New Sorkin Trailer

I can handle stretching reality to make things fit in an hour show, it's more the issues with the character and plot that bother. I wasn't one of the 20 million watching Grey's Anatomy, for many of the same reasons I might stop watching this show.

 

This. Like I think I said upthread, the realism issues don't bother me. Don't expect it, don't even really want it if it comes at the expense of a tale well told. My biggest issues with the show right now are about characterization, which has nothing to do with the broadcast details it does or doesn't get right (and I actually think it gets more of the technical stuff right than wrong).

 

I thought Ep. 1 was OK, Ep. 2 a comedown, but I thought Ep. 3 took a HUGE dump.

The parading-girlfriends stuff was straight out of 90210, if not Saved by the Bell.

Every line completely cliched and predictable.

 

Usually watch this show while playing a game on my phone or something of that nature. It's better than say, True Blood.

 

loved it and the episode.Not necessarily for the drama, since if Fonda torpedoes the show, the series is over. But Daniels attacks on the Tea Party with actual facts made me feel good. Too bad only those that agree with Sorkin watch Sorkin. Much like Fox preaches to its choir, so does Sorkin. Sometime during this episode, Daniels needed a foil.

 

I watched the premiere on Youtube and felt very "meh" about it. I don't have HBO, so I haven't seen the others.

Much like Grantland, I would forget it existed were it not for this site.

 

Hell, I agreed with every single line of the political content, but the surrounding cheesy dialogue and hackneyed plotlines pissed me off anyway.

 

I couldn't care less about Sorkin's message, I've always liked him for the quick-witted dialogue. These characters just aren't doing it for me at all. The only ones I like right now are the producer who came along with Emily Mortimer and the producer on his way out. I could like Jeff Daniels, but he needs more support. The reason The West Wing was so great was because each of the characters had someone who played off of them perfectly, for the most part. Not seeing that dynamic at all in this show so far. I liked just about every group of characters in TWW, but aside from the stupid triangle between the producers and Allison Pill there isn't another group I like right now on this show.

The Mortimer-Daniels dynamic is just terrible right now. She's not a believable character at all.

 

I've only watched the first two episodes, but I love it so far. Pilot was pretty cliche for Sorkin, which is actually why I liked it. Studio 60 was one of my favorite shows of all-time, and this is a better version of it, IMO.

 

I don't care for many of the supporting cast members. Allison Pill just doesn't strike me as being hot enough or interesting enough to fight over. Especially not for the guy who just started working there. If Jim fell for her over time, I'd buy it. The caves in Afghanistan must have been cold for him to act like she's Anne Hathaway on Day 1.

 

I'm not going to punish myself by going to back actually rewatch it, but wasn't it initially Emily Mortimer's idea Jim go after Allison Pill's character? And now it's been seven months, or whatever, so there would have been time to fall for her.

 

Yeah, but part of the reason he stayed, on Day One, was because McKenzie was like "Hey, look at her! You could totally fall in love with her, despite her Plain Jane face and obvious lack of a gym membership!*"

*I've taken some liberties with the dialog.