I don't usually post as an advertisement unless something really blows me out of the water (for tv shows, things like Entourage, Arrested Development, Colbert Report, etc.). So suffice it to say that this show fell into that category. I already expected to like Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip because I liked Sports Night which is also by Aaron Sorkin (as well as West Wing). But this was really good. Similar in some ways to Sports Night, but somehow significantly better. It still had the camera moving around with people around a studio and the biting wit and banter of Sports Night, but it added the coolness of Entourage (and maybe West Wing which I never saw). The actors all fit their roles well, and the characters they play are sort of big shots, so that may be where the Entourage style comes from.


I hate to gush over it and then see it falter after a few episodes, but I've got high hopes for this one. Hopefully Rob Corddry will also eventually make a cameo :)

I think the real reason I'm posting about this is it came out of nowhere and it's surprisingly good - even Matthew Perry. That and the show is doubly ironic. It's an NBC show that's parodying NBC (in a not-very-tongue-in-cheek way), and it's a smart show on TV which talks about how TV has been lobotomized.