Running Studio 60 thread (spoilers)

My bad...

I'm still looking for it on Mondays.

 

Aren't we all.

 

i watched it until i heard it wasn't coming back, then i stopped.

 

I don't like Mondays.

 

Fen, just finished the Reagan diary, and noted the number of times he starts the week by writing "I don't like Mondays." Hmm. Is it an homage to the Boomtown Rats, or the "Hang in there" kitty poster Dutch had hanging on the back of the oval office door?

 

That would depend on whether he wants to shoot the whole day down.

 

Actually, it's an homage to the Tori Amos cover of the tune that Sorkin used at the end of Part Two of "24 Hours In America" on TWW.
Nyah-nyah.

 

I remember reading in EW before the season started that S60 was going to be one of the most expensive shows ever (very rare for a new show) and said it would essentially have to be a Top 10 show to be profitable. They would have been better off hiring Perry and Whitford to anchor the show and hired cheaper actors to replace Busfield, Peet, Hughley and Weber...

Corddry was one of the best supporting actors on the show and I guarantee you they got him for close to scale...

If Sorkin didn't try to put together such an expensive cast, this show might have gotten a second season.

 

Hell, if he'd not put together such an expensive cast TWW might still be on the air.

 

But shows are supposed to be expensive when they've been on the air for 5+ years. That's when they're in syndication and are the most profitable... That's why Ray Romano and Kelsey Grammar were both getting $1.8 mil per show during the final seasons of Raymond and Frasier... The reason ER has been on so long is that they've replaced expensive cast members with cheaper labor...

I read somewhere that Perry makes $500K per show, Whitford makes $350K, Peet, Weber and Hughley make $200K and Busfield makes $150K per...

I'll bet that on a show like "Ugly Betty" which people actually watched, nobody makes $100K per episode, or at least they didn't during the first season...

 

I agree, particularly on Peet and Hughley. Weber may be pricey, but he has been outstanding on the show. At this point, I'd rather lose Whitford, and I am a very big fan of his work.

Isn't Busfield also an executive producer on the show?

 

Didn't you guys hear? Anybody who questions Sorkin shouldn't post their opinions on this thread.