We reported back in July how Aaron Sorkin, creator of failed US drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip blamed himself for the show’s shortcomings (see here). Now one of the stars of the programme, D.L.Hughley who played Simon Stiles is offering his opinion on why the show never took off as expected.

“I think that like most things that are highly touted – the number-one draft pick – we crumpled under the weight of expectations. I think we could have not taken ourselves so seriously. We pulled back the curtain too much. It’s like when you go to a restaurant: It can be the best restaurant in the world, but I just want to eat the meal. I don’t want to know how they make the steak.

“I think we spent so much time explaining and making what we did “important.” We weren’t inclusive enough. We had conversations with ourselves to hear ourselves.”

Upon reading the script for the pilot, the stand-up comic was impressed, calling it “some of the most well-written television I’d ever seen,” however he points an accusatory finger at the show’s ensemble believing they “became too aware of themselves.”

Oh, how this drawn-out autopsy makes me sad. Watching it on More4, I love the show and hate knowing it is no more. The bring back Studio 60 campaign starts here!

[via Digital Spy]