A Thread Where Aaron Sorkin's Brand New Joint 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' May Be Anticipated And Discussed

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channel 4 bought it for the UK, hurrah.

― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 17 July 2006 14:38 (nineteen years ago)

Great. What's it about?

― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Monday, 17 July 2006 14:49 (nineteen years ago)

people who talk quickly.

― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 17 July 2006 14:50 (nineteen years ago)

and say 'the, you know, thing' a lot.

― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 17 July 2006 14:51 (nineteen years ago)

CAN
NOT
WAIT.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 17 July 2006 14:56 (nineteen years ago)

WHAT.
HE.
SAID.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 17 July 2006 15:04 (nineteen years ago)

Great. What's it about?

by allusion, Saturday Night Live. i don't think i have ever been more excited about a television programme and may have to learn how to TORRENT if More4 or whoeever aren't broadcasting in absolute sync with the American broadcasts.

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Monday, 17 July 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

The Tina Fey version of this show looks more interesting. It has Alec Baldwin! Matthew Perry clearly comes second in the lead tubbo sweepstakes.

― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Monday, 17 July 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

i dunno man, the tina fey version is a laughtracked sitcom right?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 17 July 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

I think so, but the parts of Studio 60 I have seen so far have been painfully bad.

― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Monday, 17 July 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

But it has the greatest cast of any telly programme in history! Elliott! And the bald dude! And Josh! And some blonde woman who, knowing Sorkin, is just going to disappear after three episodes as if she never existed.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

did I see right that both Judd Hirsch and Christine Lahti are in this?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 17 July 2006 18:43 (nineteen years ago)

I am all excited, oh yes. How could I not be? There's a good trailer kicking about on teh interweb which I can't be bothered looking for but which is linked to off the West Wing thread if that link still works.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 17 July 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

It's just going to make me miss Sports Night more, isn't it?

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Monday, 17 July 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

Ron Mexico OTM. Everything Sorkin's done is a shadow of Sports Night.

― c('°c) (Leee), Monday, 17 July 2006 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

- You're wearing my shirt, Gordon.

(beat)

- I was wondering why it felt so tight...

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Monday, 17 July 2006 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

Ron Mexico OTM. Everything Sorkin's done is a shadow of Sports Night.

bollocks. like it and everything, but nah.

― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 18 July 2006 09:50 (nineteen years ago)

Now look what you've all done, you've hurt Sorkin's feelings!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 19 July 2006 19:23 (nineteen years ago)

how i love 'omg blogger takes stand' articles.

― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Thursday, 20 July 2006 10:40 (nineteen years ago)

The pilot is available through Netflix starting this week.

― milo z (mlp), Monday, 31 July 2006 00:47 (nineteen years ago)

i hope this is good, and I hope that Sorkin isn't removed from it a month in and replaced by a barrage of useless writers

― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 31 July 2006 01:50 (nineteen years ago)

and I hope tina fey's show and this one both portray lorne michaels as a freak, but since they're ALL on NBC, probably not

― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 31 July 2006 01:50 (nineteen years ago)

i really liked the pilot

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Thursday, 10 August 2006 05:52 (nineteen years ago)

me too :)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 10 August 2006 06:21 (nineteen years ago)

it is pretty much exactly west wing behind-the-scenes at snl.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 10 August 2006 06:21 (nineteen years ago)

which is obv the best thing ever.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 10 August 2006 06:22 (nineteen years ago)

perry/whitford '08

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 10 August 2006 06:22 (nineteen years ago)

you know i've always kinda rooted for matthew perry. through all the troubles.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 10 August 2006 06:24 (nineteen years ago)

SO EXCITED

― Bashment Jakes (Enrique), Thursday, 10 August 2006 07:15 (nineteen years ago)

SEP 17. (here)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

BRING
IT
ON

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 10 August 2006 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

Seems overwritten and flashy compared to the West Wing (and moreso vs. Sports Night). Could settle down to be great, if not it still looks good.

Did Miss Isringhausen get a really bad nose job or was it my imagination?

― milo z (mlp), Monday, 21 August 2006 14:57 (nineteen years ago)

the pilot wasn't bad, but i HATED the monologue at the beginning.

― you want pastrami? (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 21 August 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

It serves its purpose.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 21 August 2006 19:25 (nineteen years ago)

is this on tv yet or are y'all seeing it via some other medium?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 21 August 2006 19:28 (nineteen years ago)

jody otm. also amanda peet can't hold a candle to alison janney. though, admittedly, she didn't have a lot to work with.

― Vacillatrix (x Jeremy), Monday, 21 August 2006 19:35 (nineteen years ago)

Netflix has the pilot on DVD, gabbneb.

― milo z (mlp), Monday, 21 August 2006 19:37 (nineteen years ago)

"An Aaron Sorkin joint"

― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Monday, 21 August 2006 20:14 (nineteen years ago)

"Forty Eightballs in a Mule"

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 21 August 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

really really enjoyed this - thought matthew perry was especially good. the monologue at the beginning was a bit 'ok ok' but they totally redeemed it.

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 02:48 (nineteen years ago)

noone else watched this?

