Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

By Daniel(noreply@blogger.com) I've had several people today tell me that they watched Studio 60 last night and that they "didn't get it" or "couldn't keep up with it". I loved it, but then I loved Sports Night and West Wing. And finally, a couple of quotes from Pat Robertson:

By Alan Sepinwall(noreply@blogger.com) Aaron, like most writers, has his own pet themes that he likes to return to time and again: men with distant fathers, writers facing writers' bloc (he used the "Our talent is somewhere in the building" joke almost verbatim in both Sports Night and West Wing), bullying Christian fundament...

By Anonymous(noreply@blogger.com) Studio 60 left me cold but 30 Rock made me laugh. I live nowhere near Hollywood and can tell you no one around here gives a shit about the 'drama' behind a SNL-like show. Because 30 Rock takes a more light-hearted approach, it's a lot more palatable.

By Alan Sepinwall(noreply@blogger.com) • Both of those points being made, there are certain shows I will not miss an episode on, and that I will always review separately from other shows. "Mad Men" is my biggest time-suck of the moment, but I'm going to endeavor to do individual posts for most of my favorites -- "How I Met Your Mother...

By Diana(noreply@blogger.com) You brought up that the characters in Studio 60 seem based on RL people. Isn't Tina Fey's character a 'caricature' of Tiny Fey? If there's a confusement about Studio 60 being expected to be an hour long comedy (which has never been my understanding), it sounds to me like the marketing folks n...

By Carrie(noreply@blogger.com) Sorry, I should have said "Great first impressions." :) I can't remember the pilot for The West Wing, but I find it interesting that both TWW and the pilot for Studio 60 both have to do with controversial Christian issues.

By Carrie(noreply@blogger.com) Great reviews. I also recently saw Studio 60, and I liked it but I didn't love it. My main concerns are that I cannot STAND Sarah Paulson's character (which I think is a fault of the script -- I hated her on the page, too) and that it just isn't funny enough. I know Sorkin loves his repetive humor, bu...