30 Rock Gets Full Season Pick-Up from NBC

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Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: B-12

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'Studio 60' Picked Up for Season

The show will go on for "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," despite its failure to lure viewers. NBC said Thursday it has ordered an additional nine episodes of the backstage drama from "The West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin for a full season's worth of shows, or 22 weeks.

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The Onion's AV Club has an interesting interview with D. L. Hughley discussing, among other things, why Studio 60 failed to live up to its potential.

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"TV has a very measurable effect on our national mood.

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Show will return after sweeps and after the upfronts. NBC has set a return date for "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip."

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NBC Pulls Television Drama 'Black Donnelys', No Word on Studio 60

Variety is reporting that NBC has pulled troubled drama The Black Donnellys off the air, with the remaining episodes likely to be burned off on the networks website.

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...of course, the second part of that headline should probably be "...but it probably won't be renewed."

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Variety has a list of the TV shows that are "on the bubble," the ones that are teetering on the edge of cancellation and might not make it to fall '07.

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What Happened to Studio 60?

I, like many other fans, have come to wonder what the fate of Aaron Sorkin's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" may be. I thought it was odd, rude, and unwise to put Studio 60 off for a week while another new series was debuted.

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It's not a new problem: think about Alex Keaton on "Family Ties" or Archie Bunker from "All in the Family." Scratch their surface and they're just as bleeding-heart as the guys who created them.

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After a season-low ratings performance, NBC pulled Studio 60 off the schedule one week earlier than planned.

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Overshadowed by news that Katie Couric's former Today show wonderboy Jeff Zucker is expected to take over as chief executive at NBC Universal this week: NBC's troublesome Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip and 30 Rock are being sidelined again.

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I came across an interesting article while perusing Ken Levine's blog last night.

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After viewing the frighteningly accurate parody of Studio 60 that MADtv performed I got to thinking (which is always a bad thing).

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The Broadway star gave Aaron Sorkin, her ex-boyfrined, approval to write the Harriet Hayes character based on her life. But, says Chenoweth, "when I see her behaving in ways that are different from me. I'm really not that judgmental girl.

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Studio 60 - Easily The Best One Yet

Sorkin seems to have gotten a clue.

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So much for all that cancellation talk. Just got word that NBC has given Aaron Sorkin's struggling Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip a full-season order. (That recent Lauren Graham cameo must've marked a turning point.)

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I'm not exactly sure what signing this online petition to save Aaron Sorkin's endangered 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' can accomplish, especially given NBC's recent cost cutting, but it certainly never hurts to try if you're a fan of the show.

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Entertainment president Kevin Reilly believes that all three shows are too good to cancel. "I'm sitting here right now with some very good television shows that I think have a lot of promise that need to be nurtured a little bit," he says.

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A spokesperson was quick to point out that NBC ordered three scripts last week, adding that the Aaron Sorkin drama "is profitable at this point."

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All four have received orders for additional scripts, in what might be a positive sign.

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Funny guy Nate Corddry got his career start as a correspondent on The Daily Show alongside his brother, Rob Corddry. Now he's landed his very own must-see TV gig -- the SNL-inspired series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

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What, exactly, is wrong with Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip? The new NBC drama from Aaron Sorkin, who created the much-loved West Wing, is underperforming: It lost a third of its premiere audience by the third week.

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'Studio 60' - Smarter than your average show

Aaron Sorkin's new NBC show 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip' is hitting its stride, and showing there's mercifully some room for intelligent primetime TV.

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I remember when the famous phrase "Live from Studio 60, it''s Friday Night In Hollywood!" used to mean something. Back then, when the show first came out, I''d stay home every Monday night just to make sure I didn''t miss an episode.

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STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP. 10 tonight, Channel 10. POOR AARON Sorkin. Three episodes into his much-anticipated "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" and the backlash has begun.

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