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• TV Squad picks their choices for Emmy nominees and winners
  

  Filed under: OpEd, 24, Gilmore Girls, Law and Order, Rescue Me, Scrubs, The Shield, Grey's Anatomy, Entourage, The Office, The Sopranos, The Closer, Psych, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, 30 Rock, Dexter, Friday Night Lights, Awards, The Riches

  Let me take a look at my trusty calendar. Okay, tomorrow I take the kids to the doctor. On Thursday I get that bikini wax. Friday? Well,...
  




• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: What Kind of Day Has it Been (series finale)
  

  Filed under: OpEd, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Episode Reviews

  (S01E22) I've been wondering all week how Aaron Sorkin would send his final F-U to the NBC brass. I mean when this episode was made, the writing was very clearly on the wall: Studio 60 was dead in the water. So, the question is, if you're a writer/producer with nearly unlimited power regarding the production of a newly canceled show, what do you do in the last episode to turn a big fat middle finger up at the network who canceled you? Do you...
  



• Studio 60 complete series coming to DVD this fall
  

  Filed under: TV on DVD, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

  Just in time for tomorrow's series finale on NBC at 10pm comes this announcement from Warner Home Video that they will release Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - The Complete Series on October 16.

  The set will not only include all 22 episodes from it's first and only season, but there will be a new behind the scenes featurette and episode commentaries by creator Aaron Sorkin and director Thomas Schlamme (hopefully cast members will join in too).

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  Subtle Subtitles, Contests and Giveaways, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

  Welcome to Subtle Subtitles. For those of you who are uninitiated to the purpose of this feature, we're asking you to come up with your funniest quote or description for what's going on in the screen grab we choose for the week. Winners are announced in the following Friday's contest.
  
  1st place to MJBF:
  
  
  2nd place to Avi Forstein: "Helen Keller watches the series finale of The Sopranos."
  3rd place to Elf: "It's just a freaking metaphor, all right?" were Soprano's creator David Chase's last words, referring to the controversial final...
  



• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: K & R, Part III
  

  Filed under: OpEd, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Episode Reviews

  (S01E21) Here's a question for you: if the love of your life was in critical condition and you were sweating it out in the waiting room, could there possibly be anything more annoying than a "friend" trying to "cheer you up" with a Holly Hunter or Juliet Lewis impression? I guess we should all just be thankful that Harriet's claim to fame wasn't juggling or stage illusions.
  
  "I'm sorry Harriet, I'm having trouble paying attention to you because the woman I love is so sick."
  
  "Well then, I know what'll...
  



• Do the pregnancy problems of Studio 60's Danny and Jordan have an ER connection?
  

  Filed under: OpEd, ER, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

  Either the following is an extraordinary coincidence, a homage to another NBC drama, or another plot rip-off by Aaron Sorkin. One of the storylines that is running through the remaining episodes of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is the problem pregnancy of Danny Tripp's (Bradley Whitford) new fiance Jordan McDeere. When we last left Danny, he had learned that she was facing placenta accreta as well as disseminated intravascular coagulation (please don't ask me to explain what they are). And, while the doctor said not to worry there was quite a...
  




• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: K&R, part 2
  

  Filed under: OpEd, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Episode Reviews

  (S01E20) Program Note: Tonight, the role of Jay Black will be played by Rich Keller.

  Aaron Sorkin in a creature of habit. If you watch one of the shows that he's produced over the last decade or so you see a lot of stuff that's familiar between them. For instance, the patented walk-and-talk, the fast banter between characters, and the recycling of actors from one show to another. He also likes the flashback. Correction, he loves the flashback! Especially when they take place during a dramatic turning point in the show's storyline.

  Thinking I'm just a hater of all...
  




• What I'm watching this summer: Rich's list
  

  Filed under: OpEd, Doctor Who, Psych, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, TV Squad Lists

  Television and I don't see much of each other during the summer months, even during this era of year-round original programming. One reason why is, well, it's summer. I spend enough time cooped up in a small cubicle staring at a computer screen that I use summer to stretch my legs a bit. The other most likely reason is that I still have the mentality that there's nothing good on television to watch during the summer. Chalk that up to years...
  




• Now on iTunes: Great Shows You May Have Missed
  

  Filed under: Programming, Battlestar Galactica, The Shield, Stargate, Veronica Mars, Eureka, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Jericho, 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights, Dirt, The Black Donnellys, The Riches

  The folks over at iTunes have created this handy list for people who want to spend some time this summer catching up on the television shows that don't get as much buzz (anything that's not Lost, Grey's Anatomy, 24). The list includes full seasons of Friday Night Lights, Jericho, 30 Rock, The Shield, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, The...
  



• Seven things I learned from the 2006-07 television season
  

  Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, TV Squad Lists

  Welcome to TV Squad Lists (formerly 'The Five'), a feature where each blogger has a chance to list his or her own rundown of things in television that stand out from the rest, both good and bad.
  
  With the 2006-07 season now just a fading memory in our short attention-span universe, it's a good time to sit back and reflect on what came to pass. The beginning of it was full of excitement and promise. The end of the season was pretty much the same as...