About Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip !!

Television critics named Studio 60 their "Best Overall New Program" in a poll conducted by Broadcasting and Cable,[22] based on the pilot episode. In their 2006 year-end issue, the New York Daily News listed Studio 60 as number 6 on their best "Series of the Year" list, and it was also listed in best standout performances as number 9 for Matthew Perry.[23] Glenn Garvin of the Miami Herald named Studio 60 as number 2 on his list of best "Series of the Year."[24] Studio 60 earned a collective rating of 75 out of 100 based on 33 reviews by TV critics and received 8.2 out of 10 from 276 votes by users on Metacritic.[25] The pilot was seen by an average of 13.4 million total viewers in its initial airing on NBC, although it experienced significant viewer falloff from the first half-hour to the second half-hour,[26] and the second episode's Nielsen ratings were down by 12% from the pilot.[27] The erosion continued through episode 5, with a 43% viewer drop off from its premiere, but subsequently leveled off. On October 27, 2006, NBC gave a conditional "vote of confidence" by ordering three additional scripts on top of the initial order of 13.[28] Despite the order, Studio 60 performed poorly in the ratings, which led to speculation that the network was seriously considering canceling the show. Gossip blogger Roger Friedman of Fox News reported on October 30, 2006, that cancellation of the show was imminent.[29] This was denied the next day by an NBC representative who stated that the show "is profitable at this point" and that, rather than a cancellation, it was more likely that the timeslot would change.[30] On November 9, 2006, NBC announced that the show had been picked up for a full season, citing its favorable demographics as the reason. According to NBC's press release: "Studio 60 has consistently delivered some of the highest audience concentrations among all primetime network series in such key upscale categories as adults 18–49 living in homes with $75,000-plus and $100,000-plus incomes and in homes where the head of household has four or more years of college."