"Studio 60" no more

topic posted Tue, November 7, 2006 - 2:40 PM by  Allen
I did it last night.

I broke the "Studio 60" habit. That show was going nowhere fast, and I couldn't force myself watch another ep.

Word is that it's only going to last one season anyway.
posted by:
Allen
SF Bay Area
  • Re: "Studio 60" no more

    Wed, November 8, 2006 - 5:55 AM
    It's funny, but I don't know what they're going to put on after Heroes, I don't think they have any other shows that fit that demographic. Maybe that psychic show with the Arquette girl, which I've never seen, but I'd be willing to give that a try just to have some background going to bed noise.
    • Re: "Studio 60" no more

      Wed, November 8, 2006 - 1:57 PM
      Wasn't impressed with the one ep of "Medium" I saw, and its title aptly describes my interest level in the show.

      And Patricia Arquette used to be a full-on hottie, but now she's morphed into a soccer mom. I weep.
      • Re: "Studio 60" no more

        Fri, December 8, 2006 - 8:33 PM
        It just got picked up for a full season -- WTF?

        I find that this really show really bores me. Sorkin's dialogue has lost its zing. It's no Sports Night. The blonde irks me. The sketches blow chunks. I could go on and on and on...

        I'd rather watched chopped up eps of Six Feet Under on Bravo...
        • Re: "Studio 60" no more

          Fri, December 8, 2006 - 11:30 PM
          "It's no Sports Night."

          My exact words to a friend who watches it.
          • Re: "Studio 60" no more

            Tue, December 12, 2006 - 3:57 PM
            Interestingly, I started out by not watching the show, or even wanting to, given it's seemingly truly limiting scenario. But the show has started to grow on me. I buy the relationships especially between the two main guys. My wifes the one who signed on to the show first so I was gonna watch it one way or another. I've not ever watched Sports Night, or West Wing for that matter, so I don't have that to compare to. But I think for the time being I'm willing to hang with the show.

            I really dig Medium. I again really buy the relationships, especially the family dynamics, as acted out by some truly stellar thespians. I agree that Arquette is no longer the sultry hottie of films like True Romance, but I feel that she really has transcended the limiting "hottie" crutch and really makes the acting task at hand look natural and easy.

            Besides this I feel it to be a worthy surrogate for The XFiles that I am still silently pining over... David Ducovny! why did you have to leave the show? It's not like you've had a sparkling career since. And what about poor Scully, she was as hot as ever when you decided it was over. I'm not bitter...!?

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