The first draft of the screenplay included suggested actors for various roles:
Champ Kind: John C. Reilly
Brick Tamland: Chris Parnell
Brian Fantana: Ben Stiller
Ed Harken: Ed Harris
Garth Holiday: Dan Aykroyd
Frank Vitchard: Alec Baldwin
The script also specified another member of the news team, Marshall Connors, with William H. Macy suggested for the part.

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    Ben Stiller and Alec Baldwin. No thank you.
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    WHY WAS ED HARRIS NOT CAST AS ED HARKEN. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
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    That’s still a very solid cast right there.
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    Chris Parnell would have been a great Brick Tamland, but I do love Steve Carell.
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    Those all make a lot of sense, except for Brian Fantana. I can’t see anybody but Paul Rudd playing that.
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    Thank god they didn’t do that, although I could see John as Champ
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