Newsflash: Studio 60 still sucks
Not that I want to beat a slowly-dying horse, but NBC’s Studio 60 continues its streak of suckage. In the bizarro world of Aaron Sorkin, where a fifth network exists with apparently only one show — exactly like Saturday Night [...]
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Studio 60: Week 3, Still Weak
The short version: episode three of Studio 60 on Sunset Strip is “all over the place.” Still overly wordy (no duh!) and preachy, particularly in its anti-religion kick. And still missing the spark that made The West Wing watchable: actors [...]
Heroic cliches invade TV land
Hero Salad Recipe for a genre television high concept series. (Note: 20 year-old recipe, previously deemed “unfit for science”, remixed for modern palates.) Serve over: scrolling text that “a seemingly random group of individuals has emerged with what can only [...]
Studio 60 Tries Really, Really Hard…
At being clever. And clever is the antithesis of funny. On The West Wing, the “walk and talk” tracking shots and spit-fire dialogue provided gravitas when dealing with dramatic issues like nuclear proliferation and the Middle East conflict. But when [...]