Really Surprised!

Excellent but underrated film

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Studio 60 has some nice elements. There were some moments that were smart, some that were funny. But as a whole, the show never really gelled.We'll at the very end, it got pretty good. After they turned it into "The West Wing". At the very end, they started dealing with war, and the military, and the kinds of big issues The West Wing dealt with.No the reason the show was fascinating was psychological, not artistic. There was lots in the press at the time about the on-again, off-again relationship between Sorkin and Kristen Chenoweth. In the show, Sorkin wrote a TV producer and a really talented performer who were parallels of them. Week after week, Sorkin would show us the conflicts between these characters. Sorkin was still trying to explain himself, win the argument, or accept blame for the conflicts in his own life.It was fascinating and creepy to watch art imitate life.

the best thing to be on TV since the west wing and they pull it for the crap laden 30 rock???when baldwin had his meltdown and the writers came off strike, i thought: "great! finally this'll take off like it should." but no. too "deep", too "intelligent", to close to the mark! i say. i think the only reason this is off the air is political. the back lot money mongers didn't like the idea that studio 60 may be airing too much dirty laundry. TOO BAD! this was brilliant, yeah, it had it's flat moments, but it had SO much better scripting, and dialogue, and cast, and chemistry, and, and, and...

I watched this over the weekend. Yes, the sketches are actually bad. Yes, this is a drama. Yes, it is apparently Sorkin-styled. Yes, the Matt/Harriet relationship is annoying (much like those types usually are in real life, hence the annoyance of all the other characters in the show).But... don't look for the bad things, and you'll find that the good things about this are a work of art, particularly in the last 4 episodes. All of the complexity Sorkin covers about what has been going on in America since 9/11 is right on and extremely powerful. Don't believe other reviews that tell you that this show is right-wing bashing, either. Only someone looking for that would think so; this show portrays both left leaners and right wingers as redeemable yet idiotic.The most comedic part of this show is when Amanda Peet (whose casting I actually enjoyed) says, "Don't make fun of my magic". Other than that, I probably never laughed out loud, but that will be one cherished bit of television for me in the years to come.

The best written show since the West Wing was taken off the air was the highlight of last years TV. Although Heroes is fantastic this show made me sit up and take notice.With some fantastic actors both new and familiar to us in the UK not sure about the US, and some great story lines this show could have gone from strength to strength. It took the West Wing 7 seasons to make me cry and even that was based around an actual death of a cast member but the Studio 60 finale is a thing of beauty. It is all you'd want in a programme heart felt, funny and good actors turning in great performances.This is the perfect starting point for anyone wanting to start looking at the works of Mr. Sorkin it's not as heavy as the West Wing but every bit as brilliant. I already have the DVDs and the finale again got the best of me.You'll laugh, you'll cheer and you should cry unless you're made out of stone or something.