Cancelation would be a terrible shame for a show that is undoubtably the best written thing on TV at the moment.
I think the time slot is not perfect, I love Heroes for completely different reasons (and the whole family enjoys that) - but in my household, I am the only one who 'gets' Studio 60.
I think the same thing was true of The West Wing - once you get into it you are seriously hooked but it is not for passive types or casual watching.
Sorkin delivers a solid show that somehow manages to pack an emotional punch almost every episode - the "New Orleans" piece in the Christmas show should bring a lump to the throat of even the most jaded of viewers.
NBC - if you happen to be browsing this thread, please don't give up on such a gem as this!

Complaining that a show is too smart is the reason we have been stuck in this reality show quagmire. Studio 60 has its funny moments. It is a dramedy and should be accepted for that. Maybe Heores should go up against the CSI clone. This is a well written, talented ensemble. It takes time to flesh out these characters. It deserves time to grow. Seinfeld wasn't a ratings winner right out of the block. The first shows stunk and it went on to become legendary. Studio 60 has the same potential. Smart, educated consumers are watching this show, do we really need the reality loving bottom feeders to make it a success.

This show just stinks. Time to cancel this mess. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip just doesn't work. Sports Night was horrible and NBC put it's hopes for a good TV show with this Sorkin person? Time to issue the pink slips NBC! Sorkin's shows are horrible and the excecutives making the decisions at this network need fired as well. Just cancel it and get it over with. Couldn't even finish watching the first episode...boring!!! Just when you thought Joey was bad here comes Studio 60...yikes!!

Well, I agree with most of what's being said here and was beginning to loose my total faith and inability to accept that the show could be anything but brilliant UNTIL the fifth episode came along. Okay, finally, phew! Now we have a show that talks about backstory and actual 5 storylines in one episode, its the deft kind of writing and structure that West Wing was applauded for. Its still not as good as the best episode of West Wing, so keep on pluggin Mr. Sorkin.

I have to admit we were dissapointed to tune in to the Studio 60 time slot tonight to find it missing! Now how will we know what smart people are supposed to think? Really, we have been enjoying the show to some degree, and had big hopes that it would hit a rhythm. Or am I just West Wing starved? Surely Studio 60 is still better than 80% of what else is out there. And it is different! It looks expensive. How about less "hey look, this is cool" and more character development? West Wing was great because even with the larger than life decisions, they were still human and relatable. Hwo many of your friends have been to a sex club?

Y'all are missing the point. It's not a comedy show, it's a drama. The show within the show is a comedy show. I don't think for a minute that life at SNL is funny during the week. There is an incredible amount or pressure to write and produce a live show every week, and that is what this show is about. If you're tuning in to a drama to watch funny sketch comedy, than you can't be helped. Accept the setup for this, and move on.

As for the "reality" of it, guys, it's TV. It's fiction. And, it may be far more reality-based than the CSI magic-fest, or all of those ridiculous Law & Order-based shows, which bear no resemblance to the actual criminal justice system.

Preachy? Yes, sometimes. But it's smart, relevant, and challenging. I lament there seems to be no place on TV anymore for shows like this, or Arrested Development.

I am watching Studio 60 right now. It is much better than the previous shows. It is developing other characters & skipping some of the Harriet & Matt romance. I also felt, like gail said, that it was a offshoot of the Grey's Anatomy McDreamy situation. I hope they hit on this very little in the future.

Tonight's show came across as more of a drama, & it was better for it.

I rewatched the last episode and started to wonder if the whole romance thing between harriet and matt is a response to the success of ABC's Grey's Anatomy.

I can't decide if I like the show or not. The 1st episode was decent, just getting it's feet wet, but the following shows seem to be just hitting the surface of the 'drama' that is supposed to be going on when trying to write a show, any show. Most of the characters seem to be fairly shallow & undeveloped at this point. I saw Perry in a recent TV movie & thought he was good in that serious part. He doesn't seem to be getting much room to really act yet.

And the woman playing Jordan, doesn't come across as the 'hot shot'. Sometimes her expressions seem to convey that she is puzzled rather than knowing what she is going to do.

I guess I am just disappointed do far. Remember the Dick Van Dyke show about comedy writers - they rarely showed the actual comedy show they were writing for, and they took themselve much less seriously. I actually didn't realize this was supposed to be a drama until I read an article telling me so!

greg said it best - but it is true -

i loved the pilot - thought the show had promise and then it just flamed out -

and i'm sorry to the sorking fans who keep saying - "it isn't supposed to be funny" - number one - i think sorkin thinks the show within a show IS funny - number two - any show about comedians that is so deathly unfunny is just too hard to believe - number three - any show that is supposed to skewer pop culture and has sketches about such timely pop culture icons as nicholas cage, juliette lewis and holly frickin' hunter is just plain ridiculous - guest host rob reiner??!!, music guest sting???!!! - playing the same songs he did on a sunday morning news show???!!!

sorkin should have usaed some of that "street cred" he thinks he has to go to comedy clubs and get some young hip funny writers to help him and his geriatric crew out of the mess they've gotten into -