Watching Studio60

According to the More4 site, “Breaking News” was the episode shown on Thursday in the U.K.; it originally aired in May in the U.S. For those who want to read what was written about this episode when it was first broadcast, here are links to reviews, recaps and forum discussions on:

• Entertainment Weekly … no, wait, EW.com was so annoyed by “The Disaster Show,” the previous episode, that it refused to recap this one.
• TV Squad
• Television Without Pity (recap)
• Television Without Pity (forum - R/O)
• Studio 60 Guide

For those of us who saw “Breaking News” six months ago, “Breaking News” was the one on which Jenna Fischer of The Office was the guest host for the show-within-a-show; Matt’s pill-popping out of a children’s vitamin bottle became a subject of discussion; the blonde lawyer was still wandering around flirting with Matt in a way that really should have been the product of a drugged imagination; Danny and Jordan argued over the show’s sliding ratings, and what might need to be done about that; and, oh yeah, Tom’s brother went missing in Afghanistan and Jordan collapsed, setting up the trilogy of “K&R” episodes to come. In fact, I think this and all the rest of the episodes in the series happened over the course of one really long night, right?

At any rate, though the episode ends in fear and despair, it’s nice having the trio of Matt, Danny and Jordan — missing without comment from the previous episode — back in place for the start of the final wild ride.

Studio 60, NBC, Breaking News, Jenna Fischer