It’s happening, PopWatchers: Most of the media in the Western world is predicting Studio 60‘s imminent demise. Read the full post.
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Well wait just a dag blanged second: There are 40 billionty channels, and all of them need programming. Studio 60 is worth watching, even if it is flawed. So what? All shows have flaws (except The Wire, which is perfection), and some just need some time to settle in.
TV execs are just so ADHD, and this ratings focus has gotten totally out of control. I mean, if we’re saying that all TV shows exist for the overnights and the sponsors and no one else, then let’s do away with entertainment and just watch long commercials all day.
Why does Studio 60 have to die? This is just bugging me out. I’ve seen the supposedly good other shows, like Grey’s Anatomy, which is interesting if you like doctors who don’t really operate, except on each other, and a passel of essentially childish women who can’t figure out their lives. Or Lost and 24 (and Heroes), which are spiky and twisty and fast moving (ADHD). Or BG, which is an interesting dystopia, but also spiky and fast-moving. Most of these shows are pitched at a younger crowd.
Last night, the previews (endless previews) for Friday Night Lights, which I had heard was a thoughtful drama, was all filled with T&A and spiky, twisty ADHD cuts. I was all, “Um, no thanks.” I’m not a 15-year old boy! I don’t need the exploding football, and most intelligent 15-year old boys I know don’t either. So who is this audience?
Where are the dramas for people who is all grows up? Why can’t Studio 60 have a life? It costs an obscene amount of money to build the sets and infrastructure for a show, and I’d like to see some recyling for this one (another network?). Be Green, baby! Don’t just throw stuff away if the ADHD audience doesn’t cotton to it!
Love the show. Not up to “first season of Sports Night” love, but I’m getting there.
New rule: no futzing with the Monday Night lineup until January, when football is over. Plus, once football ends Sunday at 10 PM might be a good spot for this show.
The one hurdle it needs to clear is that people are still expecting this to be a comedy because of the subject matter, when in actuality it’s a drama about putting together a comedy. Therefore, it doesn’t matter if the skits aren’t funny, it doesn’t matter if we don’t see enough of the guest hosts. The show is about writing a comedy, so funny things will happen. Put this show needs time for an audience to find it, and I fear that NBC is not willing to give it that time.
Howard,
I disagree 100 percent, the main conceit of this show is that Danny and Matt are the best comedy writers in the biz and they would save the show, the show not only have to be a great drama, but the skits have to be the best thing since “who’s on first?” it’s the challenge that Aaron Sorkin set for the show and the one he failed to meet, that’s why this show is probably one of the worst of the new tv season, it’s all expectation, no delivery.
I have liked this show since the first episode. I can’t believe NBC stuck with “Joey” for almost 2 season and is cancelling this after a few weeks. I hate network TV. Maybe that’s why no one watches. You get into a show and they cancel it in the middle of it. NBC should at least stick with it through the “season” and have it written that the show couldn’t be saved. That way us faithful watchers would get some closure and both “shows” would be canceled at the same time.
Love Studio 60. At times I’ve felt it’s as good as “Sports Night” was. I think it could be. If game shows and reality shows are what people really want, though, then so be it. I really don’t have the time to watch what I do watch so fine, take away another great hour. And watch network TV die a deserving death in a few years. GO CABLE!
Studio 60 to be cancelled?
It seems that Studio 60 is to be cancelled already. I have read a lot of negative reviews of the show but I happen to like the show and look forward to seeing it weekly.