous football players or when Bernie isn't screwing up their exercise video. Chuck's constant pranks and Alice (annoying best friend of Kurt's longtime love, Darci) keep Kurt on his toes. Even the reviled Frank and his underachieving nephew, Meathead, seem to be fitting in nicely. Things suddenly change when someone in their inner circle betrays them and compromises their chances of buying the football team. The depth of the betrayal is stunning, but they take no time to analyze it. Instead they remap their path, try to overcome the obstacles, and move on in their own inimitable style of staunch friendship, ambition, and humor. The unexpected is no stranger to Kurt, but even he finds himself at a loss to explain the surprising turn of events and the shocking, too strange to be believed twist in the end of the first season.
At its core, Sports Fan Chronicles is about friendship under pressure.
Money doesn’t unite this group — it exposes them.
Power doesn’t solve conflict — it professionalizes it.
These characters don’t rotate. They collide.
SPORTS FAN CHRONICLES
Series Overview
Genre: Half-Hour Comedy | Workplace + Buddy Comedy + Sports Satire
Tone: Seinfeld and Friends meet Entourage
LOGLINE
Two blue-collar Chicago salesmen hit the jackpot—literally—and go from disrupting NBA games and flipping company cars to trying to buy an NFL team. With their outrageous crew of friends, ex-bosses, and bar buddies in tow, they dive headfirst into big money, crazy investments, and even worse behavior.
SERIES CONCEPT
Based on the popular books Sports Fan Chronicles (2011) and Sports and Riches (2013) by creator Kurt Weichert, with over a decade of built-in IP and readership.
Sports Fan Chronicles is a fast-paced, character-driven comedy about lifelong best friends Kurt and Brian, who suddenly win half of the largest lottery in U.S. history. Inspired by Kurt’s fiancée Darci, they hatch a plan to chase their shared fantasy: buying a professional football team. But there’s a catch—the other half of the lottery ticket
belongs to their drunk, disgraced ex-boss Frank.
Reluctantly teaming up with Frank (and later welcoming him back into the fold), the duo launches a start-up empire fueled by ego, delusion, and Super Bowl-level ambition.
Along for the ride are:
• Chuck, a dirt-cheap, Bluetooth-wearing deli king.
• Victor, an Italian restaurant owner with a talent for seduction (and hiding from
husbands)
• Bernie, a sarcastic sports bar mogul who eats like a linebacker
• Alice, Darci’s best friend and Kurt’s worst enemy
• And Frank, now back as a 50/50 investor… and a disaster waiting to happen
Together, this ragtag crew navigates the absurd highs and lows of new money, sports
ownership, neighborhood scandals, and corporate revenge. Think Seinfeld and Friends if the gang suddenly got rich, hired their old boss, and tried to out-hustle billionaires with their own brand of chaotic schemes.
Each episode is grounded in everyday ridiculousness that spirals into outlandish, high-stakes comedic set pieces: a Toga Party gone nuclear, a company basketball game
sabotaged by poison pasta, and a backyard staff BBQ featuring the most offensive comedy set ever performed.
KEY COMPARABLES
- Seinfeld – Relationship-driven situational comedy, with dry wit and ensemble chaos
- Friends – Tight-knit group dynamics with romance, rivalry, and a hangout vibe
- Entourage – Money, fame, and bro-driven ambition in the face of ridiculous obstacles
- The League / Workaholics – Workplace chaos with sports obsession
FORMAT
- Pilot: One-hour special episode (expanded runtime) - 10 x 30-minute episodes per season
- Pilot: One-hour special episode (expanded runtime) - Ideal for streaming / premium cable
(Netflix, Hulu, FX, Prime Video)
• Pilot: Sitcoms with ensemble casts and cultural relevance have proven to be multi-
billion-dollar assets with decades of profitability.
Financial Comparables – Friends & Seinfeld
Friends (NBC, 1994–2004)
• Total Revenue: Continues to generate ~$1 billion per year for Warner Bros. through
syndication & streaming.
• Cast Salaries (During Run): All six leads negotiated $1M per episode for the final two
seasons.
• Residuals: Each cast member still earns ~$20M annually from syndication/streaming.
• Streaming Rights: WarnerMedia paid $425M for five years of exclusivity on HBO
Max.
• Reunion Special (2021): Each cast member received $2.5M+.
Seinfeld (NBC, 1989–1998)
• Total Revenue: Earned $3 billion+ from 1998–2013 syndication alone; billions more
since.
• Jerry Seinfeld’s Salary: Peaked at $1 million per episode in the final season.
• Syndication Profits: Jerry Seinfeld & Larry David each earned hundreds of millions from backend.
• Netflix Deal: Paid $500M+ (2019) for global streaming rights. Jerry alone made an
estimated $94M from that deal.
• Legacy: Jerry Seinfeld’s net worth now exceeds $1 billion, largely due to his share of
syndication and streaming profits.
• Total Revenue: Earned $3 billion+ from 1998–2013 syndication alone; billions
more since.
2• Evergreen Value: Ensemble sitcoms remain culturally relevant decades later. NFL is the #1 U.S. TV draw. Sports Fan Chronicles bridges the sports + comedy angle.
Sports and friendship are both universal themes.
• Long-Tail Syndication: Friends and Seinfeld prove comedies can drive billions in
ongoing revenue.
• Streaming Demand: Platforms pay premium for binge-worthy ensemble comedies.
• Positioning: Sports Fan Chronicles carries the same DNA, adding the hook of
sports obsession and wealth fantasy for today’s audiences.
• Pilot: At a time when viewers crave both aspirational escapism and grounded
ensemble comedies, Sports Fan Chronicles delivers both. It’s about friendship,
failure, football, and the hilarious ways men (never) grow up.
Investor Highlight: The series launches with a one-hour pilot special, giving audiences
and networks a fuller introduction to the world, characters, and tone. This extended format
boosts its positioning for festival screenings, network pickups, and international buyers,
making it both a creative and commercial advantage.
🏆 Awards & Recognition (Pilot Script)
• Winner: Best Television Screenplay – Los Angeles Film Awards
• Winner: Best Television Screenplay – Festigious International Film Festival
Sports Fan Chronicles isn’t just funny on the page — it’s been internationally recognized for excellence in television writing. Won both festivals it entered—100% win rate for international competitions.
KURT WEICHERT
PRODUCTIONS
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