farnsworth invention-related stories
Posted Aug 13th 2008 2:21PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, Reality-Free

Remember
Studio 60? It was a little show that not many people had opinions about, and no one here really talked about it that much. But creator/writer
Aaron Sorkin is talking about it, to
GQ.
Sorkin actually feels guilty about the entire thing, because he knows he screwed it up. He tells Mickey Rapkin that the ultimately the show didn't work because he made too many mistakes:
I was too angry when I wrote Studio 60. The show became like the cover of Abbey Road. Everybody was trying to figure out who this character was in real life or what that incident was trying to be.Continue reading Aaron Sorkin feels guilty about Studio 60, meets with HBO
Posted Jun 23rd 2007 4:22PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities
After expressing an interest in becoming involved with a Broadway musical based on the Flaming Lips' album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, television's Aaron Sorkin has announced he's developing a Broadway play about television called The Farnsworth Invention. The name comes from Philo T. Farnsworth, the man often credited with inventing the first TV. The play focuses on Farnsworth and his rival, David Sarnoff, as they fight over who should get credit for the invention, and which direction the medium should take.
Continue reading Sorkin penning play about television