Television Without Pity » Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip » Pilot: After a controversial sketch gets cut by network Standards and Practices, Wes crashes the opening segment to deliver a scathing dressing-down of television in general, and of Fear Factor and The Apprentice in particular. Just like in Network! We actually know it's stolen from Network because all the characters say "Network" and "Paddy Chayefsky" about a billion times before the hour's over.
...It's Aaron Sorkin and Tommy Schlamme! And Bradley Whitford and another character named "Danny"! And they're here to save us from bad TV! Seriously, they pretty much say so.

Network (1976) Plot Outline: A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit. (more)

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip General Gabbery
Put on your Muu Muus and light up those Parliaments -- it's time to chat about Sorkin's latest show where people walk around hallways as they talk.