It’s been one year since the last episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. I miss that show.

I know it’s been a year, because the last episode is still on my Tivo. I can’t bring myself to erase it. My wife rolls her eyes every time we’re ‘purging’ and she asks if she can delete it. It’s not that I’ve watched it since it originally aired. I haven’t.

Deleting that show will take it out of my mind…and I may forget about it. Seeing it wedged between South Park and Top Gear is a constant reminder of “what could have been” in network TV.

I know..I know. I could buy the DVDs and watch it whenever. But then it’d just sit there on my shelf next to all the other un-watched “must-have’ silver disks collecting dust in the back of my living room.

Aaron Sorkin’s first episode of Studio 60 had me yelling at my TV. “Yes!” I screamed as the rant given by Judd Hirsch just before the opening credits. Aaron Sorkin was back, and I forgot all about the gaping hole The West Wing left in my Wednesday nights.

The problem was, the fate of the world wasn’t ever at stake. I guess people couldn’t care less about if the show went on, or if the fictitious network got fined. The only two plot-lines that people cared about were whether or not Matt and Harriet got back together, or if Jordan and Danny’s baby was healthy.

Anyways…

One Year Later: I miss you Studio 60. You were a great show, and you’ve earned a permanent place on the Hard Drive of my Tivo.