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100"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" lives up to the advance hype, easily qualifying as one of the best new broadcast series of the fall.
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100"Studio 60" is not just good, it has the potential to be a small-screen classic.
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100Teeming with rich characters and terrific actors, brimming with wit, drama and unexpected urgency, Studio 60 brings its workplace to full, immensely entertaining life.
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100"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" is another Sorkin mother lode of stylish wit, uncompromising quality and timely, topical substance. It's TV with a brain for viewers in search of something other than the same old, same old.
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100Sorkin brings the same intensity and political sensibilities to the story.
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90Fearlessly funny and scathingly introspective.
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90The agile humor and light, sharp intelligence permeating the script make "Studio 60" far and away one of the season's best new dramas, if not the top entry.
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90There are more than a few well-made dramas this season, but "Studio 60" -- with its intelligent dialogue, ironic humor, brilliant acting and Schlamme's inspired direction -- lays claim to being the most exciting new show of the season.
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88Fans of Sorkin's years on "The West Wing" will likely enjoy "Studio 60." And there should be enough mature viewers who crave bright writing to make the show a sudden mainstay.
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88The characters are intelligent, complex people you quickly care about, even if -- this being a show about television -- they can be egotistical and self-centered.
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83Every so often, when the tension feels DefCon 1 high, there's a temptation to remind Sorkin that the fate of the free world isn't at stake. Then again, with such mesmerizing speed-bag dialogue, Studio 60 is a great case for taking TV seriously.
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80There is nothing else quite like it on television, and that is actually saying a lot.
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80[It] is sure to occupy a special place in Emmy voters' hearts.
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80His exploration of an aging latenight franchise is so bracingly smart it's sure to hook discriminating viewers.
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80"Studio 60" is one of the best new dramas of the season, assuming you aren't Sorkin-phobic, and with some tweaking it could be the very best.
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80It's easily one of the best new shows of the season.
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75As good a cast as you'll find anywhere on TV.... But in the end, the decisive question may be whether inner TV provides as much material as the inner White House.
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75Don't believe the hype. "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" is not the best new show of the fall season. It's a pretty darned good one, but not the best one.
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While the actual comedy being prepared for the variety show isn't often a success... the drama behind the scenes is clearly what's worth watching.
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Unfailingly enjoyable.
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70The banter between Perry and Whitfield... is dazzling enough to make one forget the pilot's storytelling sins.
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70Sorkin may be self-important, but he's certainly not mediocre.
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70As long as "Studio 60" stays backstage, though - while finding something a little more interesting for the genuinely funny D.L. Hughley to do - I'm likely to keep tuning in.
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70Like his previous series, "Studio 60" features intelligent, quickly spoken dialogue, smart arguments and terrific performances (Perry and Whitford have instant chemistry as longtime co-workers), and it's not a bad show by any means, but it doesn't soar to the heights "West Wing" did, even in its earliest episodes.
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60Here's hoping that the strong whiff of sanctimony in the pilot of "Studio 60" is blown away by fresh air in future episodes.
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60Sorkin aspires to "importance," which can sometimes curdle into pretentiousness.
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60If [Sorkin] intends to preach off-key sermons every week, "Studio 60" is going to get old fast.
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60Last fall, "Studio 60" would have easily been the best new drama; this fall, it's lucky to squeeze into the top five, and a lot of that is based on potential more than what's on screen.
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50The show feels weighed down by its own clout. [25 Sep 2006, p.43]
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50Here it feels as if Sorkin has chosen an outdated media milieu for his secular humanist dramaturgy. His first TV series, "Sports Night," was ahead of the times, but "Studio 60" is behind them.
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50From the mood lighting and stirring music to the hot-button story lines to the characters' arias on the august legacy of their show, Sorkin makes running a comedy program seem like negotiating an arms treaty.
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50There's a wonderful cast here... There's even an intriguing core idea... But the show also feels phony from beginning to end.
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30Really, I just wish it were funny. Not walking-banter funny, or look-what-I-know funny, but funny funny. Even a little bit.
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RenataP10I can`t believe this show was canceled!