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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Aaron Sorkin (written by)
TV Series:
Original Air Date:
26 August 2006 (Season 1, Episode 1)
Plot:
When the Executive Producer of sketch show 'Studio 60' has an on-air meltdown, new network president Jordan McDeere hires Danny Tripp and Matt Albie to replace him and save the show. | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
Pilot episodes don't get any better than this!!! more (7 total)
Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Matthew Perry | ... | Matt Albie |
 | Amanda Peet | ... | Jordan McDeere |
 | Bradley Whitford | ... | Danny Tripp |
 | Steven Weber | ... | Jack Rudolph |
 | D.L. Hughley | ... | Simon Stiles |
 | Sarah Paulson | ... | Harriet Hayes |
 | Nathan Corddry | ... | Tom Jeter (as Nate Corddry) |
| Timothy Busfield | ... | Cal Shanley |
 | Edward Asner | ... | Wilson White (as Ed Asner) |
 | Judd Hirsch | ... | Wes Mendell |
 | Jayma Mays | ... | Daphne |
 | Donna Murphy | ... | Blair |
 | Wendy Phillips | ... | Shelley Green |
 | Michael Stuhlbarg | ... | Jerry |
| Three 6 Mafia | ... | Themselves |
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Filming Locations:
Sowden House - 5121 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Trivia:
In the commentary track included on the DVD, Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme reveal that Bradley Whitford's scenes in the pilot were shot while he was still finishing up work on the final season of "The West Wing" (1999) (hence his absence in two of the final three episodes of "The West Wing"). Schlamme also says that he, Whitford and other casting staff made conscious, deliberate effort to help Whitford create an entirely new character and 'check' himself from employing as few of the mannerisms as possible on which he relied in the portrayal of his longtime "The West Wing" character Josh Lyman. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Matt and Danny take the stage at the end of the episode we hear applause and cheers, but the waiting crowd isn't clapping. more
Quotes:
Matt Albie: The winds started blowing hard in another direction and all of a sudden my jokes weren't so funny anymore. You put a flag over the network bug, god forbid you should just loose the bug altogether, and you pointed us towards the door. more
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References "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) more
Soundtrack:
Hippo Walk more
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Usually when there is as much buildup to a premiere episode it doesn't live up to the hype. This show is the notable exception. Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme have done it again. Now the challenge is to do keep on doing it as they did with Sports Night and The West Wing.
The cast comprises a mini-The West Wing reunion (Matthew Perry, Bradley Whitford, and Timothy Busfield) along with many familiar and not so familiar faces. In typical Sorkin fashion the dialog is both witty and snappy in its delivery. The humor is sarcastic, cutting edge, biting, and rapid and we get an insight into the background of a live television show modeled eerily after Saturday Night Live.
The pilot does what a good pilot should do, and that is set the stage for the why we are at where we are at. It introduces us not only to the characters but to the whole premise and reason for the show. It grabs the viewer and made me say "I can't wait for next week to see how this storyline takes shape".
Based on the pilot I make the following observations about the cast. Steven Weber is superb as the hard ass corporate exec. who straddles the fence between the corporate suits and the network hierarchy. For me the jury is out on Amanda Peet. I normally like her very much but I am having a tough time seeing her as Network President. Both Perry and Busfield have an unmistakable chemistry and play well off one another. Their characters are those of an extraordinary duo that produce high end material and superb judgment. They are co-dependent and the perfect yin-yang for the show. We'll see how D.L.Hugely's character, along with the others, develops but I have a feeling there are a lot of good places this show can go.
So bring it on NBC, I'm already a new fan...just keep the material fresh and the story lines crisp.