So, I am piddling around at my parent’s house, where they actually subscribe to a daily paper, and keep the weekly TV Guide thing (not TV Guide, mind you, but the big local guide that comes every Sunday.) I start checking out the Thursday show listings, for what else is there to do in Oklahoma, but watch TV. Lo and behold I see Studio 60 listed, and it is noted as new.
What the crap! When did this happen? I knew it was on hiatus for a while, but it seems like they might have told someone that it was coming back on. I wound up missing it on the TV but decided to check it out online. As I am watching I realize that there is, in fact, another episode up that must have aired last week.
Seriously, how did this happen? Dude, I’m a fan of the show. One of the last few remaining, and I didn’t even know it was back. I love how they do this – here’s a show with plummeting ratings so they put it on hiatus, hoping to air it again after all the big shows have had their seasonal runs. This way it will be rerun time and maybe more folks will watch the show. Except they don’t actually tell anyone it is on and no one watches it.
Maybe they did run ads and I missed them. I have to admit I haven’t been watching a lot of TV lately as it has become rerun season, and I have been busy. But still…
I have no desire to give either episode a run down but will say the first one was actually sweet and funny, and enjoyable. A good return to form. While the most recent showed a whole lot more than we’ve ever seen of the show within a show, I now have to agree with all the naysayers – it isn’t funny.
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