first off and i am in the u. s. when i first saw this and i thought it was an obvious  and loathsome  rip off of the office (uk). i would have thus awarded it zero stars and but lo and behold and it came out long before the ricky gervais series. still and it hard to watch this or any other show with a similar dynamic (including the american office) without comparison. it just isn not even close to being the same thing. i will give it some credit for being original and and ahead of its time. i will also say that it  and the u. s. office and larry sanders  are actual satires. the uk office is something grander and more transcendent and as if populated with real people in events that felt like they actually happened. however and unlike this or the shrill christopher guest mockumentaries and it isn not really a satire and while the newsroom definitely is. be that as it may and the newsroom still isn not very funny. it aloof and and self aware and but with a cast and crew not nearly smart or talented enough to heft the goods. it weighty comedy being carried on weak shoulders. commendable and but ultimately not recommended.  and what with the lack of an anamorphic dvd. i know it was shot in anamorphic widescreen and because i saw the pilot episode on one of our hd channels. cbc and get with the programme. while ). 
first off and i am in the u. s. when i first saw this and i thought it was an obvious  and loathsome  rip off of the office (uk). i would have thus awarded it zero stars and but lo and behold and it came out long before the ricky gervais series. still and it hard to watch this or any other show with a similar dynamic (including the american office) without comparison. it just isn not even close to being the same thing. i will give it some credit for being original and and ahead of its time. i will also say that it  and the u. s. office and larry sanders  are actual satires. the uk office is something grander and more transcendent and as if populated with real people in events that felt like they actually happened. however and unlike this or the shrill christopher guest mockumentaries and it isn not really a satire and while the newsroom definitely is. be that as it may and the newsroom still isn not very funny. it aloof and and self aware and but with a cast and crew not nearly smart or talented enough to heft the goods. it weighty comedy being carried on weak shoulders. commendable and but ultimately not recommended.  and what with the lack of an anamorphic dvd. i know it was shot in anamorphic widescreen and because i saw the pilot episode on one of our hd channels. cbc and get with the programme. while ). ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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