I just watched the second episode and enjoyed it as much as the first, even if it's becoming harder to disguise that this is an idealistic tv fantasyland.
I like what Globe and Mail TV critic John Doyle had to say about the show in his column entitled "Who wants to watch decent TV types?"
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...Watching it, I felt all sorts of fleeting, conflicting emotions. I believe in the positive power of television, and it's gratifying to see some TV types presented as shrewd but honest, hard-working people who are very, very talented. At the same time, it struck me that the generosity toward the TV industry seemed wildly implausible. I've met a lot of people who work in television. The best and most talented of them are indeed as smart, idealistic and good-natured as the characters on Studio 60. They represent about 20 percent of the business. Most of the remaining 80 percent are more interested in screwing somebody, literally and figuratively, than in making great tv.<snip>
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Like him, I'm torn between the engaging idealilsm, but checked by my nagging cynicism. We'll see how that battle bears out.
Oh, yeah. I was disappointed that we didn't get to see the "Crazy Christians" sketch.