Together with his wife and actress, Jane Kaczmarek, they started "Clothes Off Our Backs," charity which raises money for a variety of good causes from the sale of the clothes different celebrities have worn to award shows. Because of this work (and his acting, of course) Bradley has been selected to give the commencement speech at Princeton University this June.

Now all I need to do is find a kid in the class of '07 to invite me to graduation!

Ready for the final recap of Studio 60 -- you know, that Aaron Sorkin drama about the drama behind making a sketch comedy show -- before it’s thrust off the air -- yes, it’s still been on the air this whole time -- next week?

Nope, me neither…

Check out this spoof of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip I came across. It's hilarious -- even geniune fans of the Sorkin drama should appreciate it, although in some ways, it's funnier than the show it's spoofing. Your thoughts?

Just when everyone was starting to get comfortable, NBC switches things up. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is being kicked to the curb a week earlier than planned so the network can push up the premiere date for organized crime drama The Black Donnellys.

According to Variety, Donnellys, which was set to open March 5, will now commence Monday, Feb. 26 at 10 p.m. ET.

The reason? The decision came hours after Nielson confirmed that Studio 60 somehow managed to reach its lowest ratings yet with this week’s ep, NBC hasn’t yet said when it plans to bring the show back for its final run of the season’s segments, says Variety.

The strategy? To give the new show an extra week on the air with the last new episode of Heroes before that hit show goes into reruns. Again.

What do you think of this on-again/off-again relationship between Studio 60 and it’s not-so-proud papa, NBC? Do a sense a Black boycott by Sorkinites worldwide?

However you feel, you better tune in to the show next week. It might be the last Harriet-Matt-Danny-Jordan love quadrangle you’ll get for awhile.

Tonight’s episode took us back in time. In fact, it took us back to a simpler, more innocent time. A time when the prostitute to the stars, Heidi Fleiss, became a free woman. A time when a large-lunged American won the Tour de France. A time when people feared that the computer would overthrow civilization and ATMs would terrorize innocent cardholders the world over. A time when Hollywood focused on actual talent, namely Jennifer Love Hewitt and that insatiable group of musicians, N*Sync. (God, do I miss seeing that asterisk.)

Seems so long ago, doesn’t it?

And yet. Lance is still kicking bike, computers are steadily taking over the world and N*Sync is bound to come out with a hot new record any day now. Not a heck of a lot happened in seven years, huh?

Side Note: Did anyone else miss the usually peppy intro music? I knew this episode was going to be a few extra doses of drama when they completely bypassed the “BA! Ba da BAH bah. Ba da BAH!” jingle.

Once again, we pick up right where we left off last episode: Three vipers are on the loose. Yes, three. There’s the snake… and Matt and Danny. Well, four if you also include Kim, the tequila-swigging viola player.

Read on for more of one wild night.

If someone were to claim that the dialogue of Studio 60 was, say, hyperbolist, I’d say back to them that they sure as heck have got the wrong show. I mean, really.

Those rants about politics, intolerance and hypocrisy regarding a sketch where Nic Cage is a talk show host were understated at most. That backstage flirting-slash-lynching with those romantic “I despise your religion” undertones was so typical of any budding love. And we need not forget such restrained lines as, “Don’t you SEE?! They’ll end the network!” and “Look out because I’m a-comin’ for you.”

Yet, this episode, after prefacing the impending hyperbole with the fact that he never speaks in hyperboles, Jack hyperbolized: “The fate of Western civilization rests on you talking her out of it” (referring, of course, to Tom needing to go on a date with a viola-playing 20-year-old to convince her that improvisational comedy isn’t the right move for her at this point in her life).

I swear. I never saw it coming.

Read on for more of the slightly exaggerated antics that make Studio what we’ve all come to know and love.

Sexual tension between Danny and Jordan? Check.
Sexual tension between Matt and Harriet? Check.
Sexual tension between Danny and Matt? Check.
The return of all things Studio 60? Check. Check. Check.

As if the show’s writers meant to keep things in real time, the episode begins with the cast and staff returning to the set after their holiday break and preparing for the first show of the New Year. So 24 of them.

Oh, and Danny’s in full stalker-mode with Jordan. He called her the night after he decreed he’d “come after you,” he called on Christmas Eve, he called a few times while she was on vacation, he called on New Year’s, he called while staring at a picture of the two together, he called and left voicemail messages that began, “Hello? Hellooo? I think we’ve got a bad connection…” and every time he called, he introduced himself as “Danny Tripp.” All he’s got to do next is drop trow, and he’s got her right where he wants her.

