If you skipped The Studio, do yourself a favor and give it a shot

I don’t usually watch trailers, but Apple TV+ makes it nearly impossible to avoid them with how aggressively it peddles its own content. After the umpteenth time that sharp trumpet note from The Studio’s trailer blared through my TV while I was just trying to watch something else, I gave in. My first thought? Yeah, no. Looks way too over the top. Eleven episodes later, I can confirm: it absolutely is. And it’s glorious. Give it a shot and you’ll thank Sal Saperstein later The Studio wrapped its first season this week, and every bit of hype you’ve seen is entirely justified. Even if comparisons like “It’s Apple’s Curb Your Enthusiasm” might give you pause, especially if Larry David’s show wasn’t that appealing to you, give it an episode. Odds are, you’ll be hooked. While it does lean on the well-worn trope of celebrities playing fictionalized, often unflattering versions of themselves (something The Larry Sanders Show pioneered and Curb pretty much ran on for 12 seasons), The Studio ... Read full article.