Do you think Studio 60 on the ...
Question: Do you think
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip will make it? I can't even express how much I love it, which is a little strange because I typically reserve this passion for shows more like
Lost,
Alias or
Buffy. I love the smart insider comments like: "Can we have this conversation walking?" or "She broke up with you because she didn't want to share your time with the girls of Delta Gamma" (which killed me because I happen to be a Delta Gamma and so is Christine Lahti). Michael Ausiello made me a bit nervous when he said he didn't think the show would make it. I heard so much hype about it since last spring that I kind of expected it to be a smash hit, and now I feel like it's an underdog because of shows like
The Bachelor.
Answer: It depends on what you mean by "make it." I honestly believe (cockeyed optimism?) that
Studio 60 will "make it" through the season. So much is invested in the show that not giving it an entire season to prove itself seems like a terrible waste. The fact that it seemed to level off a bit in week four, albeit at a level far below its premiere numbers, is slightly encouraging. (If it kept dropping steeply, it could be all over in 13 weeks.) But will it see a second season? That's a much cloudier picture, and I would lean toward Ausiello's more negative outlook unless things pick up.
Zack also weighs in with another version of the programming-jigsaw question: "If NBC were to move Studio 60 to Mondays at 8 pm/ET, do you think it would do better, since the other shows in that time slot get relatively the same ratings as Studio 60 does?"
Without getting into the actual numbers here, I would be surprised if NBC moved the show to 8 pm, although it's true this would be much less competitive than having to face
CSI: Miami every week.
Studio 60 just doesn't feel like an early-evening show. I'm still thinking that if NBC does decide to move it, a more protected 9 pm time slot would be the ticket.
