Last night was a bittersweet night for me.  It was the season (and series) finale for Studio 60.  When this show started the season, it was the best thing on TV (no, really.  No hype.).  On the other hand, I thought its fraternal twin, 30 Rock was the worst show on TV.

In the following weeks, Tina Fey got her sitcom legs and the show began to get really funny.  It ended the season at the top of my list.  At the same time, Studio 60 was tanking.  The show meandered around, with plots that could be summed up as “who cares?”.  Ironically, it wasn’t until the end of the Fall season that the show started working its way out of the doldrums. It was too late.  NBC started sticking other shows in its time slot (none of which did any better, ratings-wise), until it became clear that Studio 60 was dead meat.  I started hearing stories that the actors were moving on, and even if NBC had a change of heart, there wasn’t a cast for another season. 

Then, after the regular season ended, NBC played the last shows.  They’ve been beautiful.  While they haven’t risent to the quality of the pilot, they’ve been top caliber TV. 

Now, it’s all over. I’m going to miss this cast; they were all stellar talent. I hope that I’m going to see them again soon.

6/29/2007 12:31:27 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)      Comments [0]  TV