(New York City; contemporary)
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One who knows me might question why a two season comedy/drama about a Sports Center like television program might interest me, well the answer is: Sorkian. Before the West Wing television guru Aaron Sorkin created this inventive genera-defying program, that was critically acclaimed but viewerly challenged. The writing is excellent, with many a satisfying mini-arc, and provides myriad evidences not only for Sorkins talents, but also for the fact that he is own of the most self-cannibalizing writers out there, as witness everything from the father issues to the unconsummated office romance, to witty guys named Danny. But because Sorkin is so good this cannibalizing works, or at least it did for Sports Night and The West Wing, while what little I've seen of Studio 60 provides some cause for alarm that the streak may have ended. Before closing I just need to give a shout out for the cast, some of whom went on to bigger things like Peter Krause (Six Feet Under) and Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives), whose husband William H. Macy has a multi-episode arc as an enigmatic ratings specialist, and gets to deliver a killer monologue. Engaging, quality television at its best.
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