Glad to see that they are at least showing the rest of the eppisodes. I loved the show and hate to see it go, but at least we will have some closure.

As much as I love the show, it's done. It's over. The sets have already been torn down. As much as NBC probably loved the major demographic that was tuning in (rich folk), the ratings weren't there for a show that's expensive to produce.

I'm hoping Aaron Sorkin's next venture in television is successful. Studio 60 and Sports Night didn't deserve their premature deaths.

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip never really "clicked" with the audience because too many viewers didn't understand the premise of that show.

As lotsofdvds indicates, shame on NBC for never once -- not ONCE -- trying this show out in a different timeslot.

I don't think it clicked because the main characters were pretentious, annoying, and relatively uninteresting and the show spoke down to the audience far too often. I don't think there were any timeslots where this show would have garnered higher ratings.

while i am kinda sad this is going away, maybe now that there is an hour open, they can bring bad Ed. :)

A lot of people didn't feel that way.

A lot of people don't feel that it failed to click because of what I said OR a lot of people don't think that the the characters were pretentious, etc....

I stand by what I said. I'm sure some (not sure what 'a lot' means - obviously not enough to generate a good rating) thought that the characters were not pretentious, etc.... I actually liked the show. Not one of my favorites, but there was enough (mainly from Weber, Asner, and Peet (except for the romantic crap)) to keep me entertained for the most part.

Officially axed from NBC.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/0....ap/index.html

I don't know if it's fair to say that it spoke down to its audience. I think the show's audience found its disdain for the larger, mainstream potential tv audience (which largely ignored the program, or at least gave up on it pretty quickly) comforting. It seemed to help to reinforce their views that they were in an exclusive club that was able to appreciate the high-quality cutting-edge dramatic television Studio 60 offered (remember all that talk about how the show did great in certain sought after demographic groups?) while the rest of the plebs in their living rooms were gorging themselves on reality tv and other inferior programming fare. That's the impression I got from many of the postings here complaining about the general audience's lack of watching.

I didn't really enjoy S60, and I was probably the best potential viewer for it (well-educated and trying to get into the production field). Probably my biggest gripe was that the show was based on a great premise (SNL isn't funny anymore), and yet week after week the Show within a Show was downright painful to watch. If you're going to go out there and rip on SNL, then you better have something funnier on your show (Even if it is the show within a show).

We were also complaining about the crappy episodes. This show really didn't hit its peak until Christmas and then it dropped of sharply. The xmas episode was one of the better hours of TV, but that doesn't make up for the 10 before it.

I certainly didn't like every episode and I understood the show. As much as we would like to believe that we are the elite and educated few, the truth is more likely to be that the population simply didn't LIKE the show. Studio 60 was also an insider show, rather smug and heavy handed with politics. Add to that the marginal dislike for the characters and a horrible time slot and you have a recipe for cancellation.

1) Those segments were only small slivers of the show.
2) They really stopped showing them after a while.

I agree that the "on air" comedy was painful to watch, but it was such a miniscule portion of what the show actually was.

The Chris Hanson catches Santa Claus was probably the funniest bit they did on the show within a show.

That to me was the main problem of the show. The 'network' side of the show was far more interesting than the 'studio 60' side of the show. Unfortunately the 'network' side was only about 15% of the show. I wonder if the outcome would have been different had those percentages been flipped.

Exactly, which is what I was getting at. Although like I said before, I can't imagine this show faring any better in another timeslot. The heavy handedness and politics worked perfectly for Sorkin's West Wing (even though I disagreed with most of the views advanced) precisely because politics were a central and necessary part of it and there was so much on the line with the jobs the characters had. Plus, with the exception of Toby, all the characters were extremely likeable.

At the end of the day, this was a show whose premise was hating what television has become, and its going to be tough to attract mainstream viewers when you're attacking the very thing they like.

It was a good show... good, not great, IMO. Felt like too much was going on sometimes... too many characters, too many plots, too many relationships. Probably one of the better shows on TV, but never quite connected with its audience.

It's a shame, because I was a huge fan of "Sports Night" too. Wonder if this will cause Sorkin to rethink his style a bit.

No clue why this show clicked with me so much. I'll miss it, but it won't be the first time network TV has let me down.

I haven't seen any of these, but I would be interested in the inevitable DVD release. Does anyone know if the last aired episodes will tie anything up and make any semblance of a complete story?

I may use the term a lot, but that's not really the case. Also, I don't directly call or treat someone I am speaking to as a carbon blob unless maybe they demonstate complete and total ignorance. I'm also not in the business of entertaining and cultivating a following.

If the writers were smart, they'd handle the storylines like they were handled on Sports Night where each season ender could have pretty much been a series ender if it wasn't brought back. At this stage, Studio 60 has been off for so long that I don't even remember what was happening in anyone's stories except Jordan having her baby...

Fixed that for ya.

Agreed, though, that aside from that one sketch, the rest of the on-air "comedy" on the show was anything but. Sad to see the show go. It was a favourite of the wife and I.

Too bad it's officially cancelled now. So sad

Yeah my mother didn't talk to me the rest of the day after I told her it was canceled.