History Trivia / Studio60OnTheSunsetStrip

* DuelingShows: ''Series/ThirtyRock''. If you went back in time to 2006 and told someone ''30 Rock'' would last seven seasons while ''Studio 60'' would only get one before being unceremoniously canceled, [[ItWillNeverCatchOn you would have been laughed out of the room]]. Oh, and just add in the fact that ''30 Rock'' has won three straight Emmys for Best Comedy while ''Studio 60'' never even managed a nomination for Best Drama and then they'll really think you must be joking. ''Everyone'' expected ''Studio 60'' would be the next ''West Wing'' and that ''30 Rock'' would be gone long before. That said, Creator/TinaFey has said that Sorkin had nothing but the best wishes for her show, even sending her a dozen roses the week ''30 Rock'' premiered.

** Creator/BradleyWhitford, directed the season (ultimately the series) finale. He also wrote two episodes of ''The West Wing'', one each in the show last two seasons.
** Creator/Timoth Busfield, directed six episodes of the show.

* TheDanza: Matthew Perry as "Matt"

** Bradley Whitford, directed the season (ultimately the series) finale. He also wrote two episodes of ''The West Wing'', one each in the show last two seasons.
** Timothy Busfield, directed six episodes of the show.

* CastingGag: Openly bisexual Creator/SarahPaulson as the conservative Christian Harriet Hayes, whose ambiguous feelings about gay marriage factor significantly into the plot of "Nevada Day."
** Doubly so during a conversation between her and Jordan about fixing the bad press she got from commenting on it.
--> '''Jordan''': Here's what I need you to do to fix it--
--> '''Harriet''' (Sarcastically): By going on the cover of Newsweek and saying I’m gay?
--> '''Jordan''': Would you be willing to do that? I'm kidding!

** There may be a historical allusion here also. The character of Harriet Hayes might have been named after Harry Hay, a pioneer in the gay rights movement.

* DuelingShows: ''Series/ThirtyRock''. If you went back in time to 2006 and told someone ''30 Rock'' would last seven seasons while ''Studio 60'' would only get one before being unceremoniously canceled, [[ItWillNeverCatchOn you would have been laughed out of the room]]. Oh, and just add in the fact that ''30 Rock'' has won three straight Emmys for Best Comedy while ''Studio 60'' never even managed a nomination for Best Drama and then they'll really think you must be joking. ''Everyone'' expected ''Studio 60'' would be the next ''West Wing'' and that ''30 Rock'' would be gone long before. That said, TinaFey has said that Sorkin had nothing but the best wishes for her show, even sending her a dozen roses the week ''30 Rock'' premiered.

* TheDanza (Matthew Perry as "Matt")

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Hey, [[Series/TheBigBangTheory Wolowitz]] does a pretty good Nic Cage impression!
** Did Matt just get [[GilmoreGirls Lorelai Gilmore]]'s phone number?
** Apparently [[Series/TheWire Maurice Levy]] stopped representing Baltimore gangsters and started working for NBS.
** Also, [[Series/TheWestWing Josh Lyman and Danny Concannon]] both apparently decided to go into television rather than public service and journalism respectively.
** [[Series/TheOfficeUK Dawn Tinsley]] gave up her dreams of illustrating to be a writer. She actually shared an episode with [[Series/TheOfficeUS Pam]].
** [[Series/{{JAG}} Sturgis Turner]] left the Navy and become a NBS legal counsel

** Hey, [[TheBigBangTheory Wolowitz]] does a pretty good Nic Cage impression!

** Apparently [[TheWire Maurice Levy]] stopped representing Baltimore gangsters and started working for NBS.

** [[TheOffice Dawn Tinsley]] gave up her dreams of illustrating to be a writer. She actually shared an episode with [[TheOffice Pam]].

** Also,[[TheWestWing Josh Lyman and Danny Concannon]] both apparently decided to go into television rather than public service and journalism respectively.

** [[TheOffice Dawn Tinsley]] gave up her dreams of illustrating to be a writer. She actually shared an episode with [[TheOffice Pam]].