During a live taping of a show, Jordan experiences emergency pregnancy complications. While Jordan is taken to the hospital, Tom has to deal with an unfolding emergency of his own. Meanwhile, Matt's pill abuse is uncovered.
So come take a fascinating look behind the scenes of Studio 60, a fictional sketch-comedy series on the NBS broadcast network. Problem is the series seems to be going down the tube fast. Everyone involved with the late-night dud seems to have one problem or another, including the current Executive Producer, who just had an on-air mental meltdown, and time is running out fast.
Enter the networks Chairman of the Board, a new network president looking to make her mark on the net. Her answer is move is to bring in a pair of fresh-faced writers to try and save the series. Will it work?