I stopped watching Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip a couple of weeks before it went on its extended hiatus, and I haven’t even bothered to catch up with it now that it’s back. (Briefly. The show has been cancelled and is just burning off its last episodes.) But I found this discussion of it over at TV Squad amusing:
The West Wing, probably the most famous work by the writer and producer of this show actually exists in this world’s universe (as witnessed by the Allison Janney appearance last week). That means it’s conceivable that Aaron Sorkin himself also exists. Which means that the final episode, a la Breakfast of Champions, could quite possibly be Sorkin and Matt pairing off for one final philosophical showbiz discussion. I’m not saying that this is the way it will end, just that it could.
And for that reason, and because the show definitely won’t be back for another year, I think that’s exactly how it should end. If only to perhaps give the Tommy Westphall universe a run for its money.
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Damn sorry you missed Breaking News, one of the best eps! The plots for every character all year built to this point.
That may very well be, but I no longer care about those characters, so why would I want to invest my time in them?
Basically, my feeling is this: Studio 60 was never as bad as its critcs said, but it was also never as good as Aaron Sorkin seemed to think.