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- 2012
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- HBO
- 2012
- TV-MA
- HBO
Summary Aaron Sorkin's latest drama is set at a fictional cable news channel where anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) leads a group of reporters and staff striving to make a hard-hitting news program.
Created By: Aaron Sorkin
- 2012
- TV-MA
- HBO
- 2012
- TV-MA
- HBO
The Newsroom
Season 1 Premiere: Jun 24, 2012
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7.9
Where to Watch
Summary Aaron Sorkin's latest drama is set at a fictional cable news channel where anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) leads a group of reporters and staff striving to make a hard-hitting news program.
Created By: Aaron Sorkin
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 67 Critic Reviews
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52% Positive
35 Reviews
35 Reviews
37% Mixed
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
10% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 67 Critic Reviews
61
52% Positive
35 Reviews
35 Reviews
37% Mixed
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
10% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
I'd rather spend time with an edgy show that aims high and sometimes falls short, than one that doesn't.... Welcome back, Mr. Sorkin. It's a pleasure to have you.
With the end in sight, this is a faster paced, more focused, less annoying Newsroom than in the first two seasons.
A still pointed but more controlled take on the crossroads of media and culture, The Newsroom is now much closer to the show that many hoped it would be.
The Newsroom boldly wants to smother you in both ethical debate and its own self-reflected glory. [29 Jun 2012, p.58]
The Newsroom feels largely the same as it did last year, despite Sorkin’s claim that this season would make up for the flaws of the last two. That is to say it’s both really good and remarkably aggravating—sometimes in the same line of dialogue.
If you get your news from anywhere other than The Newsroom, to watch the show is to be harangued by opinions you have heard many, many times over, just polished with Sorkin’s trademark linguistic flourishes and passed off as shiny and new.
Monstrously misconceived and incompetently executed, powered by a high-octane blend of arrogance and contempt, The Newsroom is an epochal failure, a program destined for television's all-time What Were They Thinking? list. Not since NASA's first Vanguard rocket blew up on its launch pad in 1957 will Americans have seen anything crash and burn on television with such hellish spectacularity.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 785 User Ratings
7.9
80% Positive
629 Ratings
629 Ratings
9% Mixed
72 Ratings
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11% Negative
84 Ratings
84 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 785 User Ratings
7.9
80% Positive
629 Ratings
629 Ratings
9% Mixed
72 Ratings
72 Ratings
11% Negative
84 Ratings
84 Ratings
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Production Company:
- HBO Entertainment
Initial Release Date: Jun 24, 2012
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 3 Wins & 8 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
