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[graculus]

I'm watching the pilot of Studio 60 (don't ask, okay?) and it's like being in a time warp. Here I am watching two main characters who are clearly Dan Rydell and Casey McCall, but played by different actors (okay, one actor and Matthew Perry). It's really spooky. And I'll be surprised if it gets all the way through its promised 13-episode run.

In other news, having been watching things like Whistler, I have to wonder just how many Canadian or Canadian-located shows you would have to watch before you saw just about every Canadian actor at least once. It's like the Kevin Bacon game, but nothing like as challenging... no need for six degrees, more like two or three!

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[graculus.livejournal.com]

It's Sports Night does Saturday Night Live, basically, but I enjoyed it more the first time I saw those characters... also Josh Charles would have been better than Matthew Perry (who's really gone to seed, poor lad). It's Sorkin old home week, though, where you can play 'spot the people who've been in other series he did'.

No idea if/when we're going to get it over here, though.

[innocent-lex.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen either of those so it doesn't mean much to me, I'm afraid. I loved West Wing, though, which is why I'm interested in this new thing.

We're meant to be getting it here - there was an ad on during the last West Wing ep to say it was 'coming soon' so I'm guessing it's on More 4 or C4 or one of those other 4 channels.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Oh, Sports Night is just one of the best shows ever, but sadly has only been shown on abc1 over here so most Brits haven't been able to appreciate it. :( It's basically the same premise as Studio 60 (which is about people making a comedy/political satire show) but about sports presenters.

I couldn't get into West Wing, mostly because of the whole 'let's bomb Syria, yay!' thing in an early episode that didn't sit well with me and also I dislike being told that I must watch anything and I got that at least once. Didn't work for Firefly either... ;)

As for 'coming soon', the pilot airs in the US this coming weekend but I don't know if it's got a slot lined up, so there's no telling when it'll turn up here.

[innocent-lex.livejournal.com]

I tried Firefly but just couldn't get into it. West Wing was great for the first 3 years, then it was intermittent at best, and deadly dull at times. But I loved the characters and they were what kept me coming back, just the same as with any other programme.

I'm definitely not one to take much notice of the 'you must watch this' or 'that's crap so you shouldn't watch it' comments. At the moment I'm watching Eureka and really enjoying it, having ignored the 'it's crap' comments and bitching about it replacing SG-1 from a number of people. I tried BSG but hated it despite all the raving from so many.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

If you're interested, I could do you bootlegs of my bootlegs of Sports Night, let me know.

Oh, and watch Entourage when it starts in a few weeks. Or not, your choice. ;)