It's nearing the end of January, and all those network shows are coming back. In order to keep everyone's sanity intact (mine above all) expect shorter-than-before TV commentaries...unless the show in question is Lost.

So here we are with the Studio 60 crew again. And I'm happy/sad to say that I'm loving/hating it as much as I have been. The overview:

-Danny has gotten to the "creepy" stage. He's stalking Jordan. Not good. Are we suppose to think it's creepy? Maybe, but Aaron Sorkin clearly wants you to sympathize with him, too. Sorry, buddy -- what was so sweet in the Christmas episode has just plain gone weird.

-The whole plotline about Matt trying to win the date with Harriet was, sadly, another example of Sorkin miscalculating his characters' actions. A complaint about the show has always been about treating a television show like it's life or death when all these people could conceivably described as self-involved filthy-rich idiots, right? Well this episode we have our lead protagonist throwing away some $10,000 so another guy won't get to date his dream girl.

-That new chick with Jordan? Very off-putting. I guess that's the intention, but I'm not looking forward to seeing her again.

-Once again, the best parts of the show are the parts that actually deal with what the show is supposedly about (how novel!): the show-within-the-show. (Yes, I just said "show" four times in one sentence.) What I'm getting at is the non-Harriet cast members, and the two writers, Darius and Lucy. Lucy with Tom Jeter is actually a budding relationship I could get behind (a first for the show), and the argument between Darius and Simon was intriguing.