It's scary to realize that this film was made 32 years ago, and the topics so perfectly satirized in the script are still relevant today. It's genius lies in the script: Paddy Chayefsky had a finger on the pulse of the people then, and apparently, today. Even the title is darkly humorous: Network. How bland can you get? I realized I was watching one of the best films I'd ever see by the time I got to Ned Beatty's monologue - what a showstopper! If you have a strong dislike for today's television programming (as I do), you absolutely have to do yourself a favor and watch this movie - you'll be laughing, you'll be thinking about it long after it is done, and you might even get mad as hell.