Studio 60 on the LOL Strip
At Monday night’s show, Noah and I showed a clip of NBC’s alternate broadcast of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, normally only seen in Hawaii and Alaska. It’s pretty interesting. Apparently, outside the continental 48, the show is more of a sitcom.
Personally, I think the show a lot more fun to watch this way.
Qandahar? Stillborn babies? Prayer in the writer’s room? THAT’S SHOWBIZ, BABY!
Later in that same very same episode, Matthew Perry (who plays the drug-addicted producer of the late-night sketch comedy show) tries to hire a rogue paramilitary group to go into Afghanistan and give the hostage takers ransom money in exchange for Tom’s brother and the two other soldiers.
It’s just like real life! Lorne Michaels did the same thing when Black Hawk Down happened in Somalia. Totally saved Melanie Hutsell’s little brother.
Seriously, if this show gets picked up for a second season, they should just change the name to: Studio West Wing on the West Wing Strip.


June 14th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
I had high hopes for this show. And I appreciate what they tried to do, but the problem is — no one cares how they make SNL, they just wann laugh.
Also, fattening Amanda Peet up was a bad move, and they needed more Sarah Paulson topless scenes (SFW).
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