NBC has teamed up with AOL to put the pilot episode of Aaron Sorkin’s new show, “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” up, commercial free, on the Internet a week before it first airs on the peacock.

The pilot was solid… combining the movie-style production and idealism of The West Wing with the quick wit of Sports Night.
It’s pretty bold of NBC to pick up the show, both because it draws it’s schtick from Saturday Night Live and a new show written by and starring Tina Fey will air on the same network.

And the show ends with “Under Pressure” by Queen and David Bowie.  Could it get much better?

With the midterms fast approaching, both NBC and ABC have begun blogs devoted to providing daily political updates from their respective pools of reporters.

NBC’s “First Read” is a new take on what used to be their morning on-line update of the day in politics.  “First Read” no longer exists in its previous and has been completely folded into the continually updated blog.

ABC has retained their version of the morning update, “The Note”, and added a blog,”Political Radar“, that will allow for continual updates throughout the day.

We’ll see which one proves to be more popular, but it’s interesting that NBC has conceded the battle for the long-form morning update.

CBS may have Katie Couric… but they’re still lacking the comprehensive political reporting teams of NBC and ABC.