Hmm... I usually have a hate-o-meter for pretentious shows, and I didn't hate Studio 60 at all.

That is the most random comparision ever.

Studio 60 is garenteed a full season, if simply because it makes for an easy Emmy contender. Unless it gets like, 6 million viewers, but I really doubt that.

And not a very good one. Studio 60 has a very good cast with some pretty high profile names, while Love Monkey had Tom Cavanaugh and Jason Priestley as a headliner. Also, when people hear the name Aaron Sorkin, they immediately think of The West Wing and the success that show had while he was aboard. As soon as Sorkin left the show was dead in the water.

As for the show being pretentious because it was about rich Hollywood people, did anyone pay attention to the pilot? I can't believe I'm about to debate this, since it's not really a good argument anyways, but who exactly was rich on the show? The only two people I could come up with were Amanda Peet and Steven Weber, and both are somewhat represented as ruthless jackasses (Not so much Amanda Peet). It certainly wasn't Matt and Danny. There was an entire scene devoted to the fact that they couldn't get their movie off the ground and that Matt jokingly referred to having $65 dollars in his bank account. They also couldn't get their movie off the ground because of Danny's reoccuring cocaine problem. Maybe i'm reading this wrong, but those two certainly don't seem to be the rich type. Maybe once, but not now. Then that leaves us the cast of the fictional show, I guess? Who cares?

I called it pretentious and only responded as such when jujubee attempted to invalidate my opinion. That's fair, I'd think. I was just voicing my opinion of his, just like he did me first.

The ratings were...not too bad, not great. Deserved better. I hate tv.

I think with a better lead in, the show could've done better. Or let me put it another way. If NBC had another show to put it in the 9:00 pm hour slot, instead of the excessive two hour premiere of Deal or No Deal, it could've done a little bit better. Still, for a premier though up against a high profile show, that has the highest rated sitcom as a lead in, a 10.3 isn't exactly awful. If WOM is good and gets around, the show should probably do a little better next week.

It came in second for the night in ratings and 4th in viewer totals. That is very good for its genre. I don't know what you guys were expecting but I'm surprised it did so well.

As long as it can keep these numbers, I would think it's a success.

Premiere did better than I thought it would actually, but it'll bleed a bit from here on, from the big cast, and the Matthew Perry ha ha fanbase who'll turn away when they realize this is a drama. Should settle down to 10 million viewers or so, I think. Good for a full season, and a pickup into a second with Emmy hopes. Probably not much longer than 2 though.

Just saw Episode 2 on CTV. Another good episode. Keeps up with the premiere very well. Not much to report really, it's just a good episode with a few laughs. The comedy is subtle, but it's there.

I'm not a really big fan of Sarah Paulson, though.

Solid second episode. I can't wait for next week's episode after the sneak. The mugshot element looks pretty good.

...Nothing to see here.

I thought this episode was a step up from the pilot, had some humour that I thought was very West Wingian. Not overt, but definitely there.

After the pilot this was on the brink, but after this episode I think I will be watching it for the entire season. Still kind of unsure as to why Peet is billed 2nd in the credits when it's been all Perry and Whitford in the promos and in the media leading up to the premiere.

I guess so that it appears there's an evident "lead" actress on the show. If there we no credits, I would assume Sarah Paulson was the lead, since she was at the center of the first two shows.

I saw most of it, it did seem a little better than the pilot. It lost me at the end though with the sketch song, it came off as pretentious which is this show's major failing. I still don't get why they go around talking like a sketch comedy show is this huge deal and everything seems so upscale and formal. But it was a step up, yeah.

Well, it is a TV show. And TV shows are big deals. But, don't forget, shows like ER and Grey's Anatomy have more excitement in one episode than most hospitals ever do. Sometimes, you need to scale it up a bit. Otherwise, it's just boring.

I still don't think the show has fully found its footing, but I thought the second episode was really good.

Not as pretentious, funnier, and I like where the show's going in terms of plotlines concerning ratings/affiliates and such.

I hope its ratings don't take another dip.

It was an improvement. The show is pleasant to watch but it still could use a lot of fine tuning. I will probably keep watching it for now.

What worked:
Good production values, it does matter. All the costumes, lighting, props etc looked top notch.
Weber and Perry were fun
Perry and the less-interesting Whitford have a little bit of that Chilltown us-against-the-world vibe
DL Hughly and Kirstin Pierce seem interesting actors
The set is fun and big, I like how they go up and around and such, so you often see stuff in the background
Some of the minor characters seem well cast.
The rehearsal stuff was well done.
You get to see ads for 30 Rock which looks to be 10 times better
The impersonations they showed were kind of fun, especially the Ben Stiller one

What didn't:
Peet isn't half as attractive as the show seems to think she is. It woudn't matter except they seem to be trying to impress us with her "stunningness". I'd rather her part was played by someone a little more plain who can act better. If they insist on having a beauty, get a beauty.
Peet also looks like she's always dressed for a party when they seem to be intending a corporate professional look. They missed.
Paulson sucks
Timothy Busfield looks like he wandered in off a 1980s show
The writing in the series has a naive view of the country as if it has been written by someone who has never been out of New England
Unbearably pretentious scenes talking about shakespeare and wondering if the yokels in the middle of the country got their ever so literate references
Too much culture wars talk and obsessing over the religious right

I don't mind Peet, but I've had a problem with Sarah Paulson since the first episode.

Lucy Davis (Dawn on the British Office) had a small part. I'd like it if she was used to replace either Paulson or Peet. Won't happen though.

Really? I didn't even see her.

One scene was the rehearsal during the early part of the show, right before Harriet does her Holly Hunter impression. She's the blonde woman sitting down and has one line which she delivers meekly. I am not sure if she had later lines, probably so but I missed them.

to what archie said earlier, i think i love this show because i'm from new england...

but on another note, i think the show works well.
i enjoy it a lot, though because i enjoy that means it's doomed to ratings death.
i.e. veronica mars, love monkey, scrubs etc.

I figured Archie would hate last night's show, since the whole background of the episode was how important the actual sketch comedy is, and how this one show they were doing could make or break them.

I think this is the best new show on television. There's still some stuff backlogged on my DVR I haven't gotten to, but yeah... I love it.