-Studio 60's pilot was great and the show appeared to have great potential. It's just not living up to it. Feed the Machine: Strange days, re-ups and kid TV gold!

--What a waste of Lauren Graham. -Looks like we'll get more of her next week, though. And maybe the line about cutting sketches featuring the host was a nod to the fact LG wasn't in the ep all that much...? 1-5: "The Long Lead Story" 2006.10.16 - TWoP Forums

-We finally got shown Harriet being lovable instead of just being told that she was. .. And the sketch bits we saw were actually decent. Lance Mannion: Studio 60: Tears on the Tivo

-But what wins against Sorkin-Filler is a humility discovered in many good “smaller” scenes. Take Ed Asner - he was great with his characters lines: he came off like the experienced, ruthless entertainment industry capitalist, but precisely not because he stated it, but via the script’s use of examples and his acting. So in that scene he could bring some fire, he was both really listening to Jordan’s suggestion yet at the same time registering the fact that she continued to call him “sir” after he told her not to.

"If you want her to cook the meal, you have to let her shop for the groceries." really said (in 1st person) by a football coach or was it manager?