# Uh oh - "Studio 60" might suck

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**Created:** [June 22, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-studio-60-might-suck/361658 "2006-06-22T01:41:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-studio-60-might-suck/361658/1 "2006-06-22T01:41:47Z")

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I had high hopes and expectations for this series. A respected producer, a very good cast, and an interesting premise.

But I just watched a promo excerpt at [tv.yahoo.com](http://tv.yahoo.com) and now I’m a little worried. The potential problem is that it seems to be taking an even more serious tone that _The West Wing_ did. And while I can accept a certain amount of self-involved over-earnestness from characters who are supposedly running the United States government, it’s not going to go over as well with characters who are supposedly producing a late night comedy TV show. The last thing I want to do is see is a television show that takes television itself way too seriously.

Admittedly it was only one clip, so I may be over-reacting. And there’s always _30 Rock_ on the other channel.

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-studio-60-might-suck/361658/2 "2006-06-22T14:00:53Z")

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I’d withhold judgement until you see the pilot. I know two people in the biz who have seen the pilot and they say it’s very good with room to grow, and that the promo is not very representative.

–Cliffy

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**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-studio-60-might-suck/361658/3 "2006-06-22T16:10:17Z")

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…I liked the promo 😛

Have you seen _Sports Night_? It was serious at times, but also more than capable of the lighter tone. Then again, so was _The West Wing_… but with Sorkin, it’s usually more on the basis of individual episodes (while the “serious” ones are often still funny, it’s generally pretty obvious which are serious and which are light-hearted). Actually, now that I think of it, the SN pilot had a far more serious tone to it than the WW pilot. Anyways, just some food for thought.

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**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-studio-60-might-suck/361658/4 "2006-06-22T16:20:52Z")

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> [@Little Nemo](#):
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> … And there’s always 30 Rock on the other channel.

I wouldn’t worry yet - I saw a couple of different previews, and they all looked different. I’m waiting until I see the full hour to make up my mind. (And not to alarm you, but _30 Rock_ is going to be on the [same channel](http://www.nbc.com/NBC_First_Look/), just on a different night and time.)