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 06:08 (nineteen years ago)

Matthew Perry was great, but Amanda Peet was terrible (as she pretty much always is, I think).

Where's Josh Malina?

― The Yellow Kid (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 06:30 (nineteen years ago)

The "new joint" bit put people off.

― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 10:33 (nineteen years ago)

― EARLY-90S MAN (Enrique), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 10:33 (nineteen years ago)

WHEN IS THIS COMING TO BRITAIN?

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 10:45 (nineteen years ago)

next year i read... no details tho.

mind you they trailed the fucker already!

― EARLY-90S MAN (Enrique), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 10:48 (nineteen years ago)

I switched it off after the monologue; summoning up the ghosts of Network strikes me as a pretty lame shortcut to TV seriousness. You better be right, Blount.

(My God, SNL's going to have to parody this show, aren't they? Like a circle-jerk within a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel...)

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 10:50 (nineteen years ago)

definite potential here, I'm in. my thoughts:

1. Matt Perry perfect for this stuff, same with Brad Whitford MADISON EAST GRAD, GO PURGOLDERS
2. Amanda Peet kinda has buck teeth, which I never noticed before, but her character here is too hott/good to be true but I don't care
3. "THE BIG THREE" somewhat unbelievable at this point; Hughley sure but Sarah Paulson as a boffo born-again babe wouldn't work either with Perry's character or on TV, Corddry seems kinda no-hat-no-cattle so far
4. GREAT. EFFING. SETS. (and costumes)
5. If I never hear the name Paddy Chayefsky again I'll be just fine.
6. Steven Weber = hilarious as Big Jerky Guy
7. The actual skits they show better be the funniest things ever shown on TV
8. Loved how they mention NBC as the other network
9. OOOOH DONNA MURPHY
10. My wife fell asleep

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 11:31 (nineteen years ago)

What y'all lovers said. I'm fine w/ Sorkin working out his wuv of Paddy (and it reminded me that I needed to finish seeing Network, so thanks!), and YES to Donna Murphy (and the girl that was one of the reporters in the West Wing gaggle playing one of the BradMatt award show pals, even if only for one ep). I wonder who they'll get to play the Shitty Wondertwin Skit Dudes?

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 11:56 (nineteen years ago)

Also, can I be a shithead and just say that I am so happy they actually got Three 6 Mafia on the show?

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 19 September 2006 11:59 (nineteen years ago)

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What i was wondering is has it been stopped being shown in canada? all my torrents were from their anyway...

― secondhandnews, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 12:51 (nineteen years ago)

this show is so cancelled

― akm, Tuesday, 13 March 2007 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

well, balck donnellys seems to have even worse ratings! i guess it depends on the may whatchamacallems. i think they should stick with it.

― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 09:59 (nineteen years ago)

i haven't watched the last couple of episodes yet - is it ever going to get shown over here?

― stevie, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 10:29 (nineteen years ago)

channel 4 are still being really cagey, but it seems so, yes, in the summer.

presumably they had to pay a lot of money out for it and they'll want a return, however meagre, and ffs it's better than 'ugly betty' or 'desperate housewives' (for which they pay a fucking mill per ep!!!). the question is will it be on more4 or channel 4? they trailed it on more4 during the west wing but it can't have been cheap. that said the us broadcaster knocked warners down on price some time in the autumn so maybe c4 could have renegotiated?

― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 10:32 (nineteen years ago)

I've never seen Desperate Housewives but this show is worse than Ugly Betty

― A B C, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 11:55 (nineteen years ago)

a lot of the sorkinny stuff is very 'grumpy old men', scared of the internet and whatnot, which is why the opening episodes ate it.

― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 12:13 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

coming back on 24 may. seeing '30 rock' has sort of put me off this now.

― That one guy that quit, Saturday, 28 April 2007 09:38 (nineteen years ago)

(haha I still like this show more than "The West Wing" even though I stopped watching after the third episode, much like I did with "The West Wing")

― HI DERE, Saturday, 28 April 2007 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

srsly the west wing got a LOT better after season one. i don't like season one and i love the show in general. which is why part of me wants s60 to come back for another go-round, but it almost certainly won't.

― That one guy that quit, Saturday, 28 April 2007 14:39 (nineteen years ago)

so are they just showed the recorded but not aired shows then i take it?

― secondhandnews, Saturday, 28 April 2007 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, the remaining five or whatever. it hasn't definitely been cancelled.

― That one guy that quit, Saturday, 28 April 2007 19:18 (nineteen years ago)

Defamer says they were shooting this week. Guess it's no worse than showing Black Donnellys to the network.

― Eazy, Saturday, 28 April 2007 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

Can't wait for it. just after i finsh my last exams too. woohah.

the first series of the west wing wasn't bad - just a bit cheesy in places - but it did get better in 2/3/4.

― Uptoeleven, Sunday, 29 April 2007 09:02 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

pour one out

― That one guy that quit, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 06:43 (nineteen years ago)

is it definitely dead?

― stevie, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 09:18 (nineteen years ago)

they will air the remaining episodes, but it is not returning next season.

