Studio 60

[GenuineRisk]

I started out watching it, but gave up halfway through the season. I love Aaron Sorkin, but I think that the stakes just weren't high enough for a one-hour drama. I think it would have worked much better as a half-hour comedy, where the stakes would have seemed appropriate- I mean, how much drama can you find in a bunch of very wealthy TV people putting on a show every week? Lots of comedy, yes, but drama?

And, as pretty as the actress playing Harriet is, she's clearly not a comedienne, which made her kind of unbelievable as Matthew Perry's muse.

And the sketches weren't funny or dangerous. They should have gotten Bob Odenkirk to write those parts of the show.

That said, I did stay for half the season because Aaron Sorkin's dialogue is always great and I thought Matthew Perry and what-his-name-I-can-never-remember were terrific in it.

(As you can see, I've had many discussions about this show before. I just wanted it to be better than it is. Well, I still have Sports Night reruns... )