(S01E16) I knew all week that this might be the last
Studio 60 we'd ever see on NBC, so I had two
really clever opening lines prepared. If this week's episode was terrible, I'd open up with: "Not with a bang, but with a whimper." If it was really good, I was going to open with, "Not with a whimper, but with a bang!"
I think it's obvious why I get paid the big blogging bucks.
So which line did I decide to go with? The answer after the jump...

It's amazing how people's careers can develop. Think about it: did anyone who saw Meredith Vieira on
60 Minutes seventeen years ago think she was going to end up hosting
Today and
Millionaire? Exactly. So, post-9/11, when men were drooling over NBC's Ashleigh Banfield and her glasses as she paraded around Afghanistan, did anyone think she'd be hosting a show discussing the cross between celebrity and the justice system?
Probably not. But that's what's happening, as she
has signed up to host CourtTV's
Hollywood Heat, taking over for Lynne White. She joined the network in July 2005, after her profile at NBC was reduced during 2003 and 2004. She will still co-host
Banfield & Ford: Courtside with Jack Ford. But, don't worry, librarian-lovers: she'll still be wearing those signature horn-rimmed frames. That alone might get me to watch.