The Newsroom 

Resuscitation of the acclaimed 1996-97 series that picks up nearly a decade later. We again follow the exploits of George Findlay in this biting satire of the day-to-day operations of the mainstream news media.

Creator:

Ken Finkleman

Stars:

Ken Finkleman, Peter Keleghan, Karen Hines

14 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ken Finkleman	...	George Findlay 32 episodes, 1996-2005
Peter Keleghan	...	Jim Walcott 29 episodes, 1996-2005
Karen Hines	...	Karen 25 episodes, 1997-2005
Matt Watts	...	Matt 19 episodes, 2003-2005
Douglas Bell	...	Allen 18 episodes, 2003-2005
Mark Farrell	...	Mark 13 episodes, 1996-1997
Jody Racicot	...	Alex 13 episodes, 2003-2004
Tanya Allen	...	Audrey 13 episodes, 1996-1997

Storyline

In a Toronto TV station, the newsroom is headed by a ratings freak. There is nothing George won't do! He is surrounded by a self-absorbed news anchor man who is as dumb as they come, a grungy trainee, and a couple of more down-to-earth producers. The cast is helped by famous guest stars each week who try not to get between George and his bran muffins.

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Plot Keywords:

muffin | canadian | running gag | news satire | malcontent | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Close-ups of with TV monitors in the immediate background have their screens blurred due to real life TV shows being aired on them.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
George Findlay: That's not the point.

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Connections

Referenced in Truth in Advertising (2001)

User Reviews

This show is pretty great

This show was excellent and had me until the completely unnecessary and bizarre 8 and a half homage (the three episodes called the meltdown). The entire purpose of which seemed to be to allow finkelman to pretend to be the main character from the movie. Which was hopelessly self-indulgent ("which was the point! get it?!") and devoid of anything interesting to say.

Before that though the show lays the blueprint for one camera office politics satire which both the British and American Office have utilized (if not totally ripped off). The show features some of the best writing I've ever seen on Television, incredibly sophisticated and never broad, it still manages to be hilarious.

8.5 out of 10 (get it?)

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 October 1996 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Híradósok

Company Credits

Production Co:

100% Film and Television, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), NR2 Productions Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

47 min (The Campaign)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1