Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Apology Time Again

source: I Am A Child Of Television

I made a very conscious decision before the start of this TV season that I would not review a new show based on watching the pilot. There are good reasons for not reviewing a show based on the pilot. Inevitably the first episode of any new show is atypical, and that is true for a number of reasons. P...

Published Thu, Oct 15

Emmy Nominations 2009

source: I Am A Child Of Television

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series Kristin Chenoweth - Pushing Daisies (ABC) Jane Krakowski - 30 Rock (NBC) Elizabeth Perkins - Weeds (HBO) Amy Poehler - Saturday Night Live (NBC) Kristin Wiig - Saturday Night Live (NBC) Vanessa Williams - Ugly Betty (ABC)

Published Wed, Jul 15

Aaron Sorkin

source: certainconfusion (WordPress)

Listening to them talk about the ideas behind the show, the practicalities of making a TV series in America and the delight of working with brilliantly talented people, it felt like a re-inspiration. I’ve admired Sorkin’s work since stumbling across Sports Night on the now defunct (in th...

Published Sat, Jun 20

Sports Night: Revisiting "The Hungry and the Hunted ... - The Star-Ledger

source: NJ.com

The scene where the crew debated about poetry brought back painful memories of the "Studio 60" episode where the writers all argued about Samuel Taylor Coleridge trivia. • Where "West Wing" more or less took place in a parallel universe with its own ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

Cupid: My Fair Masseuse (series finale) - open thread

source: TV Squad

 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 ...

Published Tue, Jun 16

DL Hughley

source: New Jersey Monthly

 NJ DL has most recently played a major role on the Aaron Sorkin drama series for NBC, “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” and on the comedy series, “Scrubs” as Turk's brother. He was the host of the 2008 BET Awards.

Published Fri, Jun 12

TV series that never were

source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 MO Bradley Whitford ("The West Wing," "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip") starred in nbc's "Off Duty," a buddy comedy about cops. • Alyssa Milano headlined abc's "Single With Baggage," playing a divorced mom with two kids. • Amanda Bynes was one of five ...

Published Thu, Jun 11

Comic kudos at festival

source: Calgary Sun

 Canada McKinney co-created and wrote the mini-series Slings & Arrows, was a story editor on NBC's now-cancelled prime time comedy Studio 60 and is currently the producer and story editor of the darkly humourous Canadian series Less Than Kind, starring veteran ...

Published Mon, Jun 8