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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It was the very model of a modern late night TV show.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is that supposed to be an insult or a compliment? Lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's from the first episode: "The Cold Open"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

There I go proving that I never watched it I guess 😆

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I loved Studio 60. Such a great show

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

"A Jewish guy calls his mother. His mouth is full..."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Funnily enough, I just watched it for the first time a couple of weeks ago.

I think it might have been a different viewing experience when it was new, but it's hard to not view it through the modern lens where 30 Rock made it - and therefore defined the "genre" of show-about-a-SNL-type-show - and Studio 60 didn't.

Wikipedia indeed includes an entire section about this in the pages for both shows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_60_on_the_Sunset_Strip#Similarities_to_30_Rock / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Rock#Similarities_to_other_media

But it does answer the question of "what if in a parallel universe, 30 Rock was a slightly weirdly paced character drama?".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I have. It's great. Always wished it had gotten more seasons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I'll never understand why NBC couldn't keep them both. How does the slightest topic overlap require them to kill one?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Studio 60 was too good to survive more than 1 season.