Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

rzajac It was professionally done, and a lot of fun, but to my mind it doesn't rise to the level of Seinfeld or Larry Sanders.It's cleverly written, directed, and acted. The problem is that I expect a kind of narrative integrity and trenchancy from my sitcoms, and NewsRadio doesn't deliver.The characters are written to be funny, but there's something about having a running cast that shows up in each episode that makes it difficult to get narratively creative without running roughshod over those characters--which leaves them a bit flat. And that's very true of this sitcom.No question but that the actors' professionalism is churning away, trying to vest each episode with humanity and resonance, but in the end the style and format work against that larger goal.So it's a funny little show, but fails to deliver on a higher level... and other sitcoms have demonstrated that one should expect that payload.

johnmmxii Correct me if I'm wrong because I'm not American and the adequacivity of my view on this matter may be a little off. Mid 90s were the times the US was the only super power in existence, and didn't have any competition in any field. This, in my opinion, created an atmosphere of incredulity and cynicism. And a show like this could only be created in such an environment. It was the right show for the right time; a more serious and realistic take than Married with Children, if you wish.But even in such times, NewsRadio "was on the brink of cancellation every season that it was on". Understandable; in what other show have you seen such a perfect display of satire as you see in Rat Funeral (s2e03)?I don't understand people who question Maura Tierney's adequatulence for this show. I think she can be a great comedic actor when the occasion demands.NewsRadio was my favorite show of pre-political correctness times. Yes, I didn't get the references to local people and some events, but I understood the intent. They don't do shows with similar attitude anymore. TV shows today try to pass self serving hypocrisy as cynicism, but NewsRadio was cynical through and through.

Jeena Lee I grew up watching this show & recently found Seasons 1 & 2 on Hulu. There are a lot of sitcoms I watched on TV growing up but because I was so young, I didn't understand a lot of the jokes or "read between the lines" when watching it. Its cool re watching NewsRadio as a young adult because its twice as funnier now that I understand the jokes. Even with todays technology and a lot of social changes, I think a lot of people who have jobs in offices can relate to a lot of the things that happen in this show. Overall, its a feel good show and one of those shows that'll brighten your day and make you laugh. In short, Stephen Root plays the owner role very well because he portrays 50% of typical managers in America and their micromanaging and overly easygoing personalities.

tvnutboy I originally watched "Newsradio" for one reason only, (1 1/2 if you count Andy Dick) because I've been a fan of Phil Hartman when he was previously on SNL. That was all I watched the show for. Then when he died, I tried to give the Jon Lovitz Episodes a chance, but by then it just turned into just another "sitcom" (Though it could be argued that it was leaning in that direction regardless of whether it was with or without Phil.) Having rediscovered this show on DVD years later, I realize that this is a perfect ensemble show that gets a little goofy on purpose. What "Arrested Development" was for this Decade, "Newsradio" was for the 90s and the quality holds up to this day.