Posted Sep 14th 2006 4:50PM by TMZ Staff
The highly-anticipated new show "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" premieres this Monday, but you can get a behind-the-scenes look at the set right now.
Timothy Busfield, who plays Cal Shanley on the show, gave cameras a tour that included a water cooler with no water, an audience with no live people, and a glimpse of Matthew Perry, Thomas Schlamme and Bradley Whitford along the way.
Don't miss the premiere of "Studio 60" September 18 at 10PM ET/PT on NBC.
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Posted Jan 27th 2006 6:49PM by TMZ Staff
By ERIN CARLSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Matthew Perry is about to make some new TV buddies.
The former co-star of the long-running "Friends" is returning to NBC to star in a still untitled series from "West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin about the behind-the-scenes life at a "Saturday Night Live"-type sketch-comedy show.
The series will also star Steven Weber ("Wings") and comedian D.L. Hughley.
NBC, which has aired "Saturday Night Live" since its start 30 years ago, has ordered 13 episodes of the new series from Warner Bros., the trade papers Daily Variety and the Hollywood Reporter reported Friday.
Sorkin will be joined as excutive producer by Thomas Schlamme, a former "West Wing" production partner.
Sorkin left "West Wing" in 2003 after a dispute with NBC.
Perry and "Friends" departed NBC in May 2004.
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