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TV Academy Honors Tough but Sweet
10 May 2013 9:44 AM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Bouncy houses and cancer. Jason Katims‘ eloquent juxtaposition of the two set the tone for the sixth annual TV Academy Honors on Thursday at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Katims, the showrunner of “Parenthood” – one of eight programs being honored at the Phil Gurin-produced event for their use of television to promote positive social change – described in his acceptance speech how an NBC marketing clip, showing the series’ cast frolicking in a bouncy house, made him question whether to dedicate the show’s fourth season to a plot in which the character played by Monica Potter would suffer through cancer.
“Must we continue to dwell,” on such grim events, Katims wondered to himself, “when the world offers bouncy houses?”
Katims said that over the first three seasons of “Parenthood,” featuring numerous storylines of challenge and struggle, the writing staff was digging deep within themselves to tell great stories – “and saving a fortune in therapy, »
- Jon Weisman
Aaron Sorkin Says the New Season of 'The Newsroom' Will Focus on One Larger Story
7 May 2013 9:08 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
HBO has released a video teasing the new season of Aaron Sorkin's divisive drama "The Newsroom," set to return on July 14. In addition to promising that doughty "News Night" anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) and his ditzily devoted producer and ex Mac McHale (Emily Mortimer) will continue to be in love but separated by their need to bicker about their past relationship, creator and showrunner Sorkin offers up an interesting tidbit about the new round of episodes. "The second season of 'The Newsroom' has a different structure than the first season did -- there's one story that goes through the entire season," he says, noting that the show will kick off with characters "being prepared for a deposition they're going to have to give in a wrongful termination suit" about something called "Operation Genoa" that will presumably unfold in flashbacks over the 12-episode arc. "The Newsroom »
- Alison Willmore
Aaron Sorkin Says the New Season of 'The Newsroom' Will Focus on One Larger Story
7 May 2013 9:08 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
HBO has released a video teasing the new season of Aaron Sorkin's divisive drama "The Newsroom," set to return on July 14. In addition to promising that doughty "News Night" anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) and his ditzily devoted producer and ex Mac McHale (Emily Mortimer) will continue to be in love but separated by their need to bicker about their past relationship, creator and showrunner Sorkin offers up an interesting tidbit about the new round of episodes. "The second season of 'The Newsroom' has a different structure than the first season did -- there's one story that goes through the entire season," he says, noting that the show will kick off with characters "being prepared for a deposition they're going to have to give in a wrongful termination suit" about something called "Operation Genoa" that will presumably unfold in flashbacks over the 12-episode arc. "The Newsroom »
- Alison Willmore
'The Newsroom' season two takes us way back in time to 2012 -- Video
6 May 2013 3:32 PM, PDT | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) and MacKenzie McHale (Emily Mortimer) continue working together despite their history and tense romantic future? In the promo below, Mac reminds Will: “For just a minute, you forgot that you were mad at me.”
We also get a look at Marcia Gay Harden’s character, a key element in the new season-long arc, which includes a deposition about a wrongful termination suit. And Neal (Dev Patel), who was so brash as to be a proponent of blogs last season, this time around latches on to another story his bosses are reluctant to go along with — the Occupy Movement. »
- Amanda Taylor
The Newsroom Season 2 Early Glimpse Video!
6 May 2013 10:32 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
The second season of The Newsroom gets into gear from Sunday, July 14th at 10 p.m. Et/Pt. HBO's sent us a new video providing an early look at the eagerly-anticipated upcoming sophomore session. In the new season, the staff of "News Night" chases a mysterious tip, which leads to a story that ultimately spins out of control. Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Sam Waterston, John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Olivia Munn and Dev Patel star. The series is created by Aaron Sorkin who also serves as executive producer along with Scott Rudin and Alan Poul. »
'Newsroom' Season 2 Promo Teases Scores of Changes Ahead (Video)
6 May 2013 10:23 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
HBO has released an extended peek at season two of Aaron Sorkin's cable news drama The Newsroom, previewing a score of changes ahead when the Jeff Daniels starrer returns. During the "Invitation to the Set" clip, Sorkin and executive producer/director Alan Poul preview one new storyline that -- unlike the first year -- will serve as a thread throughout the entire second season when a wrongful termination lawsuit threatens the careers and reputations of both Will (Daniels) and Charlie (Sam Waterston). Story: 6 Big Reveals From the 'Newsroom' Season Finale Meanwhile, Jim (John Gallagher Jr.) -- uncomfortable with the newsroom dynamic between
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- Lesley Goldberg
The Newsroom, Smash, House of Lies back on Sky Atlantic in summer
6 May 2013 6:11 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - TV news news »
Sky Atlantic has confirmed that Smash, House of Lies and Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom will return to the channel this summer.
