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Farewell, Studio 60

Now that "Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip" has aired its final episodes, it's instructive to see again how it all began: with Judd Hirsch's Chayefsky-esq (see: "Network") rant about the impact of modern TeeVee on our politics and culture:

Critics can take the series to task for whatever flaws they want to dwell on, but the simple fact is that the industry (and the country) are a tad poorer when it can't find an hour each week for a program as erudite and challenging as "Studio 60."

Thank you, Aaron Sorkin, for challenging our synapses.  As Harriet Hayes might say... God Bless.

"Farnsworth" Coming to Broadway in November

The announcement we've all be waiting for:

Link: Aaron Sorkin's Farnsworth Invention to Open on Broadway in November.

Aaron Sorkin photo by NBC.com "The West Wing" creator/writer Aaron Sorkin will make his return to Broadway this fall with his first play in almost two decades, The Farnsworth Invention, Playbill.com has learned. A casting notice lists Dodger Theatricals as the producer of the forthcoming production, to be directed by Des McAnuff.

The posting lists Oct. 15 as the tentative date of the first preview performance with a Nov. 18 opening. The Farnsworth Invention concerns the battle for the patent for the invention of the television set. The race pitted a young genius, Philo T. Farnsworth, who came up with the idea as a high school student, against David Sarnoff, the head of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA).

So, first the play... then the movie, then the play based on the movie...