Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip: Discussion Thread

[Chris B]

If they got an 8.6 every week that would be great, but the fact that it lost viewers in it's second half is terrible! Next weeks ratings will be the real test as far as ratings go.

[RogerNewcomb]

NBC might move it to an hour earlier if it can't compete with CSI: Miami. This will be an interesting ratings battle this season.

[Toups]

Medium got a 6.8 for their 2006 season finale against CSI:M, so at least Studio 60 is doing better in that timeslot.

I'm happy with that 8.6....as long as they don't dip in the 7's next week.

[Josh]

Awe I was hoping that they would be a little higher. I don't understand or get for that matter all the hype with the CSI shows. But that is just me.

[Chris B]

I don't think NBC is stupid enough to think it'll ever beat CSI: Miami, a solid #2 is GREAT! Plus comparing the numbers to Medium, this is (so far) a bonefide hit for NBC. If they moved it up an hour it would be up against 24 and Two and A Half Men, in other words it would 100% be cancelled.

[Josh]

I agree with Chris. I don't think they will be #1 for a very long time, but #2 is rocking it out for NBC and they'll enjoy that I'm sure.

[Toups]

From MediaWeek:

Now I'm nervous for next week's ratings! LOL

[KevC1980]

I'm wondering what the DVR/Tivo ratings were...Hopefully the ratings will stay steady throughout the year..I want this to be a big hit for NBC..

I'm hoping Heroe's does well also..I want NBC to keep winning mondays..

[WTGH]

Just finished watching it...

-I loved the shoutout to Network, that's one of my favorite films EVER!

-Amanda Peet is great in this role. I'd never thought she's be able to pull out of romantic comedy hell.

-I was pleasantly surprised by Matthew Perry. All traces of Chandler Bada-Bing are gone.

[King]

Oh, God. I know NBC is disappointed about this. 14 share? Oy.

[Shawn]

First. KR. Thats a hot banner. Christie looks SMOKING

Next. I really think that even if the ratings were less than perfect for Studio 60, NBC would move it until it found its niche. This show is too brilliant. The network knows Aaron Sorkin's track record. He won the network countless Emmys. They will make sure this sticks around. If they don't, I lose all hope.

[kelli_blue]

The first episode did not disappoint! What a great cast too. It's great to see Matthew Perry back on tv and in a totally different character from Chandler on Friends.

Can't wait til next week.

[RogerNewcomb]

The first show held my interest, but I wasn't blown away by it. The had A LOT of commercials in the second half hour which might account for some people tuning out. Some of those breaks were 3+ minutes. I don't think they had a commercial until the 19 minute mark (maybe I'm forgetting one).

[CSW]

With a per-episode pricetag of over $3 million dollars I do not expect this show to last.

I liked it. I thought it was well produced and well acted and well executed. The writing was snappy and it had everything (including the same graphics) as the West Wing only it was about a TV show and not the Oval Office. Here lies it critical problem - these characters are not running the world they are running, well, something completely insignificant by comparison. "Are you here to save us"? asked a production assistant to Matthew Perry's character. To this I replied from my couch, "save you? you work for a f*ucking TV show ! What could you possibly need to be saved from?" It is not as if they are refugees in Lebanon looking for aslyum and their lives are in danger; it is not as if their houses were washed away in a hurricane and the aid funding has not made it to them after a year of recurring nightmares; and it is certainly not as if the characters are facing death from militants in Kandahar on a daily basis require a logical strategy to ensure their safe return home! Gimme a break. Perhaps that is why 11% of the audience tuned out in the last half.

These are really awesome, idealistic, powerful performances about people who do not deserve our attention or caring. What works for the high-calibre world of high-politics does not apply to the low-brow world of late-night TV; no matter what say these people are not *that* important.

Don't get me wrong, I love TV and I enjoy watching a "behind the scenes" type drama but where the show excels (production and writing) it will also fail.

I hope it is given the chance to grow legs and balance itself. But after the pilot I am worried that it will get pulled far too soon for that.

[RogerNewcomb]

More on the ratings:

http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/c...oll=cl-calendar