Incoming fanboi post

This picture is the first shot released from Aaron Sorkin's new show Studio 60 on Sunset Strip. Pictured are Bradley Whitford (The West Wing, Billy Madison) and Matthew Perry (Friends, The Whole Nine Yards) who play the director and writer of a fictional sketch comedy show, on which Studio 60 is based. Aaron Sorkin of course is the creator of The West Wing and SportsNight and writer of The American President and A Few Good Men.

I cannot wait for this show to come out next fall, just in time for the first year without The West Wing. Sorkin's previous work has been nothing short of brilliant, and all indications show that this will live up to his previous genius. In terms of genre, I'm guessing it will fall between West Wing and SportsNight, though even those two shows blended drama and comedy, which make them all the more enjoyable.

Now comes the issue of NBC and how the network promotes the show. They've already committed $3 million dollars to the pilot and agreed to 13 episodes, so it will certainly be part of the fall lineup. That said, with network entertainment constantly playing down to the lowest common denominator (see reality TV of any sort), this may hit the same fate as SportsNight and simply be too smart for its audience, though a critical success fail commercially. NBC will undoubtedly spin this as a return for Matt Perry, which is fine with me since he was far and away the best Friend, but they should also give Sorkin his due, since West Wing has been the network's best recent success. Though I'm no marketing expert, I would love if they scheduled Scrubs and it on the same night, as they are both, or so I'm guessing, dramedies and would get a huge crossover audience. Tuesday night at 8:30 and 9:00 sound good to anyone else? That is, with anything other than Fear Factor at 8:00.

If you are interested here are some S60 (as it is commonly dubbed) links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_60_on_the_Sunset_Strip
http://www.thesunsetstrip.blogspot.com/