I've very excited about Sorkin's new show. You can see the trailer online, watch the whole pilot at a few places, etc. Basically, the show revolves around a fictional weekly sketch comedy series that's filmed live and used to be cutting edge and witty. Now, it's devolved into teenage pandering and the bite taken out of the dog. So, after an on-air meltdown by the show's producer, the new network head is given a rare test to prove herself on the first day of the job. She hires two personalities who were fired from that very show many years ago and convinces them to come back.
It's obvious that they're directly basing the situations off life associated with Saturday Night Life (SNL). If you've read some of the literature on the show, you'll even be able to recognize popular characters or place the storylines. It helps that people such as Mark McKinney (from Kids in the Hall) are writing because he was once a SNL writer.
The dialogue is crisp, the premise is sharp and hopefully it'll be a big ratings winner when the pilot finally airs. The biggest detriments to the show being a successful are: too much TV jargon (always a turn off if your audience has to learn too much), limited audience appeal (I love comedy so it's all for me but sometimes meta-art: television shows about television don't catch on), failure to live up to strong promises ('Crazy Christians' wasn't a very edgy sketch name to use; sounds pretty dumb actually), etc.
Anyone else seen the show and care to comment on their thoughts & anticipations?
It's obvious that they're directly basing the situations off life associated with Saturday Night Life (SNL). If you've read some of the literature on the show, you'll even be able to recognize popular characters or place the storylines. It helps that people such as Mark McKinney (from Kids in the Hall) are writing because he was once a SNL writer.
The dialogue is crisp, the premise is sharp and hopefully it'll be a big ratings winner when the pilot finally airs. The biggest detriments to the show being a successful are: too much TV jargon (always a turn off if your audience has to learn too much), limited audience appeal (I love comedy so it's all for me but sometimes meta-art: television shows about television don't catch on), failure to live up to strong promises ('Crazy Christians' wasn't a very edgy sketch name to use; sounds pretty dumb actually), etc.
Anyone else seen the show and care to comment on their thoughts & anticipations?
