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West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin isn’t just planning to return to television after a stint in the film world. He’s planning another series set behind the scenes of a television show. Sorkin tells TVGuideMagazine.com that – like his previous series Sports Night (set around an ESPN-style sports news ...
Aaron Sorkin headed back to TV
Aaron Sorkin headed back to TV
totalfilm.com — While he's spent the time since Studio 60 was cancelled working on movies, Aaron Sorkin has been... tooling away on a new idea for a TV series set behind the scenes of a show. Yes, the writer behind David Fincher's The Social Network is following up ... Aaron Sorkin headed back to TV
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Aaron Sorkin's new TV project
Oh No They Didn't! — ... on the project with at least some of the actors he’s worked with previously. “If you're a writer, when you're find an actor like Josh Malina, Felicity Huffman, Brad Whitford, Matt Perry, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, all these great actors that I've worked with, you just want to stick them in your pocket and work with them forever, so I hope so.” He also expects to be working with director and longtime collaborator Tommy Schlamme “for sure.” tvguidemagazine.com/news/west-wing-creator-aaron-sorkin-to-return-to-tv--3250.html New ...

Aaron Sorkin Is Doing Another TV Show About a TV Show
Vulture — ... a trilogy of sorts: "It's going to be what turns out to be the third in the trilogy of TV shows that take place behind the scenes of a TV show, but this will be a different kind of TV show. That's all I can let out of the bag right now." Well, write what you know, we guess, but the TV audience is probably clamoring for another Sorkin political drama. Or even something totally different from the inventor of the "walk and talk." West Wing Creator Aaron Sorkin to Return to TV [TV Guide] Read more ...

Aaron Sorkin returning to television
TV Squad — ... Over at TV Guide magazine, Sorkin says that his next show will once again (like Studio 60 and Sports Night) be set in the world of television, a behind-the-scenes look at...something. He doesn't say what the show will be, but when Studio 60 ended there was talk that he would do a show set at a fictional cable news channel. Considering that all of Sorkin's shows have had some sort of news and/or political side, this seems like a natural. He'll be able to talk about all of the things he wants to talk about in a setting like that. ...

Aaron Sorkin is working on another TV series about TV
From Inside the Box — aaronsorkin_290.jpg Third time's a charm, maybe? "The West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin says he's kicking around the idea of a new TV show -- and like two of the three previous series he created, it will be set behind the scenes of a TV show. "It's going to be what turns out to be the third in the trilogy of TV shows that take place behind the scenes of a TV show, but this will be a different kind of TV show," Sorkin tells TV Guide magazine . "That's all I can let out of the bag right now." (There have been rumors that he wants to do a show about cable news.) Sorkin, who's currently working on the screenplay for "The Social Network," a movie about the founding of ...

Thursday's "Sorkin's TV trilogy" news
The Medium is Not Enough TV blog — ... BBC3 commissions comedy pilot centered on pub US TV Brooke Shields to guest on The Middle Heroes ratings drop again V ratings drop again Kiele Sanchez, Carlos Gomez land roles in Sugarloaf Hilary Duff leaving Gossip Girl? More original Melrose Place characters to return Aaron Sorkin working on another behind-the-scenes TV show ...

Aaron Sorkin headed back to TV
Total Film News — ... Oh, and in equally exciting news, he wants to reunite some of his past cast members. “If you're a writer, when you're find an actor like Josh Malina, Felicity Huffman, Brad Whitford, Matthew Perry, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, all these great actors that I've worked with, you just want to stick them in your pocket and work with them forever, so I hope so.” The campaign for a Sork-based mega-cast starts here! [Source: TV Guide] What do you want a new Sorkin show to be about? Should ...

TV Tidbits: Aaron Sorkin Returns to Form, Gretchen Mol Joins Scorsese’s Boardwalk Empire, Jason Lee to Star in TNT’s Delta Blues, Emmys Come Early
/Film — ... In TV news tonight: It looks like Aaron Sorkin is finally heading back to television after the failure of Studio 60, and you wouldn’t believe what he’s got planned according to TV Guide: ...

Morning Shots: Tattoos, Overpaid Stars, Aaron Sorkin, And Whether Sex Sells
NPR Blogs: Monkey See — ... • Good news? Bad news? Who knows? Aaron Sorkin is returning to the world of television set behind the scenes of television. Could be another Sports Night. (Yaaaay!) Could be another Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip. (Boooo.) ...

Aaron Sorkin’s next TV project still a ways off, rep says
Hollywood Insider — It appears that reports yesterday that West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin is working on another TV project may be a bit premature. According to his rep, “There is nothing to discuss at this point,” because Sorkin is plenty busy as is: He’s in production on The Social Network , the Facebook origin story starring Justin Timberlake, and he’s in the process of adapting Moneyball , starring Brad Pitt, and The Challenge , starring George Clooney.

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