From Kristin at eOnline!:

Reliable sources close to NBC tell me the ratings-challenged (but fan-adored) Studio 60 has received a “back nine” order, meaning the series will complete a full 22 episodes for its freshman season.

It’s up to you.  Now, go, and tell your friends to watch.

It seems that taking big breaks or not coming on until mid-season to avoid repeats is becoming increasingly popular.  But is this a positive or a negative?
It does allow television shows to avoid the is it new this week or not game, which is nice.  It also frees up some slots in the schedule to try out new shows…like Prison Break last year.  In fact if no television shows were to run repeats you could almost have two seperate television seasons each year with entirely new shows.  Although I highly doubt the networks would want to pay for that.  Also, running several weeks in a row without repeats allows the excitement to build like 24.
It does mean that you have to go long periods of time without seeing your favorite shows.  I sometimes forget about 24 in the fall, and i don’t know what I’m going to do without Lost for twelve weeks.  Plus, are repeats always a bad thing?  It allows people to catch up on shows that they missed or perhaps rewatch a favorite. 
I think mid season debuting is fine, but debuting in the fall with only a handful of episodes and then taking a long hiatus just doesn’t work.  Why debut at all, if all we get is 6 episodes out of a 23 episode season?  Why not just push the entire thing to January or Feburary?  I think they should play larger blocks of episodes in a row and then take smaller breaks.  Why not divide the season into thirds or fourths?  In those breaks networks could air specials (like game shows or reality tv fair).  But the teasing the fans a little and then taking it away is a bad trend that I dont’ want to see continued.

I really just wanted an excuse to use the word ‘penultimate’…makes me feel smart.  It means ‘next to last’, in case you were wondering.

I’d be lying if I said that I’ve been thrilled with Lost this season.  The pilot, A Tale of Two Cities, seemed like just more of the same from the low points of last season.  The Glass Ballerina seemed like a return to form, answering and asking some questions in the same breath, in what can only be described as Lost-ish.  Further Instructions…well…it just didn’t resonate with me.  The sweat lodge dream was interesting, and it was nice to see Boone back, but Locke’s flashback just seemed so far out of character.  Now, had he actually pulled the trigger at the end, I would probably be praising that episode.  Last week’s Every Man for Himself was supposed to have a huge shocker, and Kate was supposed to “make her choice” between Jack and Sawyer.  Neither really happened.  The fact that, instead of just one island, there is another little island next to it is not huge.  And Kate’s declaration of her love for Sawyer was sketchy at best.

I get the feeling that a lot of people are getting ready to jump ship.  I’m not one of them, but I definitely see their point.  Now, I have no doubt that the powers that be are going to be kicking the show into overdrive…hopefully tonight (rumor: someone dies…do some searching, and you can find out who).  Hopefully it will be in time.

I know better than to bail on Lost too early.  I know several people that have told me that they watched it for a while, then lost interest, only to have someone tell them that they have to get back into it, which they do, only to lose interest again.  Lost is a roller coaster ride…but the highs never fail to make up for the lows.