"The Disaster Show" | |
Season 1, Episode 17 | |
Air date | May 24, 2007 |
Written by | Aaron Sorkin - Teleplay Chad Gomez Creasey & |
Directed by | Thomas Schlamme |
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The Disaster Show is the seventeenth episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. The teleplay was written by Aaron Sorkin from a story by Chad Gomez Creasey & Dara Resnik Creasey. It was directed by Thomas Schlamme. It premiered on May 24, 2007.
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Allison Janney, as herself, is the guest host of a show that goes haywire when the propmasters and cue card workers stage a last minute wildcat strike. While the show is on, a bomb threat referencing a Muhammad sketch threatens the building.
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- Jordan McDeere, Danny Tripp and Matt Albie, while mentioned throughout the episode, are not seen on screen.
- Actors Allison Janney and Timothy Busfield frequently interact throughout the episode. They previously played each others' love interests on Sorkin's previous show, The West Wing.
- When Jack tells her he loved her on Chicago Hope, Allison Janney tells him he's confused her with Christine Lahti. Lahti portrayed Martha O'Dell earlier in the season.
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- Schlamme, T. & Sorkin, A. (Executive Producers). (2007, May 24). Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip [Television program]. Burbank, California: Warner Bros. Television.
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