Studio 60 on it’s Sunset Trip?
February 3rd, 2007 by screenwriterguy
The Hollywood Reporter says NBC announced plans to air The Black Donnellys starting March 5th, Mondays at 10. For those of you keeping score, that’s the time slot currently held by Studio 60. For those of you really, really keeping score, I’m pretty sure Donnellys was intended, back in the fall, to jump into E.R.’s slot on Thursdays, to avoid airing reruns.
S60 has faced rumors of cancellation almost since it came on the air, but NBC has always stood behind the show. The scary part of this latest report, for all the Sorkiphiles out there, is that S60 will be going on hiatus with no specific return date planned. The other SNL-inspired NBC darling, 30 Rock, is also going on break to launch something new, but that show has a definite return planned.
Network programming is more and more liquid every day, so maybe they’re just keeping S60 in reserve. Then again, unspecified hiatus could mean that the show, like a one-night stand or a Mars satellite, just sorta goes away, never to be heard from again. I for one have dug the the romantic comedy retooling of the last couple of weeks, and would hate to see a channel closed to one of TV’s strongest writers. Here’s hoping sweeps is kind to Matt and Danny.
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