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'Studio 60’ Cancellation Iminent
Fox News ^ | Sunday, October 29, 2006 | Roger Friedman

Posted on 10/29/2006 6:05:52 AM PST by edpc

Here we go: despite receiving an order for three more episodes on Friday, the Aaron Sorkin NBC drama “Studio 60 on Sunset Strip” is about to be put out of its misery.

Cast members are already confiding in friends that the end is near. It’s likely NBC will pull the plug shortly I am told by insiders.

Last week, Studio 60 had 7.7 million viewers. Compare that with competing "CSI: Miami," with 17.5 million. That gap cannot be closed.

But ‘Studio 60’ has trouble internally at NBC, forget its intramural rivals. According to ratings stats, the “Saturday Night Live” behind the scenes soap opera loses almost half the viewers delivered to it a few minutes earlier by another new show, “Heroes,” which has become a surprise cult hit.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: aaronsorkin; axed; badratings; magicmushrooms; nbc; psychedelicdrugs
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To: Domandred
She was intelligent, good looking, quick wit, and was a proud Christian not afraid to express her religion. Because of that the characters respected her and in some cases looked up to her.

except for when she went on The 700 Club... you know that show with that "racist biggot." and she admitted that she would never do that again...

61 posted on 10/29/2006 12:14:46 PM PST by latina4dubya
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To: csvset

That was an incredible story. Captain Riley was an amazing man.


62 posted on 10/29/2006 12:21:04 PM PST by exdem2000
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
'Smith' was awful...a series full of thieves...turned my stomach...I couldn't watch it...I was glad and NOT surprised it was pulled so quickly. Though the libs like crooks...America is overall a God fearing people and a lawful nation...
63 posted on 10/29/2006 12:24:55 PM PST by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: ArmstedFragg
The show's quite well written, and it's one of the more realistic portrails of back stage show business

The only people who care about backstage show biz are people who live in backstage show biz. It's like writing a show about interoffice politics at a stock broker.

64 posted on 10/29/2006 1:00:39 PM PST by LexBaird (98% satisfaction guaranteed. There's just no pleasing some people.)
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To: edpc

The cast is great and I enjoyed the show from the insider point of view but turned it off when the Christian and red state bashing began. Every show had to have someone go off about Christians and right wingers. Besides, NBC was stupid to put it against CSI: Miami. Everyone said this was going to be the hit of the season. Guess not. Nothing will beat CSI, thank goodness.

But, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Steven Weber.


65 posted on 10/29/2006 1:34:47 PM PST by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: peggybac
But, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Steven Weber.

Don't, do not, watch the movie Jeffrey EVER.
66 posted on 10/29/2006 1:40:01 PM PST by Rastus
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To: 6SJ7
Wood's character manages to be both edgy and engaging, a bit like 'House'.

Exactly my thoughts. Hadn't watched "Shark" until this week when there was nothing else worth watching. Sebastian Stark is the legal version of Gregory House, between his berating of the underlings to the finding the oddball answer to the knottiest problem.

Now that "ER" has calmed down after the end of year shootings, it's getting boring and preachy... again!

67 posted on 10/29/2006 1:47:15 PM PST by ssaftler ("The sky is falling! The sky is falling!" - Al "Chicken Little" Gore)
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To: shield
"Smith" had the same attraction as a car accident. Most everyone looks when they go by.
I'll bet it gets picked up by another network in January.
68 posted on 10/29/2006 2:35:32 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

I'd be surprised if it is. It's awful.


69 posted on 10/29/2006 3:40:40 PM PST by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: Non-Sequitur

I like Shark. Hope they don't cancel that one. The other new one I watch is Justice on FOX. I can take it or leave it. I dig the legal/cop shows.


70 posted on 10/29/2006 3:42:04 PM PST by dogbyte12
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To: shield

Smith was actually a rip off. Andre Braugher of Homicide, had a series on FX this spring called Thief. Same plot. He was a family guy, who secretly was a master criminal. He would get together with his crew, pretend to be on business trips and pull off heists.


71 posted on 10/29/2006 3:43:27 PM PST by dogbyte12
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To: ssaftler

House is the best show on tv, because of Hugh Laurie. Put somebody else in there, and it could really suck.


72 posted on 10/29/2006 3:44:26 PM PST by dogbyte12
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To: youthgonewild
Shows like Walker Texas Ranger seem to last for more than a decade.

You may be unaware of it, but on college campuses today there are parties geared around airings of Walker Texas Ranger. Students try to top each other coining slogans for the show, and websites share info on the star. Chuck Norris is very much in vogue among the young.

The very lack of sophistication in the storylines plays a large part in the show's appeal. Today's jaded young -- at least those who are into Walker Texas Ranger -- are more than a little sick of the navel gazing in Hollywood. A flat out, simple good guy like Walker, with an overabundance of masculine virtue, strikes a chord with them.

That's a good thing.

73 posted on 10/29/2006 4:52:41 PM PST by beckett (Amor Fati)
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To: Lancey Howard

I've seen it. It ain't bad. It surely isn't for a lot of tastes, though.


74 posted on 10/29/2006 6:47:44 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
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To: edpc

Well, the Whole Nine Yards did pretty well, and I thought it was a terrific, fun movie. Though the sequel did suck.

I hereby volunteer to hold and comfort Ms Peet, and make her feel better about life in general.

Mark


75 posted on 10/29/2006 8:05:01 PM PST by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
CBS had a short-lived series about a professional burglar called "Smith." I missed the first show, saw the second show twice...

Was the the show with Ray Liotta and Virginia Madsen? Did they cancel the show?

Mark

76 posted on 10/29/2006 8:05:59 PM PST by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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To: beckett

Man it's really pathetic how many people on FR feel the need to lie about this show. It never bashed Christians; and Danny's coke addiction was never portrayed as anything other than his own personal weakness; and I'm not sure how you'd call someone that uses another person's drug problem to corner him into having to take the job you want him to take compassionate, the female TV exec is a mean woman whose primary tool for outsmarting people is no one expects her to be that cold blooded. It's a good show, it's Sports Night for sketch comedy, and just like Sports Night got scuttled by the network not being smart enough to handle the show (who the hell starts two shows with the same core concept in the same season?!).


77 posted on 10/29/2006 8:13:59 PM PST by discostu (we're two of a kind, silence and I)
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To: x

You missed the punchline of that bit, it turned out the guy they thought they stole the routine from actually stole the routine from an old sketch of theirs.

And actually in the real world people do notice and those who notice care. Because those who notice are usually the writers in question who if they find out somebody stole their material will sue the crap out of the shows/ networks/ people involved. Especially in this post Calvin and Hobbes world where copyright holders have to actively defend their property or risk it becoming defacto public domain. Which was vaguely explained in the show, all that scrambling was to avoid being sued.


78 posted on 10/29/2006 8:20:27 PM PST by discostu (we're two of a kind, silence and I)
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To: Rastus
Never liked Peet, either. Something about her just rubs me the wrong way.

I've always thought she was gorgeous, with just enough of a "goofy" streak (or at least many of her characters did - maybe she's just good at "goofy") to make her even more apealing to me.

Mark

79 posted on 10/29/2006 8:21:01 PM PST by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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To: Rastus
Don't, do not, watch the movie Jeffrey EVER.

Well, it does show that he's capable of acting...

Mark

80 posted on 10/29/2006 8:23:53 PM PST by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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