The Newsroom

[Coys1882]

I don't care who dies as long as Sloan is fine.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Sloan is, in fact, fine.

[Mr.Coffee]

I can't handle the shows' cheese factor. Just so layered on... I feel like the only reason I'm watching is because I've already invested so much time into it.

The "why is the country the best in the world" thing and saying you do to that chick was just too much. Bleh.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

I can't handle the shows' cheese factor. Just so layered on... I feel like the only reason I'm watching is because I've already invested so much time into it.

The "why is the country the best in the world" thing and saying you do to that chick was just too much. Bleh.

But the rant on the tea party going through all of their positions and calling them the american Taliban was fantastic. As well as the differentiation between what you would call Regan / Bush 1 republicans with the current social conservative republicans was really well done.

Then you had Jim and Maggie, and the Mekensie train wreck dragging the show down. The news side of the show is so well done. I can see why Sorkin is re-tooling his writing staff. I'm assuming that the Sorkin rants are Daniels newscasts and the remaining fluff is filled in by the writing staff.

[Coys1882]

The shame in all this is that none of the people who these Sorkin diatribes are aimed at, will be watching this fataing show.

[The Goon]

I have just caught on to this show by watching a few episodes on a flight. I agree with what folks are saying here about the fluff dragging the show down, but I also know that that's the stuff that would get people like my wife into the show. She needs characters, backstory, romantic intrigue, etc. So maybe that stuff was put in to attract a larger audience.

It's really good, and I also like that I hadn't heard of 90% of this cast before. Some nice fresh faces.