"Monday"

Aaron Sorkin:
in his own words
By Aaron Barnhart Kansas City Star in his blog “TV Barn” January 21, 2007

The co-creator of "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" invited TV critics onto his set last week, and held forth about the future of his show, criticism of "Studio 60's" less-than-scintillating sketch comedy pieces, and what he really thinks about bloggers and the L.A. Times.

You've read the transcripts, but there really is no substitute for Sorkin in his own entertaining voice.

You can hear it here, and it is a great listen:

http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/files/TVBP8.mp3

http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/

I knew it was due back tonight, but that doesn't keep me from firing out a:

Finally!!

I'm glad the show is back, if only so I never have to see another one of those shitty promos NBC has been running for the last couple weeks.

I'll withhold judgment until I watch the show, but I don't like what I've been hearing -

It aired in Canada last night:

Unfortunately, it was even more noticable as the eps progressed during the recent marathons on Bravo.....

I thought the episode was fun with all the different little subplots set up like dominoes for the next episode. Also, the dialogue was pretty crisp.

I enjoyed Jordan's little revelation as Matt was reading off another one of the 48 Powers.

Is Steven Weber the unheralded star of the show?

He's clearly not the star, but he sure is one of my favorite parts of the show. I loved how Ed Asner's Wilson White let him "discover" the solution to the problem with a little special guidance.

It's too bad Sorkin didn't aim higher with his show -- a drama about the network does seem like it would be more compelling than one about the show.

Loved it.
Glad it's back.
Can't wait until next week.

I like the balance of the show tonight. Some about the show, some about the channel runner, and some about the corporation that owns the channel.

I thought it was ok. Hope they continue to give Lucy Davis stuff to do.

Uh, It's actually getting a bit annoying. I'm not a fan of the "will they/won't they" style of romantic story telling either. That seems to be all they have too.

On another note Jordan's revelation was what exactly? That the new hire was a fan of the book? Funny side note, I was actually playing my Nintendo DS at the same time (not a good sign I guess) and missed this part.

Same here.

Yes, which meant that the VP was manuevering her into all of that, up to and including the apology. She's a snake, and Jordan best watch out for her because she's pretty clearly out for her job.

Fun episode last night...glad to have this show back.

This isn't "will they/won't they". This is "will he strangle her/won't he bury her body under the Hollywood sign". That "no" at the end of the episode creeped me out.

I think it may have come off sounding like he was a stalker, but after all she is his boss and she could just fire him. She was looking at the picture of the two of them together and obviously has feeling towards him. "Will they/won't they" is a staple of romantic writing. It can be great if it isn't carried out over multiple seasons.

That being said ... they do need to make him a little less creepy.

Danny's 'no' at the end wasn't cute and endearing like "Roy will do anything to get Pam back" from The Office, it was more like that Richard Thomas/Brooke Shields telepic, the one where he takes the entire building hostage.

Left me extremely uneasy......

I liked it. The roundabout dialogue was classic Sorkin and the way everything was set-up for the next episodes was brilliant.

It was all good except for the Danny/Jordan scenes.

I've got to say, I'm enjoy the behind the scenes stuff about Macau with Asner and Weber far more than the main part of the show.

I agree - I think the network politics is far more interesting

I agree to some extent, but after a while wouldn't NBS start feeling like "Boston Public" where every little thing that could possibly happen at a high school, or television network, happens at THIS one?

If Harriet gets a hook-hand I know somethings up.

All the Network politics stuff was great and just makes me wish that Profit had come out about 7 years later and was on HBO.