And then, just as she -- quite shockingly -- screened his call…

“BA! Ba da BAH bah. Ba da BAH!” God, I love that intro music.

Read on for the recap of Studio’s long-awaited return.

This just in, Studio lovers: TiVos around the nation have given us sweet release. They’ve added Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip in the upcoming schedule after nearly a month without. The show will return on Monday, Jan. 22 at 10 p.m. ET. According to NBC, in this ep, “the show battles the FCC and Harriet battles Matt.” Ah, I’ve missed this.

What have you missed about the show? Comment below as we count down the days...

So, the star of Bethlehem was actually a comet, there weren’t necessarily three wise men and they weren’t necessarily on camels, Jesus was born eight months off from December, and it would have taken 214,000 reindeer going faster than the speed of light to give all the children of the world their 400-odd tons of toys.

For an episode promoted as spreading holiday cheer, it sure has a funny way of showing it. Debunking Christmas aside, this week’s show kept my attention with what the true meaning of the holidays should always be about: love.

Awwww!

Okay, okay. While all 7.7 million viewers might have experienced a collective upchuck reflex at more than a few “romantic”-slash-“inspirational” moments (you know the lines I’m talking about), and while you probably don’t have a soul if you didn’t -- for at least a second or two -- contemplate making out with one of the characters (Amanda Peet pregnant = h-o-t), you have to wonder: Is there something in the water at Studio 60 that’s making everyone get all ga-ga?

One theory: Sorkin might actually be a bit worried that despite a full-season pickup, the show won’t make it to a second year. With that in mind, he wants to complete the story arc he’s had for Studio 60, which includes an on-again-off-again, will-they-or-won’t-they love saga among the title characters.

Or, he’s just giving people what the people want.

Comment below, and read on for the recap of this week’s episode.

What are the challenges of making a drama that’s about a comedy?
If you could pick one person to host the show, who would it be?
Has the real show hit many roadblocks spoofing its real network, NBC?
Are Jordan and Harriet going to be BFF or best frenemies?

The women of Studio 60 -- Amanda Peet (the tough-as-nails Jordan) and Sarah Paulson (the bible-thumpin’ comedienne Harriet) -- managed to set aside their no-doubt-20-pound scripts to answer my burning questions about the show and about their characters in our Ask the Stars video segment.

Tune in to find out how the cast manages to avoid getting tongue-tied by the 200-words-per-minute dialogue, what’s in store for the rest of the season and just who is funnier -- men or women.

But first, it’s your turn:

All of the above? None of the above??? Comment below, and read on for the recap of this week’s episode.

It’s safe to say that poking fun at Jessica Simpson isn’t too difficult. So, you’d think Studio 60, the smartest show on TV, would be above mocking the intelligence of the former Mrs. Lachey.

Which is precisely why the show’s opening bit about J.Simp seeking peace in the Midwest was so brilliant.

Just when you think they’re going to zig, they zag, and when you think they’re going to zag, well, they zag again -- all because they knew you’d think they’d zig. Ah, Sorkin. Well played, my friend.

Read on for more.

So, who else was excited to see how this saga unfolded?

Anybody?

Oh, you there. Good. I was worried that viewers would actually be disappointed with the top-secret reason behind the whole “I will NOT tell you why I was speeding! I rise above!” diatribe. Glad I was wrong.

Break out the bottles of champagne, and put on your party hats. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is sticking around. Well, at least for the rest of the season.

Forget those meager ratings and that volatile critical climate because NBC announced last night that the quasi-hit drama ain't going anywhere.

According to The New York Times, Kevin Reilly, prez of NBC Entertainment, just ordered another nine episodes, which will last until May.

Apparently, NBC is happy with the ratings. They have been dropping steadily from the 13-odd million from the first episode, but lately, the found stable footing and have kept 7.7 million viewers this past Monday.

But don't get too comfortable just yet. The Monday 10 p.m. ET time slot is a popular one, and Matthew and Brad might not be cool enough to follow time travelers and cheerleaders who feel no pain (Heroes, which is NBC's actual "hit" show, needs a better encore, NBC execs say). Stay tuned, as Reilly will announce a new primetime show schedule next week.

Okay, people. It’s not just me here. Even the show itself seems concerned about its probable demise as they set to make an example out of one Jordan McDeere. In a scene from tonight’s episode, Jack -- chairman of NBS -- laments that she probably won’t “make it much longer.” After all, she is fighting for a show that’s too smart for its own good. And although she’s always trying to take the high road, she’s found little support. There’s not much even the biggest of the bigwigs can do to save her from being sacked.

