Review: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

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I first became aware of Aaron Sorkin during the original run of Sports Night. I'm not a big sports person and had rarely watched the ESPN show that inspired it, but it was the smart writing and snappy repartee that caused me to watch every episode. This was not an easy task because the timeslot changed multiple times and it was one of those shows

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This most recent show seemed to be where they were cementing their way toward becoming a love story. I kind of hate all of the voices from the blogospehere who are complaining that it's not funny, it's not supposed to be, but if it's not going to be a funny "slice of life" from the writer's room, then that really only leaves a soap.

Don't get me wrong. I'm going to watch it for as long as it's on television. I mostly hope that it doesn't dilute from the Sorkin brand. After all, I've enjoyed every movie written by Charlie Kaufman, but his next film doesn't even start production until next summer, a full three years after the release of Eternal Sunshine. And, unless something changes or there's a timeslot miracle, I really hope that as a fan of good television, the audience for Studio 60 dwindling down to just the hardcore isn't going to hurt him in the long run or put him off of the medium, altogether.

BTW: You mentioned in one of your posts that you missed part of an episode and were happy that you didn't miss the whole thing. I meant to comment and I'm sure you've found out by now, but you can always watch the most recent episode for free on nbc.com and I believe you can get the previous episodes, if you have the newest Intel chip (I don't). But, I actually did miss an entire episode and thankfully, I was able to go online and watch the thing the next day. (They make you wait until the next day, or until after it's aired in Hawaii or something. CBS does the same thing. I've been watching Jericho this way)

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I'll keep watching it too, even though I hate Harriett. Worst character on the show, in my opinion, and if they keep going towards the love story, that means we'll be seeing lots of her. BORING.

Can you catch Heroes on the website too? I'm digging that show as well.

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Heroes is the same deal. You can get the newest episode for free and there's something else available for those with the right chips. I've seen a couple of episodes, but I haven't seen this most recent, but I'll try to watch it online. Around here in this timezone, the nine o'clock shows come on at eight, so you sort of have to work to watch them. For the past few years, I've made a point of getting in front of the TV early on Tuesdays for Gilmore Girls, but the rest of the week is hit and miss. I'll have to try and catch-up on Heroes online, at least until the've finished the setup and I have a better idea of what they're going to do with the mutants.

PS) I don't know if you watched West Wing, but Sorkin tried something similar with a christian, southern girl holding conservative beliefs and Rob Lowe's character, but the actress went to CSI: Miami, so it couldn't go anywhere.