― Gukbe, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 12:41 (nineteen years ago)

heavy sigh.

― stevie, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 12:44 (nineteen years ago)

it wasn't great, sometimes it wasn't even good, but it had its moments, and the premise was promising.

― stevie, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 12:45 (nineteen years ago)

lolololololololol pwned

― HI DERE, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 13:09 (nineteen years ago)

still no sign on e4, either...

― stevie, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 13:30 (nineteen years ago)

ILX: A Thread Where Aaron Sorkin's Brand New Joint 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' May Be Buried And Never Spoken Of Again

― Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 13:32 (nineteen years ago)

it could have improved on the second series, perhaps. but i doubt it.

― stevie, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 13:44 (nineteen years ago)

memorial coke service to be held at Sorkin's pad tonight.

― gershy, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

will there be shrooms?

― stevie, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 14:36 (nineteen years ago)

they should have gone the extra meta mile and brought in tracey jordan to boost ratings.

― That one guy that quit, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:30 (nineteen years ago)

Except it'd have to be Wayne Brady.

― David R., Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

but Wayne Brady guested in an episode of 30 Rock, too! (and an episode of How I Met Your Mother!)

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:34 (nineteen years ago)

Blair Underwood?

― David R., Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

recurring role on The New Adventures of Old Christine. fear my sitcom guest star skillz.

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

DAVID ALAN GRIER

― David R., Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:40 (nineteen years ago)

& Thank God You're Here is no excuse!

― David R., Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:41 (nineteen years ago)

I thought the question was whether they're available or if they're busy with another TV project? but then I didn't see TGYH on NBC's up-front sked, so maybe that's a done deal already anyway.

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

Was Wayne Brady famous before he had to choke a bitch?

― milo z, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

NBC shd take every struggling show & just tie it into HEROES somehow.

xpost - COME ON MILO! They don't hand out Daytime Emmys to just anyone!

― David R., Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

yeah Wayne was pretty famous (mainly for being the breakout star of the US version of Whose Line Is It Anyway), the whole point of the Chappelle sketch was playing against his squeaky clean image.

― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

ok i'm probably the only person in the world watching this now.

this one one-nigh story is now into its fourth ep, and there's no guarantee it'll even get wound up there. wonder if that was planned before it got cancelled. peet essentially written out, along with kincannon, sardonic writer, toofer, etc.

by combining birth and hostage-taking it's like the end of west wing series four only nowhere near as good.

― That one guy that quit, Tuesday, 26 June 2007 22:17 (eighteen years ago)

Didn't watch it, but tonight was the series finale.

― Eazy, Friday, 29 June 2007 04:26 (eighteen years ago)

ITS DEAD, JIM.

― chaki, Friday, 29 June 2007 05:12 (eighteen years ago)

I saw 'em all I think. The finale was a little too easy but I still teared up a bit re: the hostage thing.

― bnw, Friday, 29 June 2007 05:14 (eighteen years ago)

God help me, I don't care that they were clumsily written half the time, I don't care that most of them were little more than surrogates for Sorkin's personal problems, and I don't care that most thinking people to whom I've talked and/or of whom I've read the thoughts believed they were unforgivably schlocky, I loved the hell out of those characters, and am glad that they, at the very least, died a death that was kind to those who liked them.

Say what you will about ol' Aaron, but despite all his many, many, many faults as an artist, he sure does know how to make an audience feel like he has a modicum of respect for them, which is a lot more than I can say for 99% of television.

Now who else is looking forward to the show about the members of the board of a small liberal arts university or whatever other doomed venture he undertakes next?

(P.S. turns out drink makes sentences very long.)

― en i see kay, Friday, 29 June 2007 10:22 (eighteen years ago)

sorkin's next project is an opera based on a flaming lips record or something equally mental.

― That one guy that quit, Friday, 29 June 2007 10:30 (eighteen years ago)

i think i liked the actors more than the characters.

i enjoyed having steven weber make on my screen again.

― Gukbe, Friday, 29 June 2007 15:58 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

christ, the british press are loving it. the early eps are probably the worst -- what they seem to like is sorkin's snootiness and weakness for easy targets. d-bags.

― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 09:25 (eighteen years ago)

haven't read the reviews, but watching it on proper teevee and not my laptop, i am BUMMED they cancelled this. it could've gotten better! and it wasn't THAT bad to begin with...

― stevie, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 10:09 (eighteen years ago)

dvd set in october

― stevie, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 15:19 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

Hulu has the whole season. I really like the pilot ep a lot, in part just because of the unity of action -- those long real-time sequences where every second counts.

― Eazy, Saturday, 10 January 2009 07:25 (seventeen years ago)

two years pass...

Wah?

― Handjobs for a sport (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 May 2011 05:53 (fifteen years ago)

Eeew.

― Simon H. Shit (Simon H.), Friday, 20 May 2011 06:10 (fifteen years ago)

three months pass...

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/hbo_picks_up_aaron_sorkins_news_room_drama_formerly_titled_more_as_the_stor/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWa0dZMHYeE

― a hurrrr hurrrr (history mayne), Friday, 9 September 2011 12:52 (fourteen years ago)

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