What You Sould Be Watching: Studio 60
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Mondays @ 10PM on NBC
In a Nutshell: The West Wing meets The Muppet Show
Man, this show was tough to pick as a recommendation. I actually only snagged it at first (for research) because I thought it was the “new Tina Fey comedy” but I was wrong (that one is 30 Rock; review coming soon). I watched the first 4 episodes and was frustrated all to hell.
I’m not a West Wing watcher so I am not up creator Aaron Sorkin’s ass. With this show, I figured out why I’m not a West Wing watcher - Aaron Sorkin makes me dizzy. This whole “pedaconferencing” (or the walk-and-talk) puts a serious crimp in any laid-back tv watcher’s style - especially when one is being introduced to the characters and trying really hard to follow the plots that will set up the stories for the rest of the show’s life. Things happened so fast that I had to visit the Interweb to have it explained to me. Oh yeah, and the whole show takes place in the dark. You know, to give it that CSI..er, I mean, old theater look.
What I found was that everyone from the Interweb was tuning in because they WERE up Aaron Sorkin’s ass. Fair enough - I hear West Wing was good. I read that people were quite disappointed in the show thus far (by episode 4-ish) but were amused with the West Wing/Sorkin “shout outs” and eager to see the show get better. The Collective Mind told me (every week, for about four weeks) that I MUST keep watching because the show WOULD get better. (more…)