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List Price: $59.95 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 4769
Released: October 28, 2008 |
| Our Price: $34.97 |
| Used Price: $33.23 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Tune in for many a sidesplitting look behind the scenes at radio station WNYX. On the air and off the wall, radio's zaniest news team hits you in the funny bone with all the hilarity you've come to expect. Includes every episode from all five seasons!
Newsradio: The Complete Series (Slim Packaging) Reviews:
One of the best sitcoms 
2009-12-11 - Watching these DVDs, I remember why I love this show so much: it's funny, and it's dense. Most sitcoms have an A story and a B story. NewsRadio has half the alphabet in each episode, there's always tons of different stuff going on, unlike in many other shows where the stories are drawn out, sometimes to good effect but usually not so much.
Also, all the characters have all kinds of weird running gag quirks, such as Dave's babyface and matching stature, Lisa's math capabilities and growing up without watching TV, Matthew's insane admiration of Bill and so on.
Yes, the packaging is fairly cheap but it gets the job done.
One thing: I'm not completely sure, but it looks like these might be syndication shows, clocking in at 21:50 per episode in the fourth season. In the 4th season episode where Bill interviews Jon Lovitz hanging from the side of the building I remember Joe falling/jumping out of the window (to Dave's dismay) to join them, but this didn't happen. However, this might have happened in a different episode although I can't remember another one with people hanging from the side of the building.
One of my favorite television shows of all time
2009-11-15 - You're probably more likely to see positive reviews here than negative, since most people wouldn't have considered buying the entire series if they weren't sure they really enjoyed the show. However, I still must say this is one of the best series ever to grace the television with its brief presence. Of course, the tragic death of Phil Hartman all but brought the show to a screeching halt, and while the show did air one more season without "Bill McNeil," it was never the same and the ratings showed that in its final episodes. However, I think with any sitcom there are certain points where the predetermined story and written scenes make themselves only too obvious, and it is only when we give a show a moment or two of our time to see if the writer's jokes can really make us laugh that we can look past these subtle imperfections to truly enjoy a well written show. Newsradio was truly ahead of its time with the humor and wit that it exhibited in the mid to late 90s, and all of the actors and actresses meshed very well with one another, which, coupled with the brilliant script writing I spoke of before, makes for a very enjoyable show. Sometimes Newsradio shows its age when you get a look at the computers and electronics that are used, but it certainly takes nothing away from the outstanding product laid before you at such an affordable price. If you ever enjoyed this show, or even if you never heard of it before today, I would recommend this to anyone with a good sense of humor looking for a program that can draw you in again and again. When it comes to comedy, Newsradio remains unmatched by other sitcoms to this very day.
Economical Way to Purchase TV Shows 
2009-07-11 - I purchased the boxed set about a week ago. Thirty dollars for all five seasons is a great deal. Personally I have collected the individual seasons as well, but I lost two disks from the fifth season and one from the first. Instead of buying both seasons again, I figured I would buy the boxed set, and I couldn't have asked for a better deal. Sure the packaging is sub-par, but if you are really set on having an individual container for each disk, then you should purchase each season separately. It's just as easy to buy a CD case to prevent scratching and easy viewing.
Phil Hartman at his very best
2009-07-09 - Doesn't get any funnier than this people. An alumni from SNL and one from Kids in the Hall come together to make the sitcom great again. Only caveat is that Phil isn't in the 5th season. His crazy wife killed him before they filmed it.
packing not that bad
2009-06-28 - I read how bad the packaging was on this product, and though it is not the usual packing and is not what I will use permanently, I don't use the other permanently either. The packing does its job until I can get it into something better. The show itself is hilarious. The only problem I see is that the picture itself is grainy. I am not sure if this is due to compression or if it was the quality of the original.
None the less, I enjoy watching the shows.
