Amen and amen about Sorkin--haven't watched Heroes yet, it's on the TiVo. Watched the Sorkin last week and was shocked at how it only took him three shows to go from fresh to stale. Hope he manages to pick it up, because from where I sit, there are too many shows that will be kicking his butt.

I am at the point now where I actually chose to watch tv over a movie. The acting and writing are great and you have time to develop some good plots and characters. Todays tv shows are like the old serial novels.

I'm not sure about Heroes yet. I'm worried it's going to be a little too "postmodern" for me. Add to that there was only one act of actual heroism in the first episode, and my skepticism grows. I'm not sure why they felt they had to throw in a dark conspiracy to make a good show. I was really hoping for something focusing more on the idea of ordinary men and women coming to grips with extraordinary powers. That seemed like poignant enough premise for me. Heck, they could just have gone that far and added a villain or two and they could have been head and shoulders over most of the other "superhero" crap on tv.

TV writers have really gotten it down to a science. Even formulaic procedurals like Law & Order are much more entertaining than most crime movies. We just watched the first season of Battlestar Galactica (the new series) and were very impressed with its writing and depth of character.

Studio 60 is gonna have at least one more week of religious right christian bashing since the crazy christians bit still didn't air. Everything but the attempts at humor are good, I kept wondering if sorkin bothered to hier anyone who was funny, well, theres hughley, but I'm missing all of the "genius" that is supposed to be matt, the only parts that are funny aren't creatively funny, but sarcastic and quippy. Everything but the funny, I like, when he tries the funny he falls flat.

As for movie stars and stuff. I remember reading an interview with freddy prinze jr. after he did his guest stint on "Friends" saying that he had been busting his but for the last 4 years to get into any crappy movie, and the first time he really had fun was on a TV show, so he was intent on finding a TV sitcom he can join with. I kinda liked that attitude since it was just honest and cool.

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my God, i thought you had been going to chip in with some decisive insght at the end there, not leave it with ‘we leave it to you to decide’.