{"id":685,"date":"2005-10-15T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-15T17:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=685"},"modified":"2005-10-15T10:34:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-15T17:34:00","slug":"the-writer-does-a-little-dance-and-sings-a-little-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2005\/10\/15\/the-writer-does-a-little-dance-and-sings-a-little-song\/","title":{"rendered":"(the writer does a little dance and sings a little song)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.variety.com\/\">Variety:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme are headed back to NBC. Peacock has won an intense bidding war for the next TV show from &#8220;The West Wing&#8221; duo, an hourlong drama dubbed &#8220;Studio 7 on the Sunset Strip&#8221; that&#8217;s set behind-the-scenes at a longrunning Los Angeles-based sketch comedy show. It&#8217;s believed the net has made a rich 13-episode commitment to the Warner Bros. TV project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope it&#8217;s going to be what &#8216;Larry Sanders&#8217; did with &#8230; talkshows [Sorkin said.] &#8230;I would like to do that with latenight sketch comedy &#8212; with &#8216;Saturday Night Live&#8217;: in other words, behind the scenes at a network latenight sketch-comedy, edgy show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sorkin wrote the pilot script for the project before the pitching process began. That strategy helped build interest for the project among the webs&#8230;Sorkin is expected to personally deliver the script for his project to networks as early as Friday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And now I&#8217;m going to go off and sing and dance some more.<\/p>\n<p>Go Aaron!  Go Tommy! Go Aaron!  Go Tommy!<\/p>\n<p>(etc.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Variety: Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme are headed back to NBC. 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