The Newsroom (2012– )

A news anchor's life is stirred up when he's forced to work with a new team of colleagues.

Creator:

Aaron Sorkin

Stars:

Emily Mortimer, Jeff Daniels, John Gallagher Jr.

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Emily Mortimer	...	MacKenzie McHale (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
Jeff Daniels	...	Will McAvoy (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
John Gallagher Jr.	...	Jim Harper (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
Alison Pill	...	Maggie Jordan (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
Thomas Sadoski	...	Don Keefer (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
Dev Patel	...	Neal Sampat (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
Olivia Munn	...	Sloan Sabbith (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
Sam Waterston	...	Charlie Skinner (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
Adina Porter	...	Kendra James (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
Chris Chalk	...	Gary Cooper (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
Margaret Judson	...	Tess Westin (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
Thomas Matthews	...	Martin Stallworth (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
Trieu Tran	...	Joey Phan (12 episodes, 2012-2013)
John F. Carpenter	...	Herb Wilson (11 episodes, 2012-2013)
Wynn Everett	...	Tamara Hart (11 episodes, 2012-2013)
Charlie Weirauch	...	Jake Watson (11 episodes, 2012-2013)
Kelen Coleman	...	Lisa Lambert (7 episodes, 2012-2013)
Chasty Ballesteros	...	Tea (7 episodes, 2012-2013)
Chris Messina	...	Reese Lansing (6 episodes, 2012-2013)
Terry Crews	...	Lonny Church (5 episodes, 2012)
Jane Fonda	...	Leona Lansing (5 episodes, 2012-2013)

Storyline

A news anchor, Will McAvoy, returns from a forced vacation to find his staff have jumped ship for another show. He is forced to work with several new team members brought on board during his absence.

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Plot Keywords:

news anchor | colleagues | new york city | newsroom | two word title | 

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Taglines:

More on this story as it develops.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 June 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

More As This Story Develops

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Home Box Office (HBO)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In Sorkin's world ACN stands for Atlantis Cable Network. There is a real life ACN in Canada which provides Internet and telephone services, and there was an ACN cable network in the US. It was "America's Collectibles Network" and sold everything from knives and watches to cosmetics and jewelry. In 2000 they changed their name to Jewelry Television. Seen in 80 million homes, they still use the ACN name legally and on signage at their broadcast location in Knoxville, TN.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.49 (2012)

User Reviews

I signed up for IMDb solely to give this show 10 stars

I have never felt as driven to make sure other people understood just how perfect a show was. Not for Game of Thrones, Firefly, Sopranos or any of the other shows I obsess about. But this show changed that! This show boils down everything that is wrong with America and puts out a simple answer to solving that. DO THE BLOODY NEWS LIKE IT'S NEWS NOT A HIGH SCHOOL PROM ELECTION!

Jeff Daniels is perfect in his role as the tired beaten down journalist that just doesn't give a damn about anything anymore, but used too. And we can see the spark that ignites him to become great again. Why aren't real reporters like this? Why oh why?

If this show get's cancelled I will camp out in front of HBO HQ and not leave till the last Game of Thrones series comes out (because I have to get on with my life at some point).

This was my first review ever on IMDb, all because of this amazing show! You better watch it as well!