As the advert says,”The writer of The West Wing, The star of Friends. What’s not to like?” Confident, much? But then, it’s probably fair enough, as Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip sounds, on paper, like it *should* be a sure-fire winner. Based around the production team of a Saturday Night Live-esque TV show, it stars Matthew Perry as the head writer, Bradley Whitford as the producer/director, and has Aaron Sorkin providing the wise-cracks. As they say, what’s not to like?

But those of you who keep up with your telly news will know that this has already been cancelled after just one season. Personally, I found Sorkin’s West Wing dialogue hard to listen to, at first, (“Because they all” “Finish each other’s sentences” “In a staccato style”) but I’m pretty much on my own with that, so that can’t be it. So what *did* go wrong? The reviews certainly weren’t terrible, and it won loads of awards, including five Emmys. Well, we’ll just have to watch and find out, won’t we?

Set The Video: Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip, More4, Thurs 26 July, 10pm