Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Guide, DVD

“Living where there’s free speech means that sometimes you get offended.”

Amanda Peet as Jordan McDeere, Steven Weber as Jack Rudolph, and Matthew Perry as Matt Albie NBC Photo: Scott Garfield

Written by:

Aaron Sorkin

Directed by:

Thomas Schlamme

Music in the Episode (song names from TWoP’s S60 Forum):

• “Under Pressure” - David Bowie & Queen (end credits) (“Ozzyols”).
• “I Like the Way You Move” - Bodyshakers
• Three 6 Mafia’s “Side 2 Side” - (“rachel1707uk”).
• “California Love” by 2Pac - (song in the club) (“hlmac17″).
• “The funky instrumental latin track that features twice in the pilot… is ‘Hippo Walk’ by Mongo Santamaria, from… ‘Mongo’s Way’“. (quoted - “SofaSoGood”).

First info on Ratings

Overnights on the pilot episode.

Facts, References, Mistakes:

• The movie “Network” which the news programs related to Wes’s rant.

From TV Guide:

“‘Studio 60′ showrunner Wes Mendell (Judd Hirsch) has a very public meltdown, and newly appointed network president Jordan McDeere (Amanda Peet) scrambles for damage control by offering Wes’s old job to the brilliant creative team of Matt Albie and Danny Tripp (Matthew Perry, Bradley Whitford). Harriet Hayes: Sarah Paulson. Simon Stiles: D.L. Hughley. Tom Jeter: Nathan Corddry. Jack Rudolph: Steven Weber. Cal Shanley: Timothy Busfield. Felicity Huffman appears as herself.”

Scenes:

Guest Stars:

Simon Helberg — Alex Nate Torrence — Dylan John Carpenter — Herb Sheldon Emiko Parise — Assoc. Producer Jennifer Pennington — Control Room Assistant Clement Blake — Cue Card Man Wiliam Stanford — Davis Floor Manager Merritt Wever — Suzanne Kirstin Pierce — Marylyn Rudolph Jason Workman — Waiter Amy Watt — PA1 Jah Shams Abdul-Mumin — PA2 Dave Clark — Monitor Reporter #1

Glen Walker — Monitor Reporter #2 Shaun Cherise Robinson — Monitor Reporter #3 Dilva Henry — Monitor Reporter #4 Andrew Friedman — Alan Vernee Watson-Johnson — Zelda Josh Weinstein — Michael Mandy Siegfried — Julie Kris Murphy — Karen Josh Phillips — M.C. Akiva Goldsman — As Self Rod Tate Security — Man #1 Samantha Coker — Waitress Kate Bayley — Shelly’s Assistant

Other pages with references to this Episode:

• Promos of the Pilot
• Wes’s Rant