Running Studio 60 thread (spoilers)

Welllll ... there you may have it.

 

Paulson is not good.

 

If this makes any sense, I don't think Studio 60 is as good as it should be... Not with Sorkin, not with that cast...

That said, I still think it's probably the best of the new shows, not that that's saying much...

 

How many shows peak in their first year?

I realize most network TV execs have the patience of a little kid on Halloween night, but getting rid of this show after 13 or 22 episodes would be asinine.

 

It's not as good as the pilot, but I'm still a big fan. Sorkin gets in three or four lines a week that are just great lines -- the Matthew Perry-Lauren Graham back and forth, and then Whitford's random thing about hypnosis. Funny stuff.

That said, the bit where Weber comes in to a wrap party, picks a fight with the exec producer of one his shows? I have trouble buying that. On the whole, it's good Sorkin, just still molding a bit to its context.

 

Oh, I bought that lock, stock and barrel. The Weber character didn't want those two coming back in the first place, would like nothing better than to get rid of them, and figures a fight with one of them would accomplish the feat.

That, plus he was shitfaced.

 

I think the Pope nailed it.

I like the show, though I think it could be much better. All the pieces are there, but they aren't coming together in a unified whole right now.

The scary part about that is probably that Sorkin has this entire season arced. So if you don't like it at all now, in terms of story, you probably won't for the rest of the year.

 

I think that this was the best show of them all, mainly because it was vintage Sorkin. Sure, it was a bit unbelievable, but why does everything we watch on TV need to be restrained by reality?

It's obvious that this show is more like Sports Night than West Wing. Tom showing his parents the studio was Jeremy's letter to his sister. The Chandler Bing-Lesbian Chick non-relationship is Casey and Dana redux. There's no Isaac... at least not yet.

I loved Sports Night because, while it was unbelievable at times, it told a good story every now and then. That's what this last episode of Studio 60 did. The old man was the African long-distance runner, the running back that didn't want to play under the confederate flag, Isaac washing his hands during the 'Shot heard round the world. It was a tad predictable, sure, but still a good story.

That's why I like it, and I'm sure that's why others don't.

 

"And Untuzaki Nelson's got something to say about a WORLD RECORD..."

 

Worst possible sin: Monday's show was dull.

The advertising for the show gave you no idea, no idea whatsoever, of what was to come. The Jordan storyline was repesented a little, but instead of Eli Wallach (Emmy worthy) in the previews, you get the Three Hot Chicks.

And I just don't care about Little White Guy in the Big Three.

 

The show lost me after I gagged following the gay "Top Gun" high-five when the Latina chick.

But I'll keep watching, just as I do SNL, because it's like a civic duty or something.

 

There is a grimness/sense of duty to this show which is tiresome. In the White House, sure. But not on a late night comedy show.