I hated the pilot... but the pilot made the second episode look like genius.
The truth of the matter seems to be that Aaron Sorkin is making a show about making an hour long drama and not really about live TV or SNL or anything else. Not surprisingly, Sorkin doesn’t seem to have the slightest grasp of how live TV works, aside from a few trips to 8H in New York on fact finding missions. I can forgive stupid details, like all the offices having floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the studio (the green room at SNL does look like that… but it is the only space that does). But the misunderstanding of the writers and the talent is horrible.
Worst of all, his cast of funny people are not funny. And they aren’t non funny in the way some comics are all serious in real life and turn it on for the camera. They are dramatic actors… all except D.L. Hughley, who seems to be trying to give up his comedy roots.
This is a bad, completely self-indulgent – it’s more about Sorkin and his genius than it was last week – crap that may win an award for the most actors who have unpleasant looking skin damage from the sun.