Sunset Studio 60 Something

Terrible title.

Pretty good show though. I have a hard time imagining that I will care for these people and admire them in the way I cared for and admired the characters of The West Wing.

And it’s easy to make that assumption b/c so much of the WW cast is duplicated here. As an example, Matthew Perry’s guest stint on West Wing as the chief clerk (or something) for a hospitalized, dying Supreme Court Justice was great. He won an Emmy for it, I think. It had some gravity and walked a nice balance between something we can all relate to – someone dying we care for – and something most of us will never relate to – preserving massive political power for as long as possible. How can something like that be carried off in the setting of a sketch comedy show?
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