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* CommediaDellArte: Rarely seen but often mentioned, a regular sketch on the ShowWithinAShow, starring Jeanie (although it's not clear which of the roles she plays).
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* CommediaDellArte: Rarely seen but often mentioned, a regular sketch on the ShowWithinAShow, starring Jeanie (although (from the one brief clip we see, it appears she is playing The Captain in a FishOutOfWater scenario when the character is in the modern day - it's not clear which of the roles she plays).likely a homage to Creator/JohnBelushi's Samurai character from SNL).
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** The opening episode, with its CreatorBreakdown rant, is a ShoutOut to Howard Beale's similar breakdown in the movie ''Film/{{Network}}''.
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** The opening episode, with its CreatorBreakdown rant, is a ShoutOut to Howard Beale's similar breakdown in the movie ''Film/{{Network}}''.
%%* ShowWithinAShow''Film/{{Network}}'', something [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in literally every tv news story about it we see.
* ShowWithinAShow: And ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' is both the name of the show we're watching, and also the name of the show within the show.
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* ShowWithinAShow: And ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip'' is both the name of the show we're watching, and also the name of the show within the show.
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Removing outdated Five Man Band tree.
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** TheLeader: Matt Albie
** TheLancer: Danny Tripp
** TheBigGuy: Simon Stiles
** TheSmartGuy: Cal
** TheChick: Harriet Hayes
** TheLeader: Matt Albie
** TheLancer: Danny Tripp
** TheBigGuy: Simon Stiles
** TheSmartGuy: Cal
** TheChick: Harriet Hayes
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* AntiClimax: The final episode has two. Tom must decide whether to [[spoiler: negotiate with people who have his brother hostage behind the government’s back.]] Danny meanwhile must decide whether to [[spoiler: forge Jordan’s (who is experiencing severe complications after giving birth) signature on paperwork that would name him the legal guardian of Jordan’s child if Jordan should die.]] By the end of the episode the plots resolve themselves and neither needs to make any decision.
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This show is no longer allowed to have a trope page.
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** Aaron Sorkin based the character of Harriet Hayes (the ex-girlfriend of his self-insert character Matt) on his ex-girlfriend Kristin Chenoweth (with permission), and aims several Take Thats at Chenoweth through the character's interactions, specifically regarding Chenoweth's decision to appear on ''Series/The700Club'' and an FHM bathing-suit photo-shoot of Chenoweth's, employing the other characters to lambaste Harriet for her decision to do a lingerie shoot.
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** Aaron Sorkin based the character of Harriet Hayes (the ex-girlfriend of his self-insert character Matt) on his ex-girlfriend Kristin Chenoweth (with permission), and aims several Take Thats at Chenoweth through the character's interactions, specifically regarding Chenoweth's decision to appear on ''Series/The700Club'' ''The 700 Club'' and an FHM bathing-suit photo-shoot of Chenoweth's, employing the other characters to lambaste Harriet for her decision to do a lingerie shoot.
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Undermined By Reality has been cut.
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* UnderminedByReality: [[invoked]] One of the main contentions of Jordan's character is that high-budget, high-quality programming is truly what America wants, and the network will be successful if they avoid cheesy trashy reality programming. It turns out it isn't.
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* InformedAbility: From what we hear, Matt writes a transcendent experience filled with cutting satire that has everyone talking the Monday after. What we see is a very generic sketch show that falls far below expectations.
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* InformedAbility: One of the most common criticisms of the series is it's regular use of this trope. From what we hear, Matt writes a transcendent experience filled with cutting satire that has everyone talking the Monday after. What we see is a very generic sketch show that falls far below expectations.
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A large number of films and TV shows Sorkin worked on (A Few Good Men, The West Wing, and The Trial Of The Chicago 7, to name a few) have heavy political themes and/or have plots concerning the American government, so it's safe to say that Sorkin has an affinity for writing those kinds of stories.
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And politics. Lots and lots of politics. For some reason.
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And politics. Lots and lots of politics. [[AuthorAppeal For some reason.reason]].
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* MostWritersAreWriters: From Creator/NathanRabin's ''My World of Flops'' entry on the show, mocking the overly romanticized view of [[MartyStu Matt]]:
-->"Even with a head full of bad chemicals and a belly full of pills, he’s able to single-handedly write a peerless work of transcendent social and political satire everyone in the known universe will be talking about around the water cooler Monday morning. Writing 90 minutes of new comedy every week is a Herculean endeavor for even the most gifted writing staff; now imagine 90 minutes of brilliant comedy emerging anew weekly from the mind ''of but a single man!''"
-->"Even with a head full of bad chemicals and a belly full of pills, he’s able to single-handedly write a peerless work of transcendent social and political satire everyone in the known universe will be talking about around the water cooler Monday morning. Writing 90 minutes of new comedy every week is a Herculean endeavor for even the most gifted writing staff; now imagine 90 minutes of brilliant comedy emerging anew weekly from the mind ''of but a single man!''"
