The Newsroom
The Newsroom
TV-MA | 24 June 2012 (USA)

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    HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
    Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
    Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
    Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
    whittingtonm Let me sum it up for you: Republican news anchor has steady stream of conservative guests and the news is bland and boring. Anchor's uber liberal ex-girfriend (who cheated on anchor) is brought in to "right the ship". Cheating ex-girlfriend is, of course, enlightened and within three episodes has turned the evening news into a consistent bully pulpit to bash any conservative values or beliefs. I must thank them for bringing the media antics to light and giving us president Trump in 2016. Make America Great Again!
    cathylr As an addict to the news, I watched the first season with a great pleasure. However, as the criticts became a bit too demanding for season 2, Aaron Sorkin took a complete different turn, which I appreciated but did not quite expect. For season 3, he tried to finish the show in a proper way but was still under the pressure of the critics. So, overall, it seems to me that only season one reflect what the point of the series was: showing how hard the constant reporting of the news can be as it is always about reporting the information first, whichever the sources may be.
    missyjax By now, anyone who wants a plot summary can easily get it, so I'll dispense with that.I'm bingeing this for the 2nd time. I still love what I loved and hate what I hated. Another way to put it: I still rewind when I miss a word of dialogue, but I still FF when a character is getting on my nerves.Like almost everyone, I found Maggie offputting, but the performance I couldn't tolerate was Emily Mortimer as Mac. (I realize I'm out on a limb here, but so be it). Overact much?! In every scene, she's leaning forward, or leaning backward. Or she's standing tilted to the side. Arms are flaying everywhere. Oh, and does she own stock in Ugly Silk Blouse Ltd? This knocked it down to 8 out of 10, and I had to subtract another point for the ubiquitous office romance. Sure, it's fine to subtly hint at it, I guess, but when you have 2 main characters groping each other on a staircase in full view of the entire staff? C'mon, stay classy.With all this whining out of the way, I'm really sad it didn't hang in there. I can see why this was not an easy show to produce, but dang. It was good while it lasted.
    Mike C I wanted to like this show, I really did. But I noticed that with each episode, it became more and more clear that Aaron Sorkin thinks his audience is either extremely liberal or extremely naive.The show is supposed to be about a news program trying to reinvent itself by focusing on "truth" as opposed to "ratings." Then it proceeds to bash Republicans and the Tea Party throughout entire first season.I'm neither a Democrat nor Republican. But while watching the show, I get a sense that Aaron Sorkin is engaging in a very sad attempt to brainwash me, which kinda kills it...-- UPDATE --I decided to watch Season 2 and it seemed to be far better, until it was revealed that the entire Season 2 was merely a sad attempt by Aaron Sorkin to blame Benghazi on a fictional event he created as opposed to Hillary Clinton's failures as SOS.*sigh*