virgo_91 OMG!!!! this is the best drama series i've ever seen i still can't believe that it aired for only 1 season.Awesome plot, Brilliant performances by Matthew seriously he played matt albie brilliantly Bradley was pretty good too but what surprised me was peet i m not really a big fan of her work but i just loved Jordan and not to forget steven and sarah they were pretty good too.What i most liked about the show is that the story line is very gripping and some of the characters r just lovable also this is 1 0f Sorkin's best work.I also hope that we can see some more of his good stuff.

rhodyron I had never seen or heard of this series until I spotted in on Netflix. All I can say is "wow, how did this only run for one season?". The acting is excellent and that the cast are provided with great dialog certainly helps. You have to follow the dialog closely to catch all the zingers and wit.Great look at "behind the scenes" Hollywood and the "business" of TV with a cast and characters that you would not necessarily expect to interact so seamlessly and provide both an excellent dramatic and comedic interplay (based on some of their earlier "dumbed down" TV roles). Check this series out. You won't be disappointed.

mgriego007 I read through some of the user comments and I have to disagree with almost every criticism leveled at it. I also have to laugh irony given the main topic of the show.The characters were not mis-cast. Sarah Paulson's Harriet Hays was perfect, exactly the type of character missing on most TV shows to begin with and the most common face that many of us never see when Christian or religious characters are portrayed. She was not a stereotype, she created her own personality and being just like a real person. Amanda Peet, who I am no fan of, was playing the guarded tough gal in the boys club. What do we expect? Her to break down every time Steven Weber's Jack Rudolph yells at her? Comparing this show to the West Wing isn't fair, that was a show about how our ideals and the White House interact. This show has characters who are less than ideal and are already swayed to their beliefs, they don't spend time hashing them out as much as on the west wing, instead, they fight Amercia's perceived culture war on camera for us and usually wind up showing us just how few differences most of us really have. The sketches were not as funny as SNL's, but that's not the point of the show. Anyone who complained about that is utterly missing the point of the sketches to begin with, they are nothing more than social commentary. The comedy in the happens when the show within the show isn't on the air.The fact that this show fell victim to the very themes it was portraying may be the best sacrifice it could've made for the American TV audience. I realize not everyone is going to appreciate the things I do, and that's fine, but to allow TV to become nothing but the Real World with different settings over and over again is a waste. The mediocrity of most sitcoms, even Perry's Friends, is fine from time to time but every now and then something a bit more substantial would be nice.

siseo05 ...and you'll see that this show was INCREDIBLY underrated. The rating itself (8.7 at the time of this comment) shows how well loved it was by its fans.I have to admit, I've kind of felt a downtrend in TV series lately. I know a lot of people love the law/crime dramas like CSI or similar, but I admit those were never to my taste--not that that's a reflection on the quality of those shows. I will say that I watched plenty of other primetime dramas and comedies alike and was disappointed in every one. I had great hopes when I heard the WEST WING creators were coming out with a new show, and the previews looked promising.I was surprised when I watched the first episode. Not unpleasantly so--just surprised. Maybe I felt that the show would have slightly bolder humor than it delivered. As others have said, though, the dialogue was one of its strongest points; it was a show fully driven by it. The humor, though not overt, was still marked and gave me a good laugh now and again; and it maintained that balance between humor and drama--a little like life, you might say. It had a much more realistic feel in that sense than dramas constantly bogged down by solemnity and string sections, or comedies with canned laughter (that really grates on my nerves--you should never have to be TOLD when to laugh at a show).The issues the show took on were real and challenging, and it was another thing I admired. It's very easy--well, if not easy, then more common--for shows now to slip into neutrality, keep everyone happy so everyone will keep watching. If we offend anyone, we're going to cause a stir and get our show banned! I respected the fact that STUDIO 60 had the guts to take on such strong issues as race and religion, especially in the media.As for the acting, I can't say enough. Bradley Whitford could bring a smile to my face just by appearing on screen. He and Matthew made an excellent head team; Perry proved his versatility with this role after his ten-year run on FRIENDS. Amanda Peet practically shines as Jordan, whose character is in danger of being the stereotypical "hard-nosed businesswoman who must be taken seriously in a man's world," but has a much more human interpretation. You remember that she's a woman--a very smart, extremely capable woman, but not a woman trying to be a man.One negative thing I will say is that some of the will-they-won't-they plot between Matt and Harriett seemed to drag and bogged the show down a little, more because of the cat-and-dog nature of the relationship than the actual uncertainty. It would have been nice to see their relationship take on some sort of stability after an entire season, whether good or bad (always time for more catastrophe later, Mr. Sorkin!). The constant change, nearly every episode, became a little tedious and bordering on soap opera material.I'm at a bit of a loss to find the reason for this show's failure, especially with some of the crap that's airing now. Perhaps, like me, people came in with different expectations for the show. All I can say is that, with all of these things working for them--the script, the actors, the music, on and on--this show deserved to see many more seasons.