I mean, if Las Vegas had odds on Studio 60 lasting until the end of the first season, the entire state of Nevada would already be planning for bankruptcy.

In a blatant attempt to change the subject before I’m pummeled with West Wing DVD box sets and Mensa applications, this week’s episode is thankfully one of the best ones so far. It's the first installment in what I’m sure everyone’s hoping is a 14-part series of Tom Jeter’s run-in with the law.

Read on to find out what happens so far. But first…

Yesterday, FOX news gossip Roger Friedman caused quite a stir reporting about the imminent cancellation of NBC’s Studio 60 on The Sunset Strip despite the fact NBC had picked up three more scripts of the Aaron Sorkin drama only days before. Today NBC shot back insisting in an email, which is how everyone insists, that the show has not been cancelled and in fact is returning to its Monday night time slot next week. Yet, they did buy only three eps...

I wonder if the insistent email was sent before the ratings came out for NBC’s special Monday night airing of an episode of Friday Night Lights that not only outperformed last week's Studio 60 but also was ahead of the 6.3 million that it did in its regular time period of 8 p.m. Tuesday.

I’m not sure how to deal with this news. Must Momma and Pappa NBC force us to pick a favorite child to survive this ugly, ugly intra-network ratings battle? Why can’t we all just get along and watch both shows? What do you think is going to happen? Is FOX Gossip Roger going to get it right? Are the lights going to go down on Studio 60? Comment below.

At least 13 million viewers tuned into the series premiere of Studio 60 more than a month ago. None too shabby for a show hailed by TV critics as one of the best dramas in television history. But how did we not see such a self-indulgent faux pas as that?

Did we really expect an unbiased opinion regarding a television-show-about-television from people who live and die by television? Can you say, The Comeback, anyone? And, be honest. Entourage isn’t that good.

So, were we duped? Did those little network narcissists try to pull the wool over our eyes and make us actually care about their jobs? We don’t make them go to our work. We don’t videotape ourselves sitting at a cubicle, checking email and playing minesweeper for eight straight hours. (Well, besides that one guy on YouTube. He ruins it for the rest of us.)

Then again, the Rule of 60 would mean that no one besides stand-up comics would get the jokes on Seinfeld. It’d mean no one besides conspiracy theorists would buy into The X-Files. No one besides plane crash survivors would care about Lost, and no one besides, um, Hispanic fashion magazine assistants from Queens would be interested in Ugly Betty.

Network execs aren’t letting the Rule of 60 bring them down. As the show dwindles to no more than 8 million viewers this episode, they have no plans of canceling Sorkin’s baby. The show attracts an educated and rich audience with household incomes of more than $100,000 (kudos, everyone!), and advertisers hope to steal their money (stay strong!) with commercials. Plus, NBC paid a butt load for it.

And yet, perhaps it's not the Rule of 60 at all…

Curses you, David Caruso, for standing so seductively -- with hands on hips -- week after week on CSI: Miami. I blame you.

While such shows as Ugly Betty, Heroes and even Jericho (a show about the fallout from a nuclear explosion… just what I want to watch after a long day of work) have been picked up for a full season, NBC’s beloved Studio 60 is still begging for viewers to stick around.

If they wanted to draw an audience, this was not the episode to do it.

Read on to find out why.

Aaron Sorkin must’ve gotten home late the day they aired the after-school special, “So Daddy Steals A Little.” It offered a life lesson that has caused a stir both within this week’s episode of Studio 60 and surrounding the making of the show: Don’t take what doesn’t belong to you.

Confused? You’re not alone. Even if you weren’t lucky enough to find yourself a bomb shelter in time to avoid the bombardment of such couplings as Brangelina, TomKat and Vaughniston, you probably never came across an US Weekly with “Sorkinoweth” emblazoned on the cover. Or was it “Chenorkin?”

Back when West Wing was the smartest show on television, show writer Sorkin had a 10-month relationship with actress Kristin Chenoweth. The bubbly Broadway and Tony-winning performer best known for her portrayal as the good witch in Wicked played Annabeth Schott on the White House show.

Fast-forward to today, and Kristin, who just so happens to be a born-again Christian, is pretty peeved. She didn’t get the memo that although she’s not a Studio 60 cast member, she’s in just about every episode. Apparently, arguments between her and her now-ex-bf are the -- sometimes verbatim -- inspiration for the trysts between Harriet Hayes (Chenoweth) and Matt Albie (the modest and humble Sorkin).

