Patterns.: December 2003 Archives

DVD is changing the way we watch television. You can miss shows now on important shows because most likely they will be released on DVD. Also, TiVO and ReplayTV have made the ritual completely different as well. I believe both DVD and Digital Video Recorders (TiVo, etc.) have made TV more important and more viable as an art form and hopefully will allow less monotony and more risk taking television.
I recently watched the entire series Sports Night on DVD. I ripped through it so quickly. The show was created and written by Aaron Sorkin who has since gone to create The West Wing. The show was critically hailed, but never received good ratings. The show was pure quality. It is set within a sports network and their nightly sports news broadcast. The characters are all really well rounded, the plots are well put together and interesting, and the show is at times very funny. It had me hooked for days and it gave me a lot of input into Sorkin. I strongly recommend Sports Nights and watching TV shows on DVD.