"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" The West Coast Delay (2006)

Director:

Timothy Busfield

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator)
Mark Goffman (written by) ...

TV Series:

"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (2006)

Original Air Date:

8 October 2006 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

The show faces a legal nightmare when an viewer notices that a joke in the news segment was plagiarized from a stand-up comedian, and posts the clip on the Internet during the show. |

Plot Keywords:

Baseball Player | Plagiarism | Television Flop | Television | Television Studio

Cast

Matthew Perry	...	Matt Albie
Amanda Peet	...	Jordan McDeere
Bradley Whitford	...	Danny Tripp
Steven Weber	...	Jack Rudolph (voice)
D.L. Hughley	...	Simon Stiles
Sarah Paulson	...	Harriet Hayes
Nathan Corddry	...	Tom Jeter (as Nate Corddry)
Timothy Busfield	...	Cal Shanley
Evan Handler	...	Ricky Tahoe
Carlos Jacott	...	Ron Oswald
Cyia Batten	...	Wendy
Kelvin Yu	...	Kevin Yu
Michael Hyatt	...	Maisey
Ayda Field	...	Jeannie Whatley
Diana-Maria Riva	...	Lilly Rodriguez

Company:

Shoe Money Productions

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Matt finishes the script he tells his assistant that there won't be time for cue cards. However, we can see a man holding cue cards during Simon's apology.

Quotes:

Danny Tripp: Okay, people, just like we did it three hours ago. Only, you know, legal.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Meet the Press" (1992)