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 Tale of Two Failures
While waiting for all that great new reality and game-show programming NBC has promised us in the future, here's a little brain teaser:
NBC has two struggling programs, "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" and "Friday Night Lights."
"Studio 60" launched fairly strongly, but has stumbled significantly since then. It was created by Aaron Sorkin, who's responsible for the long-running NBC hit "The West Wing," and stars Matthew Perry, Bradley Whitford and Steven Weber, who have all appeared on phenomenally successful NBC shows.
"Friday Night Lights" stumbled out of the gate. Its EP is Peter Berg and its star is Kyle Chandler, both of whom appeared on CBS dramas.
Question: Which of these shows will NBC throw under the bus first?
Wrong!
On Monday, Oct. 30, NBC will pre-empt "Studio 60" and in its place run an episode of "Friday Night Lights." Hoping, apparently, that it will draw the same young audience that is swarming to "Heroes."
Comments
All Sorkin had to do was cast relative unknowns instead of pricey TV veterans and he could've bought himself the three months he needed in which to build "Studio 60."
Whether that would be possible in the three-month timeframe, or even a full season, for that matter, is something else entirely, but coming out of the box with such a price cast -- you're setting yourself up for failure.
Posted by: Steven Rosenberg | October 20, 2006 2:04 PM
I've tried to like SSOTSS. I've seen every episode(some twice). I've tried to forget about chandler&Josh. I've stopped asking the room at large"Why is D.L Hughly walking through this show".
My dislike for the poorly cast Steven Webber charactor has hit bottom. My disbelief of Amanda Peet in her role continues to plague me. The high comedic genius of Harriot Hayes has yet to appear. The show within a show has crashed completely. Rob Reiner. Come ON
. Since when is Rob Reiner hip enough to host any show, let alone a late night comedy
show.
I'm sorry it just doesn't have legs.
Witty repartee is not a substitute
for substantive quality writing.Whether your name is Sorkin or not.
Posted by: Tam | October 20, 2006 2:34 PM