Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
The world needs to be alerted at once about the pure brilliance that is Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. I watched it last night and I am very much looking forward to next week's episode. It airs on NBC on Mondays (10 ET/PT). The pilot was repeated on Bravo last night, and then again next Sunday night.
I predict Studio 60 will be extremely successful because there is something in it for everyone. Friends fans? You've got Matthew Perry in the leading role. Dirty voyeurs? Amanda Peet is a joy to look at. Desperate Housewives lovers? Felicity Huffman guest stars in episode one. West Wing addicts? This has got the same production team. Lost viewers? Well there are a few unexplained unrealistic mysteries here too, like for example how can pretty Jordan be a network president and look like an extremely hot 21 year old?
Matthew Perry surprised and impressed me very positively. Not once - alright, perhaps once, when he did his trademark startled look - did I think of (or worse still, wish for) Chandler Bing. Absolutely worth watching, if only for the brief moment where Matt hugs Danny when he is about to receive an important media award, and a big man's vulnerability pours out with three simple words - and no, they are not 'I love you'.
Oh, poo: another series I risk finding myself hooked to. As I apply the same principle to my TV watching as I do to my wardrobe (for each purchased new item, an equivalent old item has to be taken to a charity shop), I will have to give Little Miss Jocelyn the axe: I'm afraid sketch shows may rely on catchphrases only up to episode three.
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