Kevin Reilly fighting for Friday Night Lights, Studio 60, 30 Rock

P.S. Did you catch the Sorkin joke in this week's "30 Rock?"

"Did we just go in a circle?"

"Nice walk 'n' talk."

Studio 60 fell short of my expectations; 30 Rock exceeded them -- by a longshot.

Alec Baldwin is the best thing to happen to primetime comedy since Arrested Development.

Is it really that surprising that the New York Post and Fox News claim that "Studio 60" is near cancellation? After all, aren't they both owned by Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp? Would you expect the Post to contradict what the News Network claimed to be absolute truth? I wouldn't.

I'm with #14. As long as they keep 30 Rock, I'll be happy.

Studio 60, a show set in California, is "too New York" for the New York Post?


It is simply an awful show.

This is good news. Reilly showing faith in what are three very good shows means he understands that it takes time for some shows to find their stride, creatively, and to find their audience.

There is nothing blue state about Studio 60, because blue-staters have great senses of humor, and Studio 60 is a bloated, preachy mess. And I say that as an unabashed liberal and a [former] fan of Aaron Sorkin.

But to say that the NY Post isn't right wing? I think even the NY Post would be insulted by that. They are proudly, extravagantly, in-your-facedly right wing. And just because NY is a predominantly blue state, and NYC is an overwhelmingly blue city, doesn't mean one of our three major newspapers can't be right wing. I mean, c'mon. All those people who elected Giuliani twice need to have SOME paper to read.

One more thing...

I always have to laugh when people blame this sort of thing on "right wing nutjobs", because they never stop to consider that other people think the shows are just crap.
The "right wing nutjob" thing is just a cop-out name-calling technique when there's not an argument that can be made.

Trying to blame this on a "red" state vs. "blue" state thing is crap. It comes down to whether people like the show and the characters or not. I don't particularly like Tina Fey or Alec Baldwin, but 30 Rock is a very funny show.

Studio 60 on the other hand is painful to watch because it's preachy. If you don't think so, then you've bought into the mindset of the show. Not everyone has.

Friday Night Lights is amazing, as you'd expect from the creator of the movie. Its the only one of the three worthy of keeping.
Studio 60 is interesting, but Sorkin has made a show that is just too similar to The West Wing. Others are right to note the show business isn't as exciting as politics and I doubt the ratings will ever grow much at all.