Shame on us.

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is a sinking ship. And we were the iceberg.

This show will probably not make it back next year. And even if it does, it probably won't make to a third, if they even get to finish a second season. We're to blame. We're to blame for not watching. There can't even be blame put on being on at a bad time. Heroes is a runaway hit, and directly proceeds Studio 60. There should be plenty of carryover. But there's not. And I think I know why.

We're too jaded.

We can't watch anything now without being jaded and cynical. People watch Studio 60 and they complain that the skits on the show within the show aren't funny. So? That's not what the show is actually about. Let it go, focus on the actual plot. Does anyone think that Michael Scott, the inept social catastrophe of a boss on The Office, would actually have a job at that level longer than a month in real life? No, of course not. But because a show strives for a certain realistic feel, people take aim at the stupidest things in order to belittle a show which, by rights, should be lauded.

Aaron Sorkin shouldn't be too surprised, though. Same thing happened with SportsNight.

People should relax when watching TV. It's for entertainment, after all. Instead, we all get on the internet (yes, I realize there is a certain irony inherent here) and complain about how an actor or actress is completely ill suited for the role of so and so. Well, I didn't realize we'd all become armchair casting directors. I'm sorry. However, I'll take a few ill suited fits in roles over the endless barrage of brainless reality TV, or Illiterate Programming ( to borrow from the show whose laurels I'm trying to praise). Excuse me for wanting my entertainment not spoon fed to me. And shame on all of us for letting it get this bad.