Stop the Insanity

I feel a migraine coming on.

Next season, Thursday nights at 9 will be even more complicated and crowded than they are already. ABC is moving “Grey’s Anatomy” to the prime movie-ad timeslot, in an effort to gain traction on a night that has eluded its grasp. And NBC is planning to premiere its promising new Aaron Sorkin dramedy, “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” at the same hour. With both of those show against CBS’s “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” the hour will be a Tivo-defying nightmare of choices.

Alas, the loser will probably be Sorkin’s series, even if it’s good. And I’m expecting it to be good, given Sorkin’s track record (“Sports Night,” “The West Wing”) and the interesting cast (Matthew Perry, Bradley Whitford, Steven Weber).

Please NBC, think again.