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I’ve been watching a lot of Aaron Sorkin’s work. He has this way of picking a cast that seems to work extremely well with each other from the get go. For example, Matthew Perry is well known for his role on Friends. But watching Matthew on The West Wing really brought his talent into a new light for me. Then when he was casted for the role of Matt Albie on a show called Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, another show created by Aaron Sorkin, I knew after watching Matthew Perry on Studio 60 that he was an actor I would follow wherever he went.

Now something you need to know about Sorkin is that he seems to have a partner in crime, Thomas Schlamme. Though he isn’t a write like Sorkin, but I would like to believe Schlamme has the same eye for talent and creativity. With that said, There’s a new show coming to ABC called Mr. Sunshine with Thomas Schlamme Executive Producing, along with Matthew Perry.

Mr. Sunshine is about a self-involved manager of a second-rate San Diego sports arena who begins to re-evaluate his life on his 40th birthday. The primes seems simple enough. To make things better, Matthew Perry, playing the lead-role of Ben Donovan and is joined by Allison Janney, best known for her role in The West Wing and Juno. 

It also has Andrea Anders, known for her role in Better Off Ted, The Class & Joey. James Lesure who guested on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Nate Torrence who was a regular on the aforementioned show and who was also on Get Smart and She’s Out of My League. 

Everything about this show looks promising. The Pilot episode was written by Matthew Perry, Alex Barnow and Marc Ficek and directed by Thomas Schlamme. Mr. Sunshine will premier on ABC February 9th, 2011 around 8:30p/9:30p. 

You can find a full length trailer on YouTube and you can find more information on the ABC website.