The satellite channel will host the UK premiere of The Newsroom's second season in August.
Jeff Daniels and Emily Mortimer are set to return as the leaders of the News Night broadcast team, challenging the corporate agenda as well as dealing with the complicated interpersonal relationships between themselves and colleagues.
The Don Cheadle-fronted House of Lies will also return to British screens with its second season in August. Fans of the dark comedy, which was recently renewed for a third run, will be able to access the first season through Sky On Demand from June 3.
Musical drama Smash, starring Angelica Houston, Debra Messing and Jack Davenport, is back on screens in July. Sky customers can also catch up with the NBC show's first series through On Demand from next month. »
Divorce Movies: How unhappily-ever-after makes for great viewing
4 May 2013 10:58 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Iron Man 3 opens this weekend with plenty of giant explosions to delight audiences and usher in the unofficial start of the Summer Movie. But in other multiplexes there’s another film down the hall, What Maisie Knew, that tells a very different but every bit as destructive story.Henry James wrote the story this film — directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel — is based upon in 1897. That his tale of a divorced, selfish pair of parents who use their young daughter spitefully in order to hurt the other still feels realistic and resonates over a century later is either »
- Sara Vilkomerson
Newsroom Season 2 Scoop: Jane Fonda Curses Out Jeff Daniels, Calls Him a 2nd-Rate [Spoiler]
1 May 2013 10:17 AM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Jane Fonda held nothing back during a recent edition of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s “Conversations with Coco” series of Q&As.
Not only did the Oscar winner reveal that she thought Aaron Sorkin had canned her from The Newsroom’s upcoming second season, she tells the drag legend that, when he did call her in to work, he gave her a scene that she “woulda slept with [him] to get!”
Related | Newsroom Season 2 Scoop: [Spoiler] Recast!
She even lets slip a few choice words from her upcoming on-screen tirade against Jeff Daniels.
But you don’t want to read about that, »
- Andy Patrick
Summer TV 2013: 10 shows to get excited about
26 April 2013 6:34 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - TV news news »
It's time to dig out your ice cream maker, slap on some sun cream and find those dodgy old shorts. Summer is nearly here. *checks weather forecast* Well, sort of.
Digital Spy can't promise you blue skies and a BBQ, but we can guarantee great telly. Here are 10 shows that you shouldn't miss between the months of May and August.
We're not sure if we're more excited about the final season of Breaking Bad or more distraught about it all coming to an end. Either way, we know that if we could only pick one show to watch this summer, this would be it.
Sunday, August 11 is the date to circle in your diaries, when the show returns to AMC.
ITV rarely acquires Us shows, so they obviously spotted something very exciting in this FX Cold War-era spy series. Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell star as the Kgb members, »
Watch: Jeff Daniels on 'The Newsroom' and the speech of his career [Video]
21 April 2013 10:01 AM, PDT | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
"I've been acting for 36 years just so I could do that speech," reveals Jeff Daniels in a video chat with Gold Derby. "As they say, 'Didn't leave anything in the locker room with it'." Referring to the opening five minutes of the pilot episode of "The Newsroom," which debuted last June on HBO, he called it "not the greatest country in the world speech," which introduced his character of news anchorman Will McAvoy to the viewers. After a long and varied film career in such movies as "Terms of Endearment," "The Purple Rose of Cairo," "Something Wild," "Dumb and Dumber," "The Hours," and "The Squid and the Whale," Daniels now has his first regular series role. The reason? Creator and head writer Aaron Sorkin. "A friend of mine said, "With Aaron, wait 'til you see what you get to say. And that speech along with a lo »
21 And Over Video Review
19 April 2013 3:34 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Do you remember that scene in Dumb and Dumber where Jeff Daniels licks a frozen metal pole and finds that his tongue gets stuck to it? Then to free him, he has his head pulls backwards with his tongue stretching like a rubber band? Remember that scene? Well the movie 21 And Over basically does the same joke, but instead of a tongue getting stuck to something and being stretched, it’s a man’s penis…not that it could be a woman’s penis…but the point is that one scene pretty much sums up the level of humour in 21 And Over.
