NBC - NBC STRIPS STUDIO 60 FROM ITS SCHEDULE

NBC's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, once regarded as the show that would become a hit on the magnitude of Friends, went out with a whimper Monday night, drawing a minuscule 4.8 rating and an 8 share, representing 6.4 million viewers. Studio 60 is due to be replaced by the mob drama The Black Donnellys next week, and while NBC says that the drama about a sketch comedy show is officially "on hiatus," some TV journalists are expressing skepticism and wondering if the remaining six episodes of the Aaron Sorkin series might be destined for final disposal on the NBC website. Monday night's episode was watched by fewer than a third of those who tuned in to CBS's CSI:Miami in the same hour. That show attracted a 13.1 rating and a 21 share -- or 19.08 million viewers.

20/02/2007