Studio 60 Fodder

Sorry about this news. Great job on the blog though!

I'm at least glad that I'm not the only person sad about this....

Sigh. I really did like that show.

Thanks, Rachel. What a bummer.

And no, Em, you're far from the only one. I wonder if I can get a black border around this page....

I thought that Studio 60 was so wonderful, I don't understand. Let's keep shows like Nanny911 on the air, sorry if that's not nbc, i don't watch it and it's the first crap show that came to mind, but cancel shows that have great acting, and awesome writing. Let's replace them with half-ass reality shows like The Real Wedding Crashers and a karaoke show... WHAT! Any ways, I am very sad to see it go, but i'm glad there showing more episodes, cause I want matt and harriett together, damn it!

the end.

CROSSING JORDAN IS MY FAVORITE SHOW AND IT SHOULD NOT BE CANCELLED! I HOPE ANOTHER NETWORK PICKS IT UP OR IT RETURNS IN THE 2008 FALL LINE-UP.

I also was holding out hope that the nbc would re-think their decision on canceling this show. Wishful thinking! Just like Jericho (sorry but this is a CBS show that was just cancelled), it seems that our network stations have no clue what good writing/producing is as they think everyone LOVES watching reality shows (yuck) all day long, every day. When will the networks realize that putting a show on a "mid-winter" hiatus just as it gets off the ground in the fall, is not the most intelligent option. Letting it "dis-appear" off the network for weeks on end is the same death sentence for a good show as continually moving the show around to different time slots on different nights. Viewers have a hard time keeping up with when the show is going to air. I'm sad to see this wonderfully written and acted show disappear from viewership.

I hear ya, Cale. Not to worry, NBC has kept plenty of crap on the schedule. Biggest Loser, Deal or No Deal....And this Singing Bee thing sounds lame. On the very dimmest bright side, at least Wedding Crashers also got canned. It's not much, but it's something. Oh, Identity is out, too. Though that would make me happier if it hadn't starred Penn Jillette, who I love. Ditto Thank God You're Here, which wasn't that good, but at least I got to see Dave Foley on TV again. But I am also glad that we do get to finish out Studio 60's season. I want more of my Danny, and I wouldn't mind seeing Tom and/or Simon actually flirting with someone who wasn't an insane drunk girl.

Joy, I'm sorry about Jericho. Rumor has it that NBC, at least, has figured out about the hiatuses (hiati?). Apparently there was a huge viewer drop-off for Heroes when it went away. So I think they're going to do the whole thing where they run a series straight through without repeats or interruptions. Not that this helps Studio 60 (or Jericho or Crossing Jordan, for that matter), but maybe it's a sign that if we fall in love with another well-written and acted show next season, there's some hope that the way it's treated throughout the season won't destroy it. Of course, that assumes that it's a show that has an appropriate lead-in. While Heroes is a ratings juggernaut, there is no reason to believe that there would be a lot of viewers cross over from one show to the next. And in fact, NONE of the shows they put there had a darn thing to do with Heroes, and the huge lead-in didn't help any of them a darn bit.

Maybe one of us could get ourselves hired as programming execs, Joy. Clearly WE have a better clue than the folks who currently work there.

The one bright side I see to all of this? Fox finally canned that wretched "War at Home" show. Small consolation, but it's all I've got now.

OMG... I am so sick and tired of network tv. I think i am through with it NOW. I LOVED studio 60 and Jericho was pretty good. These networks need to realize that when people put so much time in following these types of shows all season and then they canel them, it really makes us bitter. I have no desire now to watch any new shows next year because all they do is cancel them.

Is broadcast TV purposely trying to end it's life? Studio 60 is a great show (except fot the pregnant character--she was dumb) with great writing. It's the first show in a long time that I actually looked forward to seeing and was sad when the hour ended. How can NBC be so very stupid? My god--there are soooo many horrible shows on these days... it's insulting that TV execs think so little of it's watchers!

Well, Robert, you bring up a couple good points: In fact, we're lucky we got a full season of Studio 60. Most shows whose ratings dropped the way Studio 60's did would have been pulled, but apparently the benefit of being one of the most expensive shows on the air is that it was too expensive to cancel. On the other hand, a lot of shows don't get a full season because a lot of folks won't start watching until they think the show has a chance of surviving. And if enough people don't watch it right away, it CAN'T survive. TV is a complicated thing. But yes, I'm very embittered. And I can only warn that I'm only going to get worse. Something else y'all can look forward to. Though I try to be amusing even when I'm annoying.