From the writers of The Hangover, expectations are suitably high, but the question as it is with so many filmmakers, have they followed up their hit with another hit, tried to recreate past glories, or gone off on some weird path with something totally unexpected?
In this video »
- David Pustansky
Simple Teaser Trailer For Season 2 Of Sorkin’s ‘The Newsroom’
16 April 2013 5:10 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Love him or hate him, Aaron Sorkin gets people talking with his fast-paced witty and to-the-point scripts. If you caught his HBO series The Newsroom then you’ll be very interested to know that Season 2 isn’t far away and I, for one, can’t wait to see what they’ve got to offer.
The TV series centres around grumpy, yet intelligent, news-anchor Will McAvoy, fantastically played by Jeff Daniels. Will and his team are gradually changing the way news is portrayed and presented, and it’s all led by female producer MacKenzie McHale (Emily Mortimer). There’s an impressive cast that includes Maggie Jordan, John Gallagher Jr, Dev Patel, Thomas Sadoski, Sam Waterson and a special mention for the stunning Olivia Munn, who’s awesome.
The Newsroom is set back a year or so, as its based around real-life news stories and although this could sound slightly bizarre, it »
- Dan Bullock
'The Newsroom' Is Ready To Be Back On The Air
15 April 2013 6:32 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
"The Newsroom" is gearing up for Season 2 and now, HBO has released a teaser (above).
Although nothing is really revealed in 36 seconds of switch-flicking and newsroom-illuminating, "News Night" is definitely "back on the air" with Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels).
"The Newsroom" Season 2 will see several guest stars including Jane Fonda, Patton Oswalt, Marcia Gay Harden and Meryl Streep's daughter Grace Gummer. But according to Chris Messina, who recurs as Reece on Aaron Sorkin's drama, guesting on a series isn't always easy.
"The 'Newsroom' set is very intimidating to me because most of my stuff is with Jane Fonda, Jeff Daniels and Sam Waterston," he told HuffPost TV. "They're all pretty amazing, and being a guest -- and I'm sure even Jane Fonda felt this way -- being a guest on any show, when anyone's in a groove and they feel very comfortable is tough."
"The Newsroom" Season 2 premieres on July 14 at 10 p. »
- Leigh Weingus
The Newsroom: Season Two Starts in July
12 April 2013 6:19 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »
HBO has announced that season two of The Newsroom, their Aaron Sorkin TV series, will kick off on Sunday, July 14th, at 10pm.
The show wasn't exactly a ratings hit for the cable channel with first airings averaging less than two million viewers each week. Still, perception and prestige is more important than numbers in helping HBO attract/retain subscribers and this series' talent pool is certainly impressive.
Here's the brief press release:
The debut date for the second season of the HBO drama series The Newsroom has been confirmed.
The second season of The Newsroom kicks off Sunday, July 14 (10:00-11:00 p.m. Et/Pt). In the new season, the staff of "News Night" chases a mysterious tip, which leads to a story that ultimately spins out of control.
Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, Sam Waterston, John Gallagher, Jr., »
- TVSeriesFinale.com
HBO Sets July 14th Premiere Date for The Newsroom Season Two
12 April 2013 12:35 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Fresh off the news that True Blood will return this June, HBO has announced a firm premiere date for the second season of The Newsroom. Season two of creator/executive producer Aaron Sorkin’s drama series will kick off on Sunday, July 14th at 10pm Et/Pt. The show centers around the goings-on at a fictional cable news network, and we know that the new season will focus heavily on the 2012 presidential election with recurring appearances set for Patton Oswalt, Marcia Gay Harden, and Constance Zimmer. HBO has an additional plot synopsis that, while vague, hints at a larger arc that may or may not play out over the course of the season: “the staff of ‘News Night’ chases a mysterious tip, which leads to a story that ultimately spins out of control.” Though the show’s first season wasn’t near as strong as Sorkin’s previous series The West Wing »
- Adam Chitwood
HBO Picks Start Date for Season Two of Sorkin's 'Newsroom'
12 April 2013 12:18 PM, PDT | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
HBO is giving us some counterprogramming to chew on over the summer, when multiplexes are jammed with mindless popcorn fare. They're debuting the second season of Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom" on Sunday July 14 at 10-11 Pm Et/Pt. This season series creator Sorkin sends the staff of “News Night” on a chase after a mysterious tip, which leads to a story that ultimately spins out of control. We'll see how much juicy material Sorkin parses out to his hungry ensemble cast, led by Jeff Daniels as the anchorman, Emily Mortimer as his executive producer, their boss Sam Waterston, and a sprawling younger news team. Of that group, Olivia Munn has fared the best. Of course I want more from network honcho Jane Fonda, who wields more far more authority than Mortimer, who has a ditzy Annie Hall quality. The show's gender dynamics and politics have yielded endless chatter, »
- Anne Thompson
HBO Picks Start Date for Season Two of Sorkin's 'Newsroom'
12 April 2013 12:18 PM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
HBO is giving us some counterprogramming to chew on over the summer, when multiplexes are jammed with mindless popcorn fare. They're debuting the second season of Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom" on Sunday July 14 at 10-11 Pm Et/Pt. This season series creator Sorkin sends the staff of “News Night” on a chase after a mysterious tip, which leads to a story that ultimately spins out of control. We'll see how much juicy material Sorkin parses out to his hungry ensemble cast, led by Jeff Daniels as the anchorman, Emily Mortimer as his executive producer, their boss Sam Waterston, and a sprawling younger news team. Of that group, Olivia Munn has fared the best. Of course I want more from network honcho Jane Fonda, who wields more far more authority than Mortimer, who has a ditzy Annie Hall quality. The show's gender dynamics and politics have yielded endless chatter, »
- Anne Thompson
HBO's The Newsroom Season 2 Gets Premiere Date
12 April 2013 12:06 PM, PDT | Access Hollywood | See recent Access Hollywood news »
HBO's "The Newsroom" will return for Season 2 this summer.
Aaron Sorkin's drama following a collection of people who work on a fictional cable television news show - "News Night" -- will have its Season 2 premiere on July 14 at 10 Pm Et/Pt, HBO announced on Friday.
Photos: Sexy Geek Goddess Olivia Munn
The second season will see the staff chasing a "mysterious tip which leads to a story that ultimately spins out of control," HBO said in a release.
The cast of the show includes Jeff Daniels, who plays "News Night" host Will ...
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- nobody@accesshollywood.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
HBO Announces Its Summer Start Date for Season Two of 'The Newsroom'
12 April 2013 11:41 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Ready yourself for another dose of Aaron Sorkin's unhesitating take on TV journalism -- HBO's announced a return date for his cable news drama "The Newsroom." The second season of the series will kick off Sunday, July 14th at 10pm, and will find the staff of “News Night” chasing a mysterious tip that leads to a story that ultimately spins out of control. Jeff Daniels will be back as anchor Will McAvoy, with Emily Mortimer, Sam Waterston, John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Olivia Munn and Dev Patel co-starring. The show was a divisive one in its first year, one that earned criticism for its didacticism and the portrayal of its female characters while always being a hot topic of discussion. "The Newsroom" is the first cable series from Sorkin, whose previous small screen work, including "Sports Night," "The West Wing" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, »
- Alison Willmore
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