More Studio 60 blabber
Maybe Wes Mandell and television is really lobotomizing us. I was looking at Internet forums for talk on Studio 60, which I know was a mistake. Anyways, people seem to be confused about the name of the live sketch series embedded within the actual drama series. Because the announcer said, "Live from Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, it's Friday night in Hollywood", which matches "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!", some people think the name of the show-within-a-show is Friday Night in Hollywood. It's not. The name is also Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Just like a previous AaronSorkin series Sports Night was about a cable sports television show also named Sports Night. "Friday night in Hollywood" is just description for a time and a place. Even if I wasn't looking at the the official website which outright says Studio 60 is about "the drama behind the humor of producing a popular late-night comedy sketch show, 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'", or looking at the website for the show-within-a-show, I would have been able to tell from the pilot episode itself. The very first words of the pilot is D.L.Hughley's character saying, "How many of you have been watching Studio 60 since high school?" Every single character refers to it as Studio 60, such as "Something's gone wrong at Studio 60," not "Something's gone wrong at Friday Night." The news reporters refer to it as "the NBS flagship program, Studio 60. "During Three 6 Mafia's performance, there was a projected circular logo that said Studio 60. The same logo is seen everywhere on the set and on the outside of the building. There's even tote bags that can be seen that say Studio 60.
There's also people confused about the corporate hierarchy. It seemed pretty clear from the get-go in the dinner scene. Ed Asner's character is above Steven Weber's character. Steven Weber's character is above Amanda Peet's character. It doesn't take a scorecard. And if you want the nitty-gritty of their titles, it was in the episode.
Ed Asner as Mr. White, is the head of the Tunney Media Group. They own NBS, just like GE owns NBC, Westinghouse owned CBS before passing it on to Viacom, and Disney owns ABC. Interstingly enough, Viacom was once the syndication arm of CBS, before being spun off into a separate company. Just like SBC was a Baby Bell that bought out Ma Bell. Steven Weber as Jack Randolph is the chairman of NBS. In his fight with the Broadcast Standards and Practices guy, WesMandell referred to Jack Randolph as chairman of NBS. White congratulated Randolph on his hiring of Jordan McDeere. McDeere is repeatedly referred to as President. Some people may think a President shouldn't answer to anyone. However, corporate titles in general don't match to responsibilities. What is a President at one company is a CEO at another company or a chairman at yet another company. The title doesn't matter. Who can hire you and fire you does. However, the structure of NBS matches NBC, which is what NBS is obviously patterned after. NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which is owned by GE andVivendi. The CEO and chairman of NBC is Bob Wright. He has to answer to GE and Vivendi. Jeff Zucker is President of NBC. Zucker was the one responsible for creating the Apprentice, which Studio 60 disparaged, but the character Jordan McDeere is part-Zucker, since she is a programming genius who has a meteoric rise through the ranks, just like Zucker.
Oh, and Matt Albie and Danny Tripp are Executive Producers for Studio 60. Executive Producer is like President. It can mean a lot of things. It could be the star's girlfriend, in a lot of cases. However, in television parlance, they're definitely the "show runners," the ones calling the shots every day.
There's also people confused about the corporate hierarchy. It seemed pretty clear from the get-go in the dinner scene. Ed Asner's character is above Steven Weber's character. Steven Weber's character is above Amanda Peet's character. It doesn't take a scorecard. And if you want the nitty-gritty of their titles, it was in the episode.
Ed Asner as Mr. White, is the head of the Tunney Media Group. They own NBS, just like GE owns NBC, Westinghouse owned CBS before passing it on to Viacom, and Disney owns ABC. Interstingly enough, Viacom was once the syndication arm of CBS, before being spun off into a separate company. Just like SBC was a Baby Bell that bought out Ma Bell. Steven Weber as Jack Randolph is the chairman of NBS. In his fight with the Broadcast Standards and Practices guy, WesMandell referred to Jack Randolph as chairman of NBS. White congratulated Randolph on his hiring of Jordan McDeere. McDeere is repeatedly referred to as President. Some people may think a President shouldn't answer to anyone. However, corporate titles in general don't match to responsibilities. What is a President at one company is a CEO at another company or a chairman at yet another company. The title doesn't matter. Who can hire you and fire you does. However, the structure of NBS matches NBC, which is what NBS is obviously patterned after. NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which is owned by GE andVivendi. The CEO and chairman of NBC is Bob Wright. He has to answer to GE and Vivendi. Jeff Zucker is President of NBC. Zucker was the one responsible for creating the Apprentice, which Studio 60 disparaged, but the character Jordan McDeere is part-Zucker, since she is a programming genius who has a meteoric rise through the ranks, just like Zucker.
Oh, and Matt Albie and Danny Tripp are Executive Producers for Studio 60. Executive Producer is like President. It can mean a lot of things. It could be the star's girlfriend, in a lot of cases. However, in television parlance, they're definitely the "show runners," the ones calling the shots every day.
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