JR, clearly network TV has been circling the drain for a while. There seems to be a lack of good ideas out there, and the ideas that are good often don't get a chance to thrive. And of course, the other problem is they have to make craploads of cash. So if a show isn't making enough cash, it gets canned, which is why we finally lost Veronica Mars this year as well as Studio 60 and Crossing Jordan. Cable is better that way, but not great. As for Jordan (the pregnant character) I'm assuming your issue is the character, not the pregnancy? Because the actor actually WAS pregnant.

I'm still looking forward to Caveman. I think I should see if I can blog it, just to tear it a new one every week. Worst. Premise. Ever.

I love Studio 60 and Jordan--what the hell are they thinking? Also they are bound to kill Friday night lights when the market that watches that show will be -------playing or watching football on Friday nights at least part of the year. What idiots!!!!!

Apparently, John, they're thinking they should play to the lowest common denominator. Well, not with Friday Night Lights. But with Studio 60 and Jordan. Friday Night Lights, amazingly enough, I'll bet they forgot about high school football, which is usually who plays on, um, Friday Nights.

I appreciate passion in fans of any show, but studio 60 was "The West Wing" on a sound stage. A show about an SNL like program should be about creativity, deadlines, network pressure and egos. Studio 60 had some of that, but it was also self important, full of obscure references and a chore to follow. I have a graduate degree and I'm extremely well informed, but picking up on all of Aaron Sorkin's smug little references was not enough. With some exceptions, quality programs stay on the air because they have real entertainment value. Studio 60 was a noble failure, but it was not entertaining.

I just watched the May 31 airing of Studio 60. Predictably, most of the episode involved people obsessing about ratings. We get it. The show is ratings challenged so let's have the show within a show be ratings challenged. Then there was the endless plot about drug addiction, (yawn!) and at the end of the hour, we get to see video from Iraq of a staffer's captured relative. What does this have to do with a network comedy show? Absolutely nothing. This episode demonstrated once again why this once promising show is slinking off stage for the final time.

Oh, look, both people I want to address are TJ!

As it turns out, different people like different things. I actually found Studio 60 quite entertaining. I hear I'm not the only one.

The ratings? Well, yeah, Aaron Sorkin deoes tend to write what he knows.

However, I do have to address your comment about much of this episode having nothing to do with a network comedy show, because I hear it reasonably often. Yes, there were significant parts of this episode that had little to do with producing a show like this, although there were parts that did (although you didn't care for the ratings part). However, the 30 Rock from LAST week (I don't know which one was on this week) was WAY more about a poker game and Liz's dating life than it was about the show. The season finale was about the show in the sense that they couldn't find the star. It was way more about Jack's impending wedding and his mother. All I'm saying is that Studio 60 doesn't have the market cornered on plots that aren't directly involved with the production of a comedy show. Furthermore, it would probably be pretty boring if it did. BOTH shows would be.

Gina, I'm sorry you had to suffer more than one comment from me, but your logic is a bit fuzzy. You wrote that Studio 60 doesn't have the market cornered on plots that aren't directly involved with the production of a comedy show. Most shows fit that category, but if the program's setting is a network comedy show, there should be some direct content pertaining to that world. Studio 60 looked and sounded like the War Room in the White House. It was completely out of context. The most recent episode had a perfect blonde with exotic international credentials making furtive cell calls to raise ransom money for a hostage in Afghanistan. Yes, he was the brother of a cast member, but it was way beyond the pale. I wanted Studio 60 to succeed and all the elements were there. Aaron Sorkin just swung and missed this time out. Not to worry, I'll end my comments right here.

I am (was) a great fan of the Studio 60 series for the very reasons TJ lists as personal cons ... "self important, full of obscure references and a chore to follow." I personally found the show socially and politically relevant, intelligent and a refreshing change from the tedious and inferior programming that currently saturates the airwaves. Unfortunately, every time a TV program of this caliber is produced, it is just as quickly cancelled.

Studio 60 was an excellent dramatization of SNL and did well in representing the "creativity, deadlines, network pressure and egos" associated with a show that consistently pursues the comedic spin on relevant issues. The cast was chalk full of proven talent and the chemistry was unmistakable. Contrary to popular opinion, the ratings that represent viewers (and the associated advertising dollars) has very little to do with quality programming ... and, as is evidenced, quality programming is consistently replaced by menial popularity.

