Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

[Fast Learner]

Sports Night, however, had some very nice man-woman relationship episodes. Although the best relationship on that show was Dan & Casey. Studio 60 needed more Matt & Danny and their interaction with the cast.

Ooh, great point.

 

[Ranger REG]

Well, I finally got around to watching the new episode since it return, taking over ER timeslot at this time.

Maybe I shouldn't put too much thought to it, but is it just sheer coincidence or is it ominous about the episode featuring Allison Janney that the two major players are not present (i.e., Bradley Whitford and Matthew Perry)?

 

[John Crichton]

Well, I finally got around to watching the new episode since it return, taking over ER timeslot at this time.

Maybe I shouldn't put too much thought to it, but is it just sheer coincidence or is it ominous about the episode featuring Allison Janney that the two major players are not present (i.e., Bradley Whitford and Matthew Perry)?

Ominus meaning what?

Like the show is getting cancelled?

 

[Ranger REG]

Ominus meaning what?

Like the show is getting cancelled?

That they're working on mid-season pilot episodes.

 

[John Crichton]

That they're working on mid-season pilot episodes.

What/who the heck are you talking about?

 

[Crothian]

That was a fun episode. It had some good laughs and some good drama. The sketches still were mostly pretty bad but at least they explained that with Matt's drug use.

 

[Fast Learner]

Agreed. It was definitely closer to the kind of quality I think they needed the whole time. And plenty of Westwingian drama, to boot.

 

[Remus Lupin]

I've been enjoying this discussion. I had high hopes for Studio 60, since I like Sorkin so much, but I've never been able to engage with it. I tried to watch a little bit last night, and I think I've honed in on why it didn't engage me. Unlike West Wing, there was comparatively little at stake in the drama.

Sure, the show could get cancelled or writers or actors fired, but that's comparatively small fry when placed up against the issues that were at stake in West Wing, or A Few Good Men.

Still, there was a lot of good Sorkin wit, and I appreciate that. I just wish I could have found more of a reason to tune in.

 

[Mark CMG]

I think the primary stars/ensemble members of most hour long dramas have an off week built into their schedules. Episodes get written where those characters are elsewhere, in regard to the story. It's my understanding they chose to use this episode to clear that off week from the stars who were not in it. It was also an episode that is generic enough to be run out of sequence, if needed to be. Makes sense with this show since any episode without just one of them means their love interest has to spend the whole episode talking about missing them.

 

[Mark CMG]

The Breaking News episode is available online -

http://www.nbc.com/Video/rewind/full_episodes/?show=studio60

The drama is back and intense. Very good stuff!