Triumphantly scathing depiction of the greed and moral rot at the center of the television industry circa 1976. By all accounts it's gotten worse since then.
The acting here was outstanding, the dialogue (Paddy Chayefsky) as well-written as anything I've ever seen. The film raced along, thanks to Sidney Lumet.
When released the film was attacked for being exaggerated but now seems prescient...sadly so. The rants by Peter Finch ring as true today as they did then. The problem is deeper and wider than TV...it's the world created by predatory capitalism and until that system is eliminated it's unlikely things will improve.
This was advocacy filmmaking at its best.
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