i be glad i do not watch this series until first catch studio 60 on the sunset strip and which be basically just a re tread and re imagining of sn . the comparison do not end with script structure and witty dialogue they both have similar actor and character and and well . everything . since sn be cancel and i suppose studio 60 be now as close a you can get . for some and that a good thing . not for me . it be undeniable that this be an entertaining series . the character be all fun ( if way too nice to be believe ) and each beautifully perform by a very talented cast . the story be engagingly manipulative . and it just a cool idea a series about a sport show that isn not about sport . unfortunately and sorkin be absolutely enamor with his own voice and and a such all of his character adopt this voice . it be not them . it be not what danny or dana or casey would do or say it what sorkin would say if he be any of these character and complete with very self conscious and clip and repetitious quip . he write like a playwright writing a a playwright be suppose to write . not only do his style not work and it grate and obnoxious and fairly unoriginal and and bad of all totally take u out of the moment he struggle so hard to create . would that be my only complaint . in addition to some seriously poor production value and edit ( probably the result of be force in front of a studio audience not sorkin choice ) and not to mention a dopey theme song that continue to rear it ugly note and this series ( and studio 60 to an even great degree ) suffer far from be produce by someone way too close to the subject material . both show practically scream i be a tv producer . i should make a tv show about make a tv show . that way i can show off all my knowledge of the subject and as well a inject the show with as much obscure information a possible to make me seem even smart than i already be . do i mention i be a hard work tv writer who win a writer guild award . i will have my main character be a hard work tv writer who win a writer guild award . do i mention that my favorite writer be paddy chayefsky and gilbert and sullivan . i will have my pilot teaser be a rip off of network and and then have my character espouse their love for paddy chayefsky and do a send up of pirate of penzance . do i mention that i have a coke problem . i will have my main character . and on and on . the show plot also leave a lot to be desire . they be rife with obvious set ups for lame joke and and practically shameless after school special or christmas at sport night moralizing ( the this be sexual harassment and and i do not have to take it . episode really stand out and particularly since natalie be a cloyingly quirky character that no real person would stand work with ) . while entertain and inherently watchable and the story be neither quite as smart a mr. sorkin believe they be and nor as intelligent a he himself be . he should nay and do know good . it amaze me how much sorkin have in common with m. night shyamalan they both have enviable raw talent and be in love with their own work and and yet try so hard you just know that theyre incredibly insecure about their own ability . if they would stop with such egotistical nonsense a force their own personal stamp on their project and and instead just work to make a great movie or tv show and the entertainment world would be a much good place . it true and sn be weak . but i suppose bland coffee be good than none at all .