It’s not Studio 60 bad or anything, but I thought the premiere was pretty ridiculous. As a critique of news media it was pretty stupid - the way the reporting of the BP spill unfolded was unbelievably silly – which is kind of a problem when so much of the dialogue between Mortimer and Daniels is centered on the state of news. Nonetheless, I’ll be back next week because I have a weak spot for Sorkinland nonsense. So far it's not a Studio 60 hate-watch, it's corny in a Sports Night kind of way, which was watchable but pretty overrated, I always thought.
The closing bit with Mortimer and Daniels at the elevator definitely felt like a mid-90s network drama my parents would have watched.