mmcalifgirl Love the series! Can't wait for more! It's all familiar to me having been in my 20's during that time. Brings back memories.

annieanne It is a shame they canceled this series. I lived the 70s rock n'roll, and it is the way it was. I lived with those people. Totally authentic. Smoking cigarettes, drugs, the music, the clothing, the "scene", the all of it. Does anyone think that Mick Jagger wouldn't know how to authentically portray the 70s? Martin Scorsese is brilliant. Mick Jagger's son is amazing. The story line is believable and I felt it the entire way through.

SnoopyStyle It's 1973 New York. Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale) is a drunken, drug-addicted mess. He runs his struggling record label American Century with his friend Zak Yankovich (Ray Romano). They're trying to sell their label to German Polygram. He started out managing jazz singer Lester Grimes ten years before but they parted on bad terms. His marriage to Devon (Olivia Wilde) with two kids is in trouble. Jamie Vine (Juno Temple) is a secretary trying to get into A&R. She finds Kip Stevens and his band Nasty Bits. There are mobsters, the FBI, a killing, sex, drugs, music, and lots of drugs.There is a bit of correlation between this show and something like "Mad Men". The problem is that it's not quite as good and it's a mess when the show goes big. The best parts of the show is the work with Jamie, Kip, Lester, and the band. It's very familiar but it works well. Even annoying Clark works and I like where his character ended up. Bobby Cannavale really goes for it and at times, is almost a different show. The mobster stuff is dangerous. It threatens to push the show into chaos at any time. Certainly, it could make for a great show but it's also excessive. That goes for the music and especially the impersonators of famous legends. The impersonators can come off as tribute players. There are exceptions. The best one is Elvis where there is something actually interesting. While music is a big part of the show, it can become a bunch of mini music videos. The best music scene is Richie watching Nasty Bits the first time. That scene added drama and works as a story element. As for Devon, it's a mistake to start her in Conneticut. Her story is too separated from the rest of the show already. She needs to be connected more directly with the label. Overall, this show has some great parts but the bad parts make me want to fast forward.

maria-ricci-1983 Some people here imply that good reviews on IMDb are paid critiques. Well I hope somebody paid me to write TV shows reviews, but it is not the case.I liked this show a lot and I regret that HBO has decided to kill it after a great first season.Many people complain of a clichéd depiction of the rock and roll 70s, with all the drugs, the sex, the deals and rising stars. Clichés come up in the first place because they represent an established perception or behavior, so if you set the action right at the time when those behaviors were taking shape, you can't really find fault at this. It is as if you watched a movie about the Belle Epoque and you complained that women look like flappers. It's simply not fair.I also find negative reviews are quite contradictory. While some say they have been bored, others point that the frantic atmosphere is excessive or that there are many parallel plot lines.I get the feeling that just because many people (myself included) lived through that period, they all consider they own the "real truth" about rock-and-roll and the 70s, and so they tend to measure up the show against their own memories or experiences, and they suppose the series should have reflected their subjective imprint about the time and the culture. This is also not fair.I liked the show quite much. The talented and experienced people who set their hands on the show did a fantastic job, the music, story, characters and performances were above standard from every point of view.Also, the cast was magnificent, particularly Bobby Cannavale whose performative skills I have come to appreciate, having seen him on Nurse Jackie and Boardwalk Empire. He is an extraordinary actor who filled the role and even offered more.If you are open-minded and fair, if you trust on the great team involved in The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire and other outstanding shows, please give this a try. Yes, there are drugs, sex, rock and roll, and excess everywhere, and the embrionary stages of the recording label industry which, in later years, would destroy the music we loved. It is, precisely, the whole point of the show. And it is wonderfully well portrayed.