Die New York Times schreibt über Aaron Sorkins neue Show Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, die nächsten Montag in den USA Premiere hat: dass es ungewöhnlich ist, dass das Publikum auf die Serie so gespannt ist, weil es ihren Autor so mag und nicht primär die Darsteller, wieviel von dem Stoff autobiografisch ist und wo die Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen Studio 60 und The West Wing, seiner letzten Serie, liegen. “West Wing” to West Coast: TV’s Auteur Portrays TV:

„The format of Studio 60 would seem to present Mr. Sorkin with a new challenge: writing satirical comedy every week. His work often has comic moments, and Sports Night was ostensibly a situation comedy. But mainly Mr. Sorkin aims for the searing dramatic moment.

This show will be different. Every week what he called “shards of sketches” will be seen. He pointed to sketch stages, one configured as a parody of Nancy Grace’s talk show on CNN Headline News, another billing itself as Nicolas Cage, Marriage Counselor.

“You’ll never see a sketch for no reason,” Mr. Sorkin said, “and you’ll never see it full-on the way a television audience would see it on S.N.L. Rob Reiner, who did a guest thing for us, said this was a great setup because you only have to do the good parts. You don’t have to end the sketch, just do the good parts and get out.”

(via Dirk Steins)