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posted 14 years ago by FallenAngel72282-1
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Netflix. I know the season isn't that pricey, but watching these episodes again make me so mad. This show was taken away too soon. I think NBC pulled the smart show for shows that would never last. This show needed to build a base and with shows like Survivor and Grey's and CSI, they wanted fast ratings and didn't get it. Shows need time and NBC lost it here because they wouldn't take a chill. This show could have been a 7 season or longer show and it is disheartening that they didn't wait or give it time.

[–] Ellemeno 14 years ago

Agreed.

[–] mkfeuer 14 years ago

I just rewatched the full season again on Netflix (instantly to my tv lol) and I agree that not allowing this wonderful show to find its audience was such a waste of smart, funny and just amazing writing. Even on my third viewing, I am still picking up new things that I missed the first two times. Each time I finish the last episode, I am left with the same feeling I would have if I had let good friends slip out of my life. I wish that network tv would stop catering to the least common denominator with reality tv and give intelligent programming the chance it needs. (climbing down from my soap box now)

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[–] Rooney72 14 years ago

I agree 100%. I've watched the whole series on Netflix twice now. These are people you just want to spend more time with.

[–] mcfly2015-1 14 years ago

I can't do anything, but agree. I was so glad to see this on Netflix Streaming. I was with, and pulling for, the show from Ep. 1. I think that if it was given 1 more season, it would still be on right now.

[–] Scott-101 14 years ago

I've said this on a few other threads but the show needed to change itself, not the audience.
The audience was clearly there. The show had a lot of promotion but the show, although wonderful in some ways, was a greatly flawed piece of art.

Just look at all the stuff on the internet:
This blog dedicated to ridiculing Studio 60 week after week:
http://lancemannion.typepad.com/lance_mannion/studio_60/

Look at this article in the LA Times in which several people in the Hollywood establishment are practically giving Aaron Sorkin an intervention:
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/dec/25/entertainment/et-studio25

People were turning off to it, and in that sense the show although a very noble failure got what it deserves.
I have recently been watching episodes on itunes and like watching them, but it's a struggle to get past all the flaws

www.examiner.com/x-3877-dc-film-industry-examiner

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[–] Scott-101 14 years ago

If you see it as a flawed piece of brilliance as I do, then you would've had confidence that the network would've fixed the flaw.

It was pretty obvious what was wrong with it (Sara Paulson's character, too much Harriett-Matt relationship stuff, too much Sorkinian dialogue) every reviewer said the same thing.

All you had to do was ship Harriett out in Season 2 and add more people to the writing staff or appoint to someone on the staff to co-head writer and give him some veto power. Threaten Sorkin with cancellation if he doesn't like those changes.

www.examiner.com/x-3877-dc-film-industry-examiner

[–] Glbcp 14 years ago

Well, I don't know about that. IMO the show thrived on the Matt-Harriett relationship and if anything it was given "too much" screen time because of how well it worked. Perry and Paulson worked great together.

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[–] Scott-101 14 years ago

Having characters who are intelligent and making an intelligent show are two different things.

As I've said many times before, I don't believe that Sorkin had a well-made show. It was close to a well-made show, it had all the potential in the world..
www.examiner.com/x-3877-dc-film-industry-examiner

[–] tshadroui 13 years ago

I recently found it at FYE used for $11. I'm rewatching it now and I am loving it as much, if not more than when it was on the air. Such a shame it got pulled so soon!