I've seen the commercials for the upcoming Studio 60 series and heard the hype about it, and I have a one word reaction: "Yaaaaaawn." I'm one of those people who thought the West Wing was good in parts but I never worshipped it and never found it great. Frequently I found it too annoying and I didn't even watch the last few seasons, bailing even before Sorkin left. My problem with Sorkin is the overwhelming cutesiness and writerliness of his shows. I never ever for one second believe these are real characters. I can always hear Sorkin behind the actor and see his hand working the gears. I just get tired of it.

I have no plans to watch this show. It's funny that podcasters and bloggers catch shit about talking about their own medium too much, but half of all network TV shows are about TV shows.

Update: I'd been curious why all these people are commenting on a several weeks old post about how unenticing I found the promos for this TV show. Turns out this post is on the first page of the Google search for "Studio 60", right below the link to the official site for the show. I was as good as my word and passed on the show last night because I truly don't care. Whereas most people find Sorkin's involvement a selling point, to me it is a hurdle to be overcome. I don't want to listen to lots of rapid-fire bon mots and long impassioned monologues that are oh-so-clever and oh-so-cute. I got sick of that by the second season of the West Wing. People seem to like it and more power to them, but I opt out of this particular self-referential solipstistic exercise.

This all proves there is no justice. If I'm going to get this kind of traffic from Google, I wish it pertained to a subject I care about rather than this one, of which I am already sick.