Good-ish news for Studio 60, The Nine, Two Others
The Hollywood trades are reporting this morning that additional script orders have been awarded to ABC's
The Nine,
Men in Trees and
Help Me Help You (four each), as well as NBC's
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (for three). Traditionally, such script orders are a decent precursor to a full-season pickup, though it must be noted that the "vote of confidence" didn't work out particularly well for last season's
Threshold,
E-Ring or
Out of Practice. In related news, NBC has ordered an extra, 25th episode of
ER for this season, while ABC has snipped its order for the mid-season series
Traveler from 13 episodes to eight.