The lesson in all this? Behind every good Sorkin is an angry, God-fearing woman who deserves some credit. Oh, and stealing is wrong.

Missed last night’s show? Or, did you watch last night’s episode but fail to catch whole chunks of Matt and Danny’s rapid-fire dialogue delivery? Well, you’ve got three options:

1. Read the TV Cocktail recap.
2. Watch the entire third episode (free of charge AND commercials!) on NBC.com.
3. Do both.

Please do both. For me. While you’re at it, check out the fake Studio 60 show-within-a-show website. It’s got a note from the executive producers, a few too many fonts and links that don’t work to buy tickets that aren’t for sale. You’d think with all the people shuffling, they could hire a new webmaster.

If you’ve ever felt as if you were the target of some sketch on SNL, you were most likely the bulls-eye on tonight’s episode of Studio 60. They ripped on just about everybody:

First, there was the focus group. Jordan and Jack watch through a one-way mirror as a classroom of panelists got paid $40 and a sandwich to say words like “terrific” and “boring” and phrases like “it was too smart.” Uh, how do I sign up?

Sorkin’s made it quite clear that the Little Show That Could is doing quite well since Matt and Danny took over. But for dramatic effect, Jack -- channeling Sorkin -- decided to throw a wrench (à la one strategically placed statistic) into the whole operation.

Then, there were the Republicans. The question, “Do you think the show is patriotic or unpatriotic?” received a 50/50 split. Obviously such a question was merely a ruthless attempt by the religious right to put a spin on the goings-on within the “supposed” liberally biased entertainment industry. Or… is that just what they want you to believe? Dum dum DUM.

The cold open. That’s what the sophomore episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is all about. Besides a love triangle here, a near mutinous band of brothers there and a well-placed Clay Aiken joke for good measure, it’s about the cold open: those two to three minutes at the very start of the show before the booming voice welcomes audiences to the show and the credits roll. It didn’t take long to realize that we’d have to wait to see it until the very end.

The show that, in the pilot, nearly crossed the “we’re here to save you from bad TV”-preachy line is earning its keep. For starters, we still got merely a minute and a half of show-within-a-show humor and we didn’t get the Crazy Christian skit so hyped last week, but we still believe.

Read on for your refresher of what went down at the hottest studio in town. Uh, Studio 60, not 54. I’ll make that clearer next time.

What would you like first? The good news or the bad news?

Good news: If anyone watched Emmy host Conan’s song and dance at the 2006 awards show, they saw quite a roast of NBC and the poor ratings record it’s held this past year. But, oh, how the tables have turned -- at least for one day. On Monday, NBC crossed the finish line first and averaged a 9.3 rating. CBS missed out on the win narrowly with a 9.0 rating, FOX took third (5.3), ABC was a close fourth (5.1) and the new CW, which hasn’t started its season yet, lost out (1.4). The reason: The Monday night lineup included a new two-hour Deal or no Deal and the series premiere of Studio 60.

Bad news: Well, not so much “bad” as “not good.” With all that talk that Studio 60 would be the saving grace of the network, the ratings didn’t back it up. How do I figure? Let’s go to the case: It turns out that Howie Mandel and his 20-odd model associates led NBC to the ratings win, not Perry and friends. Boo. Studio 60 started out okay but lost a significant number of viewers -- nearly two million -- in its second half-hour.

So, what’s it mean? Why didn’t people tune in? Was the season premiere of CSI: Miami -- which also aired at 10 p.m. ET -- just too darn tempting? Dear lord, I hope not. And if they did start watching, why did they stop? Is the show too smart for its own good? Sigh.

What do you think?

If you thought this show was about Saturday Night Live, the longest-standing American icon of anti-establishment TV, you’ve got it all wrong. It’s not set in New York, it doesn’t air on Saturday night and -- gasp -- neither Will Ferrell nor Jimmy Fallon are household names. Besides that, though, if any of you have owned a TV in the past few decades, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip feels remarkably familiar to the sketch comedy revue that’s had more ups and downs in its 30-year tenure than an Otis elevator. But unlike the real deal, the pilot of Studio 60 -- along with its “fictional” (take that, NBC!) show-within-a-show -- was a real shocker: Thanks to creator Aaron Sorkin, the writing was remarkable, the cast impressive and when the ending credits rolled, it left everyone wanting more.

See, it’s really nothing like SNL after all. Read on to find out why. And don't forget that we've got Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford answering your questions at our "Ask the Stars" area.