David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. A Sorkin loser
Based on last night's ratings and an early sampling of comments on last night's episode of "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," the toe tag for Aaron Sorkin's new series may be coming sooner rather than later.
It managed a weak 8.76 million viewers, albeit some who are fairly disgruntled. One reader points out that by episode four of the series, Sorkin has been reduced to cribbing a plagiarism storyline straight out of former "SNL" cast member Jay Mohr's memoir. How ironic is that? (Your Mayor doesn't know whether to be impressed by his constituent's commanding memory or disturbed that he actually read Jay Mohr's memoir.) The other comments were even less kind - though one reader will likely win a network job for his idea of merging NBC's two "SNL"-related series into a reality competition show - and "Studio 60" last night barely beat the premiere of ABC's "What About Brian," which was a non-starter last season; both were trounced by "CSI: Miami," which lured 18 million viewers.
The good news for NBC comes from "Heroes:" 13.3 million viewers, and No. 1 in the 18-49 demographic beloved by advertisers. CBS won the night, though, and switching "How I Met Your Mother" and "The Class" worked, with the latter boosting its viewership from 8 million last week to 10 million last night. "2.5 Men" enjoyed a healthy 17.1 million viewers, a sizable audience even by its standards.
Moving The CW's comedy bloc to Monday worked OK, as their ratings were a smidgen better than they are on Sunday night, and Monday's episodes were all repeats.
Hence, the Mayor declares a self-imposed moratorium on "Studio 60" until it's cancelled or placed on "hiatus" (final observation: The relationship between Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford's characters was what made the show work, initially; they scarcely had any scenes together last night). You, however, should feel free to kick it while it's down to your sadistic delight. Or - and this is how open-minded we are around these parts - even defend it.
Comments
Forget "Studio 60." I still can't get past the fact that 18 million people watched "CSI: Miami." Do they NOT know that David Caruso is in it? And that he has no acting talent whatsoever? And that he gives me the creeps? For that alone, the show should be cancelled.
Posted by: Suzy Q | October 10, 2006 2:56 PM
I confess -- someone bought it for me as a gift because they know I like Jay Mohr. It's a decent and quick summer read -- some gossip and plenty of details about Mohr and his seemingly daily nervous breakdowns.
Posted by: B-Two | October 12, 2006 9:54 AM