Rooting for the “Studio 60 curse”
Can we start talking about a “Studio 60 curse”?
Not a curse on the cast. It’s too early to tell if all these jobs they’re getting post S60 will be successful or not, but since the show had a short run and none of them are as identified with it as, say, the Seinfeld cast was with that show, there shouldn’t be any lingering doom. Besides, no one is trying to headline a show of his or her own, and that’s where the problems usually come in.
No, what I’m talking about here is a curse on the timeslot.
Studio 60’s ratings drop got it booted midseason last year for a round of The Black Donnellys, which flopped. Studio 60 came back but didn’t get the ratings NBC wanted either, so it was cancelled. And how is NBC’s new hope for that 10 p.m. Monday timeslot doing? Why, not so very well either. Ratings for Journeyman weren’t great starting off, and have gotten less great from there.
Now, I have nothing personally against Journeyman, although it sure sounds a whole lot like a Quantum Leap rip-off. My husband has been watching it and enjoying it, and I’m sorry to have to tell him that he shouldn’t get too attached. I’m sure the show’s cast and crew are working hard and getting hopes up and trusting NBC to keep the faith.
Nonetheless, I wish the show a swift and painful death.
Ditto the show that follows it in the timeslot. And the show that follows that. I’m hoping nothing does well for NBC at 10 p.m. Mondays for a long, long time. The “Studio 60 curse” has a nice ring to it.
Maybe NBC can have Journeyman go back in time and reverse that ill-fated cancellation decision.
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