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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: CIB-173RDABN

Been here since 9/28/2001?


81 posted on 10/29/2006 8:25:50 PM PST by Fred Hayek (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: Fred Hayek

Was a long time lurker (when I found this site by clicking on "white water" off Drudge). Did not actually sign on for a few years, but after 9/11 I decided to jump in.


82 posted on 10/29/2006 8:38:41 PM PST by CIB-173RDABN
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To: Gay State Conservative
The networks lost me as a viewer 20 years ago.I can't,for the life of me,see how they could ever win me back.

When I was very young, the networks had a big cash cow in the tobacco commercials. When tobacco commercials were banned from television, the quality of programming dropped like a rock. That was even in the absence of lots of competition from cable and satellite services with lots of better alternatives.

I'm down to just "ER" on NBC when a new episode is available. I don't bother with the re-runs. My summers are usually totally free of any distraction from TV content from any source.

83 posted on 10/29/2006 8:47:23 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: discostu

Lie about the show? I couldn't possibly care enough about the show to lie about it, or to respond to anyone dense enough to mistake a difference of interpretaion as a "lie."


84 posted on 10/29/2006 8:57:08 PM PST by beckett (Amor Fati)
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To: edpc
I think NBC is about to pull the plug on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip for one reason: they're spending US$3 million per episode and given the low ratings, NBC feels the show is not worth the enormous sums invested in the show.
85 posted on 10/29/2006 9:00:47 PM PST by RayChuang88
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To: beckett

When said "difference of interpretation" has no basis in the scripts or acting it's a lie. Danny's drug problem was never portrayed positively, in fact it was about to screw up both his career and Matt's, and while Jordan might be compassionate when it comes to business time she's the hardest hearted person in the room. Your "interpretation" are just plain wrong, completely the opposite of what's actually portrayed in the show.


86 posted on 10/30/2006 7:05:29 AM PST by discostu (we're two of a kind, silence and I)
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To: beckett
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.

I think you missed the point of those parties entirely. They have them to make fun of how lame and unintentionally funny Walker Texas Ranger is. That started when Conan started showing clips on his show, and those alone would get a laugh.

87 posted on 10/30/2006 9:43:21 AM PST by youthgonewild
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To: youthgonewild
Wrong. The parties are not about mocking Walker. The kids who organize them celebrate Walker's prowess and mock the silly plotlines at the same time. Chuck Norris is treated like a demigod by these fans, not a figure of fun.

O'Brien did not start the trend. His writers spotted it on campus and brought it to Late Night.

88 posted on 10/30/2006 9:58:26 AM PST by beckett (Amor Fati)
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To: Scotswife
A bunch of character talking to each other very quickly...

I was wondering if anyone else was going to mention that. Criminey - fast talkers on a 10:00pm show. My wife and I tuned into the show one night a couple of minutes after it had started. Couldn't catch up. Here we're thinking about bedtime, and these hyper-yuppies are sounding like Alvin and the Chipmunks into their 8th latte.

No thanks - click.

89 posted on 10/30/2006 10:14:56 AM PST by Ol' Sox
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To: edpc

The perfect word describing this show is SMUG.

No thanks.


90 posted on 10/30/2006 10:16:08 AM PST by Republican Red (if you don't want to root for the home team then get the hell out of the stadium)
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To: discostu
Which was vaguely explained in the show, all that scrambling was to avoid being sued.

That makes sense, though it would have to have been a pretty obvious steal, the sort of thing they should have been aware of to begin with.

Like I said, I didn't watch the whole show. But still, from what I've seen of Sorkin's other work, there's an awful lot of smug, self-congratulatory moralizing in it.

91 posted on 10/30/2006 11:50:57 AM PST by x
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To: x

The thing that made it not obvious was that the comedian they "stole" the routine from was some low rent guy doing the club the circuit. There's tons and tons of comedians out there most of whom never develop a serious national audience, cruise through the Comedy Central Presents listings sometimes, notice how you probably don't recognize the names of any of them, and they're just a small fraction of the working comedians out there. But you can garauntee that if any of them saw one of their routines word for word on SNL without being paid for it they'd sue NBC.

I like Sorkin's writing, even the West Wing when he wasn't being a dick about his politics was good (problem is he was a dick way too often). Most of his characters are smug and self-congradulatory, they also tend to be wrong even within the structure of the show. Actually pretty realistic, most people operate from an assumption of being right, and if there's a throw down on it will climb on their high horse. So far in Studio 60 he's gone more back to his Sports Night days, much less overt politicizing, pulling much more from the insanity of trying to put on a live TV show and the people drawn to that kind of work.


92 posted on 10/30/2006 12:02:00 PM PST by discostu (we're two of a kind, silence and I)
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To: Non-Sequitur

My wife likes "Shark", and I admit I enjoy James Woods's over-the-top character. Though they could lose the daughter and I wouldn't mind.""

The Hollywood crowd just can't seem to drop the obligatory whining-stupid- selfindulgent child, regardless of gender, but most are women/girls.
I like James Woods, also. The daughter needs to start acting like she is as smart as they try to portray her. Most of the children/teenagers on tv today make me want to puke.


93 posted on 10/30/2006 12:05:32 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Non-Sequitur

No, there is three of us. We watched every episode, though after the first I knew it was doomed for failure.


94 posted on 10/30/2006 12:09:50 PM PST by Arizona Carolyn
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To: edpc

Those fascinating and zany tee vee people - America can't get enough of them. Please create another sit-com-drama based on their whacky exploits and cutting edge wise cracks!! We also like when they sleep with each other so that over the course of a show all the characters have bedded all the other characters. Can't get enough of that. Haw haw haw...


95 posted on 10/30/2006 12:12:48 PM PST by AD from SpringBay (We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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To: discostu
Thanks for the clarification. I liked SportsNight because in its day it was so fresh and original. After The West Wing I've gotten sorkined out.
96 posted on 10/30/2006 1:25:02 PM PST by x
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