Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

 CA At this rate, with Cupid and Studio 60, some people are going to start calling Sarah Paulson a "show killer." That's silly, of course. So why didn't this Cupid make it further? Just not good enough? Did it pale in comparison to the Jeremy Piven ...

By Bob Sassone Have you caught Kevin Pollak's new online talk show? It's titled Kevin Pollak's Chat Show, appropriately enough, and it airs (can we still say that if it's on the web, "airs?") every Sunday at 5PM PT. So far he has had a variety of guests on, including Mad Men's Jon Hamm, Levar Burton, Paget Br...

 CA It's a fun little show, with a casual atmospshere and a Charlie Rose-like set. Here is his interview with Matthew Perry (yes, that's really him on Twitter). Sure, they talk about Friends, but also tennis, Studio 60, Old Spice commercials, and this. ...

 CA - Jay Black, Jay Black Even Studio 60, a show that, by the end of its run, was mostly being watched out of the same instinct that makes people rubberneck at accident sites, never disappointed in the dialogue department. Like the naked breasts in a terrible Cinemax movie, ...

 CA Bob: I liked you better when you were obsessed with Studio 60. This Leno lovefest has to stop. I think that is officially the first time I have ever been accused of liking Leno, heh. Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. ...

By Brad Trechak According to PopWatch, Aaron Sorkin might be returning to television. And for the third time, it might be a television-show-within-a-television-show (his first two in this vein were Sports Night and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip). This time, the fictional world would be a cable news prog...

By Joel Keller I spoke to the stars of the new Cupid last week. While I was on the phone, I asked Paulson about what happened on her previous series, Studio 60. I got a pretty interesting response...Continue reading Bobby Cannavale and Sarah Paulson talk about the return of Cupid - VIDEO

 CA - Dec 10, 2008 We told you a while back about Matthew Perry's new Showtime series, The End of Steve. He'll play an arrogant local talk show host who is going thorugh some ...

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By Bob Sassone Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Video, Reality-FreeFans might remember the original TV show Cupid, which starred Jeremy Piven long before Entourage made him a household name and he won a bunch of Emmy awards. It was about a seemingly ordinary guy who might just have been the magical guy wh...

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By Jay Black Aaron Sorkin: You know, I think that the brilliance of this show is going to be that I'll open it with the promise that it'll be about the creation of a network TV show, but by the 19th episode it'll be almost completely about the war. And also, religion!

By Jay Black Filed under: OpEd, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Episode Reviews(S01E17) In the spring of 1998 my buddies and I took a trip to Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia to watch Mark McGwire and the St. Louis Cardinals play the Philadelphia Phillies. He was red-hot that spring, with like four thous...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Industry, Programming, OpEd, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Pickups and Renewals, 30 Rock Actually, it comes down to this: 30 Rock is owned by NBC and Studio 60 is owned by Warner Brothers. That's one of the many interesting bits of info in Lisa de Moraes' Washington Post column....

By Richard Keller Oh, wait a minute. That's for my 'The reason I'm NOT rooting for Studio 60' post. Who I meant to mention was Matt Perry as Matt Albie. Well, also Bradley Whitford as Danny Tripp, Amanda Peet as Jordan McDeere, D.L. Hughley as Simon Stiles, and pretty much everyone else on the cast except Harriet Ha...

By Anna Johns Amanda first announced her pregnancy on Letterman last fall. Her pregnancy has been written pretty predominantly into the script for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. NBC recently replaced Studio 60 with The Black Donnellys on Monday nights and a return date for Studio 60 is unknown.Read | P...

By Anna Johns Tina Fey was probably just being funny, but the girl definitely has earned the right to gloat. While 30 Rock and Studio 60 are both behind-the-scenes of sketch comedy shows, Fey's show prevails. 30 Rock is getting funnier and funnier, while Studio 60 is getting worse and worse. I stopped cari...

By Jay Black Filed under: Drama, NBC, OpEd, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip(S01E15) Tim Batale = Matt Albie. Dave I. Bradey = Very Bad Idea. Continue reading Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: The Friday Night SlaughterPermalink | Email this | Comments

By Brett Love Filed under: OpEd, Lost, Cable/Satellite, Eureka, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights, Day Break2006 was a good year for television, but then all years are good years for television. Nostalgia often makes us think that things were better way back when, but I wouldn...

By Joel Keller Filed under: Drama, Comedy, NBC, Industry, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, 30 RockI came across an interesting article while perusing Ken Levine's blog last night. He was quoted in an LA Times article that came out on Christmas day; the article discusses the fact that most comedy writers in...

By Bob Sassone There's a nice moment (a couple, actually) between Jack and Danny. Danny is trying to convince Jack to stick up for Jordan and stand behind her. When the daugther of the Macau businessman alerts him to the gossip about Jordan (on her Blackberry, of course), he wants to end the deal. This pushes...

By Julia Ward Filed under: Drama, NBC, Industry, OpEd, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Pickups and RenewalsGood news for Studio 60 fans. Despite persistent rumors of the show's forthcoming cancellation by NBC, a "back nine" has been ordered - meaning that nine more episodes will be produced to finish o...

By Bob Sassone Filed under: Drama, NBC, OpEd, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip(S01E07) Why do I get the feeling that half of the audience who watched this episode tonight said, "hey, they finally focused on small town America!" and the other half is cringed and said, "oh no, why did they focus on small town Am...

By Bob Sassone Three of them are on ABC: The Nine, Men In Trees, and Help Me, Help You, and one NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (yeee-hah). Of course, this is no guarantee that the shows will be awarded with a full season, but it's certainly a ...

By Chris Thilk Filed under: ABC, NBC, News, Industry, OpEd, Web, Studio 60 on the Sunset StripIn separate deals hammered out with NBC and ABC, studio Warner Bros. has sliced itself off a piece of network flesh and begun what I think will lead to their eventual implosion.