I was shocked to read that ...
Question: I was shocked to read that the new
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip show will run in place of
Medium until mid-season on Monday nights. I'd bet the new show will be terrific, but why do fans of returning shows have to pay the price?
Medium does have fans out there.
Patricia Arquette is wonderful, and the show is really more of a family drama than a "spook" show. Could they not have put it on another night? I'm still feeling the effects of that "network" choosing
7th Heaven over
Everwood and the loss of the amazing
Invasion. Networks are so greedy they remind me of Enron execs.
Answer: Hmmm. I like it. Forcing
Dawn Ostroff to actually watch all three seasons of
One Tree Hill as penance for killing
Everwood. Cruel and unusual punishment, indeed. As for
Medium, NBC is making the argument that by benching it for half the season, it will return with all original episodes, which could help improve the show's slipping ratings. A new time period away from the
CSI: Miami juggernaut also might not hurt, although let's not hold NBC to any of its recent announcements. If one of NBC's new shows flops,
Medium could be back sooner than expected. But as I noted in my
Dispatch, there is no bigger priority for NBC this fall than getting
Studio 60 sampled and launched. The network isn't trying to kill
Medium, but the show has definitely lost some of its luster.
