Hooray for basic cable

I missed "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" last week. Totally forgot it was on (I'm not one of those Sorkin nuts who set my TiVo months in advance). So I was pleasantly surprised, after last week's "Project Runway," to find that Bravo was rerunning "Studio 60" in the place of "Million Dollar Listing." ABC has apparently replayed the "Ugly Betty" pilot on ABC Family.

I wrote last week about the networks' new religion: their realization that they'll only draw more viewers if they make their shows available online and on demand. The basic cable channels are useful, too. This season, in particular, has some tough cross-programming. And my TiVo only records one show at a time.

Tonight, it's saving "How I Met Your Mother," "Heroes," and, yes, "Studio 60." I'm still determined to give it a chance, no matter how hard it is to believe Sarah Paulson as a comic genius, or Amanda Peet as a brilliant network executive, or any Gilbert & Sullivan parody as a fresh idea.

OK, it's true. I'm only watching for the drinking game.