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If you liked Morning Glory, you'll love...

posted 14 years ago by juviejay
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Sorry, I hate when people write that, but in this case it may actually be true. If you liked "Morning Glory," you might also like "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip."

"Studio 60..." was a television program written by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, The Social Network). It only lasted a year, but it was pretty good.

Amanda Peet plays a character similar to the one played by McAdams in this film. Only the show's not a morning news show, but a show similar to SNL. It gives us glimpses of the SNL skits we wish had really existed (like Nicholas Cage's Cooking Show and Juliet Lewis hosting Meet the Press). Anyway, thought I'd mention it.

One warning, though. Conservative Christian types may take offense. Sorkin's pretty liberal, and not ashamed about it.

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[–] iseepinkelefants 14 years ago

I liked Studio 60 but the only thing they have in common is the fact that they go behind the scenes. Plus Studio 60 was an ensemble. If you want to go that way you could also say if you liked this you'll probably like 30 Rock (the other side of the spectrum. 60 was drama, 30 is comedy). Morning Glory probably sits in between those two.

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[–] juviejay 14 years ago

I never got into 30 Rock. I'm pretty picky. And I don't think the only similarity was the behind the scenes point of view. Both Morning Glory and Studio 60 had youngish, attractive, talented women trying to run a television program (or a network in Studio 60's case) and having to deal with the huge egos of the stars, the pressures of getting good ratings, judging what constitutes good entertainment, and job insecurity. They also romantic endeavors, though to me these weren't as interesting. Anyway, I like both Peet and McAdams so I also liked both characters. I do, however, think Studio 60 was a much superior product, the good news is that there's about ten times as much of it as there is of Morning Glory. The bad news is that it didn't last longer.

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[–] Prismark10 13 years ago

If you like this then you would like Broadcast news even more!

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[–] Howlin Wolf 13 years ago

"Studio 60... " was much better, though, and it got cancelled WAY too soon.

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