Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (Show within Studio 60)
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| Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Fictional Show |
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 Studio 60 Logo |
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| Genre | Sketch comedy |
| Running time | 150 Minutes |
| Creator(s) | Wes Mendell |
| Executive producer(s) | Matt Albie Danny Tripp |
| Starring | Harriet Hayes Simon Stiles Tom Jeter Jeannie Whatley Samantha Li Alex Dwyer Dylan Killington |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original channel | NBS |
| Original run | 1986–Present |
| No. of episodes | Approx 400 |
| Official website | |
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is a fictional television show within the NBC show of the same name, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. The fictitious show first went to air (within Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip continuity) in 1986 and is a sketch comedy show in the style of Saturday Night Live, which is referred to as one of the show's main competitors.
Studio 60 resides on fictitious television network NBS, which is owned by Tunney Media Group.
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[edit] History
Up until its twentieth season in 2006, Studio 60 was helmed by creator and senior executive producer Wes Mendell (Judd Hirsch); however, during an episode in the 20th season's live cold open, Mendell finally snapped, interrupting the broadcast and launching into a tirade against the network (much like in the film Network) until he was cut off by the censors. Shortly afterwards, Mendell was unsurprisingly fired by NBS Chairman Jack Rudolph (Steven Weber).
Meanwhile, a young up-and-coming executive Jordan McDeere (Amanda Peet) was celebrating her recent appointment as President of NBS. Unfortunately for McDeere, her first day was not to run as smoothly as planned; faced with crisis at Studio 60, her first decision as network president was to enlist two new executive producers, Danny Tripp (Bradley Whitford) and Matt Albie (Matthew Perry). The latter had been fired from the show's writing staff several years earlier by Rudolph and the former had resigned from the production team soon after in protest. With this in their history and an award-winning feature film to their names, the pair made a controversial, "splashy" choice for the new executive producers.
The show's co-executive producers Ricky Tahoe (Evan Handler) and Ron Oswald (Carlos Jacott) were already stinging after having lost out on the top jobs to Tripp and Albie. Following several altercations with the new executive producers, the two left the show to produce a new sitcom based around Studio 60's "Peripheral Vision Man" character (described by Mendell as unfunny) for the FOX network - taking almost the entire writing staff with them.
As of the most recent episode, the writing staff consists only of Matt Albie, Andy Mackinaw (a former Studio 60 writer called in to help out) and two untried writers, Darius Hawthorne and Lucy Kenworthy, both of whom have yet to get any sketches on the air.
[edit] Crew
[edit] Current Crew
- Executive Producer
- Senior Director
- Executive Producer
- Head Writer
- Control Room Director
- Sketch Writer
- Sketch Writer
- Sketch Writer
- Mentor to Darius and Lucy
[edit] Notable Previous Crew
- Senior Executive Producer
- Original Creator
- Co-Executive Producer
- Head of Writing Staff
- Co-Executive Producer
- Head of Writing Staff
[edit] Cast
[edit] The Big Three
- Versatile character and impersonations actress. Co-hosts "News 60".
- The "Leading Man" player.
- Classically trained Yale Graduate actor. Co-hosts "News 60".
[edit] Other Cast
- A sultry actress with a clever streak. Is often used by the show's crew for leverage.
- Highly trained and professional impressionist.
- A rookie member of the show's ensemble. Though he has been offered the spotlight, he has turned it down due to fear of rejection.
- A member of the show's ensemble. American born, but Asian in appearance, is aptly typecast as the "fish out of water" when necessary.
| STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP | ||
| EPISODES | AIRDATES | CHARACTERS | CATEGORY | ||
| Primary Characters |
Matt Albie | Danny Tripp | Jordan McDeere | Harriet Hayes Tom Jeter | Simon Stiles | Jack Rudolph | Cal Shanley |
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| Secondary Characters |
Ricky Tahoe | Ron Oswald | Wes Mendell | Martha O'Dell Jeannie Whatley | Samantha Li | Alex Dwyer | Dylan Killington Darius Hawthorne | Lucy Kenworthy | Andy Mackinaw | Wilson White |
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| Organizations | National Broadcasting System | Tunney Media Group | |
| Fictional Studio 60 | The Studio | The Show | News 60 | |
| Key Creators | Aaron Sorkin | Thomas Schlamme | W. G. Walden | |
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