I liked this show and the intellectual titillation it provided. But, as is becoming increasingly apparent, the ultimate goal of mainstream TV is to relentlessly numb the mind with facile programming.

I just watched the episode from last night (Jun 28). I thought they did a good job of wrapping things up. I really loved the dialog on this show, and will miss it as much as I do West Wing. Right now, it looks like Heroes will be my only reason to tune into NBC next year!

Sigh....I miss WW and now Studio 60. When will the Network realize that smart people have advertising dollars to spend too?

I cannot beleive, simply cannot beleive that this has happened. I am a UK viewer who only heard about the show a week ago as I have barely watched TV since reality shows became big, already my boyfriend and I have watched the entire season. I LOVED this show!! It got FIVE Emmy nominations! WHAT were NBC thinking?????

I cannot beleive, simply cannot beleive that this has happened. I am a UK viewer who only heard about the show a week ago as I have barely watched TV since reality shows became big, already my boyfriend and I have watched the entire season. I LOVED this show!! It got FIVE Emmy nominations! WHAT were NBC thinking?????

Similar to the previous writer, I too am in the UK, where we are currently ENJOYING this show immensely. Once again I am astounded that a show with decent writing, that in itself is a rarity, has been canned.
Today I have written to both NBC and MORE4 (the UK channel) imploring a bit of common sense to return, with it Studio 60.
Surely it is now time that those of us who are sick and tired of yet more reality crap and brainless game shows, stood up and be counted. The alternative is that networks, both in the US and the UK will continue to output pulp in the name of ratings.
Lets face up to the issue that TV is awful now with very few gems. If nothing is done to counterbalance this nonsense today, what hope will there be for our children in years to come?
Maybe in the year 2020 they will be watching the likes of American Idol 38, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here 19,Victoria Beckham goes to the Moon (oh how I wish), need I say more?
"Are you with me brothers and sisters?"
Lets fight back!!!

I want it back.
as soon as possible.
it's my best series ever.

how can I have more?

petition?

:-(

sad kisses from Italy

I want it back.
as soon as possible.
it's my best series ever.

how can I have more?

petition?

:-(

sad kisses from Italy

Oy, I've been away from responding to responses for so long. I meant to tell TJ he didn't have to stop posting, but it's probably a moot point by now.

The comment from "blank" June 23rd puts is all far more eloquently than I ever did.

VP-Well, at least NBC is really attached to Heroes, so you've got that going for you. It seems like there was going to be some sort of a prequel show for Heroes this summer, but if so, I never saw it.

KHM-I have no idea WHEN they'll realize it. Or if. Clearly the advertisers got it, considering who advertised with the show.

A big sorry to the European viewers who got the show just as it got the axe here. I'm impressed you stuck with it after you knew your viewing investment wouldn't even pay off in the long run. Then again, it was good watchin', so at least you have that going for you.

Jem-No idea what NBC's thinking was. Probably "Money talks."

Mike-Sounds like a great letter. Thanks for writing it. I don't have huge aspirations that it will make a difference...TV-and particularly, it seems, American TV-is turning into quite the crap factory, but I've certainly got my fingers crossed for it. Let's get 'em!

michela-Sadly, I don't think we can get it back. The DVD comes out in the U.S. on October 16 (note that the 30 Rock DVD came out this week). Hopefully there will be some terrific extras and the European sets will be out soon after. But I agree, it's a great show.

Sigh.

Thats great! All we need is another lame reality show taking the place of a show that was actually smart and funny. Reality shows are the worst thing to have been invented, and they prove that America is getting dumber and dumber.

I'm trying to survive watching WEST WING but there's no italian subtitles and it's quite hard for me. too fast.

anyway, there's danny, so, for me it's fine!

:-)

hope, omeday, we will have good news about Studio 60, the best ever.

i cant believe that studio 60got cancelled
i´m from latin america and we love the show
its a really great show the writing its excellent the chemistry and evreything its great
i had to get on internet to found out and im really sad
this show was my new drug and i havent seen any sitcom that i could call that in a very long time!!!
with all the reallity crap and boring new shows
studio 60 is agood show and i wanted to see the nex season i wish nbc´s notice all the fans that the show had and shoot the second season
here in latin america loved it
in here the show its on the wb channel and i got into the forum everyone felt the same way as i do

ps:please some one tell me if there´s any savestuidio60 web site!!!

YO STUDIO ^) RUUUUULLLLEEESSSS. NBC should for shurrrrr bring it bizack. thats real