This DVD item from Warner Home Video was reviewed on 10-Dec-2008.
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1) DVD DVD Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - The Complete Series by Warner Home Video. Studio 60 was created by the same guy who did West Wing and it was every bit as great. It was a wonderful, intelligent show highlighting interpersonal relationships is a high pressure world of live television. It´s only failure was that it was too intelligent for most viewers in that it´s dialogue moved too quickly for most people to follow and it was probably a bit too liberal in it´s world views. If you´ve got a quick wit and open mind, you would probably enjoy this show which only lasted one season. Cudos to ABC for having the guts to air it.¤ 2) DVD DVD Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - The Complete Series by Warner Home Video. As noted in the title. I was so disappointed when this show was not renewed. It was the best new show to come out in a long time. The writing was fantastic. I love the sarcasm. I loved seeing Matthew Perry after Friends.
¤ 3) DVD DVD Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - The Complete Series by Warner Home Video. I´m terribly sad that Studio 60 was canceled after only one season. A great show with a great cast, that really pushed the envelope with current events. If you haven´t seen it, I highly recommend it.¤ 4) DVD DVD Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - The Complete Series by Warner Home Video. I´ve enjoyed so much this series. It´s a shame it got cancelled. They always cancel the best shows..
The dvd is fine, you get to see some extras but not as many as I would want. Anyway, it´s worth it, don´t lose the chance to watch this magnific show.¤ 5) DVD DVD Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - The Complete Series by Warner Home Video. I like Aaron Sorkin a lot and this show has his soul, no doubt. If you enjoy with powerful dialogues that´s your show too.¤ 6) DVD DVD Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - The Complete Series by Warner Home Video. What goes on behind the scenes of a nationwide late-night comedy sketch show? Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing, answers that question with a must-see show within a show filled with engaging characters, ear-grabbing dialogue and a Hollywood hive of insider buzz. Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford portray the likable hotshots brought in to revive NBS-TV´s sagging flagship comedy series and Amanda Peet plays their savvy boss in episodes exploring the lives and loves of and the make-or-break creative pressures on the show´s staff. Panic. Chaos. Fear. Sleep deprivation. Just make sure it´s funny by Friday. Because that´s when a nation tunes in to Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. DVD Features:
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¤7) DVD DVD Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - The Complete Series by Warner Home Video. Aaron Sorkin, bless him, believes that "the people who watch television shows aren´t dumber than the people who make television shows." He also believes that "quality is not anathema to profit." He puts these idealistic words into the mouth of Jordan McDeere (Amanda Peet), the new, impolitic NBS TV president whose first order of business is to revitalize the network´s cash cow, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, a long-running live late-night sketch-comedy series reeling from the Howard Beale-esque on-air meltdown of its creator (Judd Hirsch, alas, limited to the pilot episode). With this Upstairs/Backstage look at Studio 60´s tumultuous network politics and stormy personal relationships, Sorkin, the creator of Sports Night and The West Wing, once again tried to raise the bar of prime time fare. That he didn´t quite clear it makes this one-season wonder a fascinating object lesson of great hopes and dashed expectations. Studio 60 was perhaps the most hotly debated series of the 2006 season and, love it or hate it, all its strengths and flaws can be savored and savaged anew with this complete-series set. Pretty much above reproach is the ensemble. Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford head the cast as comedy writer Matt and executive producer Danny, former Studio 60 hands whom Jordan brings back to "save" the show. Steven Weber costars as network chairman Jack Rudolph, who clashes with Jordan over reality programming (he wants it, she doesn´t), is embroiled in network negotiations with China, and must fend off angry affiliates offended by such sketches as "Crazy Christians." Jordan contends with becoming tabloid fodder after her ex-husband leaks scandalous details of their past. Meanwhile, Matt, a sardonic atheist, is in a whole Ross and Rachel thing with Harriet (Emmy nominee Sarah Paulson), who is devoutly religious and the show´s galvanizing star performer (she does do a mean Holly Hunter). Studio 60 has much to say about comedy in wartime, the divided states of America, the creative process, and patriotism. Some of it is deftly handled, some of it is ham-handed and some of it patronizing. Most of it is delivered in Sorkin´s signature chock-a-block style and with walk-and-talk urgency. But even at its most maddening, there are enough riveting moments (a performance by displaced New Orleans musicians in "The Christmas Show"), jaw-dropping developments ("I´m coming for you, Jordan," warns Danny, suddenly-turned romantic stalker), and indelible performances (John Goodman´s Emmy-winning turn as a plain-speaking Pahrump, NV judge not impressed with the Hollywood types before him in the two-part "Nevada Day") to make Studio 60 a series worth revisiting, if only as a guilty pleasure. The pilot episode commentary by Sorkin and director Thomas Schlamme, as well as a behind-the-scenes featurette, were produced before the show was canceled, robbing this series´ fervent fans of the opportunity for some closure. --Donald Liebenson¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 7-Jan-2009, 085391173229, I6B-H9B-I0B-EUB-RAB-COB-BQB-8 
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