LAT in 90 Seconds

Sorkin Finds Losing Is A Bitch: In a sit-down with Aaron Sorkin, Patrick Goldstein (an avowed Sorkin fan, like ourselves) writes that Studio 60 failed on the weight of its own bad premise more than anything else. Sorkin, though, seems to blame a number of factors — not the least of which is the fact that everyone in town wanted it to fail: “TV has a very measurable effect on our national mood. When TV gets bitchy and pissy, you find Americans getting bitchy and pissy too.”