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DVD : Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - The Complete SeriesIn association with Amazon.com 
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0085391173229 Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 6 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 16, 2007 Running Time: 931 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Sales Rank: 2993 MPN: WARD117322D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: 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: Audio Commentary Documentary Amazon.com: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not Sorkin/Schlamme's best series, but at its best it rivals West WingAdding my voice to the chorus of praise for this show is somewhat redundant. Anyone considering buying this DVD surely knows the affection the Sorkin/Schlamme team inspires in their fans. If Studio 60 is not overall as good as the West Wing series, it's certainly as good as West Wing's first season, and who knows how far the show could have gone had it been able to continue? Although the show-within-the-show was a sketch comedy, Studio 60 is more of a Dramedy. I don't think it was cancelled because ... Read More Rating:  - Great Season! Too bad there was only one...I am a huge Sorkin fan, and this season was no disappointment. The only reason I am not giving it a perfect rating is because it is hard to get excited to watch a season 1 when you know there will not be a season 2, and a lot of things will be left unresolved. I wish this season had done better, because it was classic Sorkin, with a lot of ex-West Wing actors/actresses returning with new roles. Overall, you will enjoy it, but you will be disappointed that there is no follow-up once you are ... Read More Rating: - Should have been allowed to growI am currently living in Australia and wasn't able to watch this while it was airing. I actually purchased the show on iTunes to watch while on the airplane during a trip back to the states. I really wished I had the meager extras provided on the DVD set because that would give me just that much more. Watching it was very hard, because I knew that every episode that I watched was one less till the end. As with all Aaron Sorkin scripts, the dialog is very fast and dynamic. It is very intelligent ... Read More Rating: - Studio 60It is still one of my all time favorite Shows. My favorite episode is and will always be the Christmas show. I play it over and over and over!!!! Rating: - 21st century's best network series thus farI knew ten minutes into the first episode I watched (the third broadcast) I would be adding this set to my DVD library. And I expect I also knew it would become a great 19+ hour movie; no network was likely to order another season on something so perfectly reflective of the precise reasons it could not endure in primetime during the W years. Do not miss this "film" then. Sociologists will be using this show in 25 years to illustrate that there were TV writers able to dramatize how and why America ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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