Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - DVD

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - The Complete Series

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Total reviews: 102 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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Studio 60 is one of the best TV shows to have aired in the last decade. Departing from the usual and constant blab present on our air, Studio 60 is the real deal. A smart and unbelievably crafted screenplay, casting actors which seemed to have been born for this show and only this show. If my words are not to be believed, then perhaps the fact that the series was canceled in the middle of its first season should clarify what I have said above. Lack of an audience wasn't the only problem faced by the network; the real problem has proven to be the show's content.

I never watched the show as it aired one year ago, and I have few reasons why I haven't completely given up on my three weekly hours of television, but all the buzz had to catch on sometime, and after glancing at "The Wrap Party" at a friend's house, I had to indulge in the other 21 episodes. And let me tell you, from the first episode of this first season until the very last one, television becomes what it should have been all along. Pure and brilliant entertainment.

If the ratings are a direct response to content (as Studio 60 clearly states that it is) then we have a huge problem here. When a country turns in mass to watch mentally deprived individuals fight off their personal lives on stage, and completely ignore and reject content such as Studio 60 then the conclusion that most of our population is illiterate and uneducated is inevitable. It is this simple - good shows don't stay on because they have no appeal. Intelligent discussion about religion, politics, love, literature, history and whatever topic covered in these twenty-two episodes were not enough to captivate people, or perhaps they just didn't understand it at all. Studio 60 is still entertainment, and like the fictitious show bought by character Jordan McDeere, perhaps it was bought by the wrong network and for the wrong public.

Many have accused Studio 60 of being too smart, and those who enjoyed the show delusional about their own intelligence, but nothing could be further from the truth here. Studio 60 had flaws all around, but I still stand by the first sentence in this amateur review. Author Aaron Sorkin should have known that you can only talk so much about a sketch before finally airing it. Not presenting it for the home audience was delusional. Perhaps this was his worst and most regrettable decision, after all the show inside the show is a comedy. Studio 60 definitely needed more time to find itself, something which was clearly not possible, and it pays to bear in mind that no show will ever satisfy the majority. It has been said before that Aaron Sorkin's worst is still an awful lot better than others out there; however, Studio 60 is far from his worst. It is the most insightful and crafted to date. Like I said, Studio 60 is one of the best TV shows to have aired in the last decade.

Editorial Review:

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/16/2007 Rating: Nr