Modern television is determined to keep the boob in tube. After just one season, NBC will more than likely pull the plug on Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip. Apparently, they cannot compete with CSI: Miami which air(head)s during the same timeslot on CBS. Don’t get me wrong: I love even the corniest of detective shows, but would rather pluck my eyelashes out with pointy tweezers than watch David Caruso’s two-dimensional, uni-emotional portrayal of a “philosophical sleuth.” Matthew Perry worked very hard to break away from his role as the Friends resident moron and into that of Studio 60’s troubled Matt Albie, and the show took on some tough social issues. My condolences to Aaron Sorkin and his group of intelligent script-writers.
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From WENN news just today:
NBC Universal CEO Robert Wright has denied reports that Aaron Sorkin’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is about to be canceled. In an interview with FoxNews.com’s Roger Friedman, who originally quoted insiders as saying that the show was about to be yanked from the network’s schedule, Wright said such a move was unlikely because “We have too much money invested in it. … I think it will go on.”
Maybe there’s hope after all.