From what I read, it was more a combination of mediocre ratings and high cost per show that killed Studio 60. Lower cost per show might have allowed NBC to carry the show one more season and hope the ratings improve.
Maybe they will reconsider if it does well on Thursday nights...... Cheers took a while to get an audience.......good shows need time to develop. DANG ! DD
The network already dismantled the set and they stopped any writing or production over a month ago. NBC officially cancelled it a couple weeks back. They are just going to show the shows that are already finished and that's it. Oh, well.
It was also expensive. Had they kept the same premise with no-name (or up and coming actors)... kinda like Heroes did... they might have bought enough time to find an audience. But, they went for the star power in Perry, Peet, and quality cast-members up and down the line... like the Yankees, if they weren't going to win the World Series, the show was destined to be a failure.
I've never seen a show with peaks and valleys like this. Some parts are the best bits of television I've ever seen. Others are the most insulting, revolting, insipid gobs of daft patter that have made it through my living room. Right down the middle of those two is this question -- on WHAT planet is Alison Janney popular enough to host an SNL-type show?
I watched the first 3 episodes, then stopped watching it altogether. It had some funny moments, but not nearly enough to keep me going. If only we could see the return of the Bluth family, then my faith would be restored in prime time network TV
