Studio 60 didn't suck this week

For Christmas Aaron Sorkin gave as a pretty a-okay episode of Studio 60. There was a lot of pitter patter dialogue (though I'm still not sure Jordan's OBGYN would indulge Danny's riff on her baby daddy's jackass status) and Steven Webber's stuff was pretty interesting. I loved his rather sweet reaction to Jordan's pregnancy revelation. And even though it was awkward (or maybe because it was), I also loved Danny's I'm-falling-in-love-with-you-Jordan revelation, which came off a LITTLE like a threat.

The Katrina subplot didn't give me chills, but I was relieved that is also didn't make me queasy. When we first learned of all the starving jazz men in LA, I was really worried about where the story would take us. Fortunately it was not quite to the land of heavy handed preachiness where some other topics (like certain people's brother and Afghanistan) have ventured.

In what the NBC promos department would have us believe is "Soul Mates" news: Harry got a plum part in an ex-boyfriend's movie and Matt was happy for her and then kissed her, thus making her forget herself and say his name on the air. Because even though she's a professional comic and highly successful, she's still a silly woman.

And I'm pleased to report that the sketch we saw about Santa being featured on To Catch a Predator was absolutely the kind of sketch one would actually see on a comedy show. This makes two weeks in a row, people!