In a way, it was sort strange that less than a year after "The Truman Show" came out, there was another movie about a man's life getting broadcast on TV. Moreover, it seemed like whereas "TTS" was more of a biting satire, "Edtv" was going soft - maybe trying to be cute - with cameras following a video store clerk (Matthew McConaughey). However, years of reality shows have shown just how disgusting TV can get. And these two movies predicted it. Although I do prefer the former, the latter actually seems to be portraying what we now know as reality shows.

So, I will say that this movie doesn't do as good a job as "The Truman Show", it does have some funny scenes. I actually thought that Ellen Degeneres and Rob Reiner were the two best cast members. OK seeing once; Ron Howard has done better. Also starring Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Hurley, Jenna Elfman, Sally Kirkland, Martin Landau, Dennis Hopper and Clint Howard.