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Yasa · 06-19-2012, 06:58 AM

HBO's new show starring Jeff Daniels. Looks pretty good I think, and I'm excited to see what Daniels can do.

Yeah_Baby · 06-19-2012, 07:04 AM

Aaron Sorkin returns to a TV show about a TV show!

TurnedTheCorner · 06-19-2012, 08:13 AM

It's what he knows! And it will probably be very good.

Yeah_Baby · 06-19-2012, 09:50 AM

I'm sure it will be good. I'm a Sorkin fanboy. But watching the Trailer I couldn't help but place SportsNight characters in the place of those in the Newroom Trailer. That being said I'm super stoked.

FanIn80 · 06-19-2012, 09:54 AM

http://allthingsd.com/20120615/aaron...terview-video/

VANFLAMESFAN · 06-19-2012, 01:03 PM

looking forward to the fast talking about big words.

Actually pretty pumped for this.

Arsenal14 · 06-19-2012, 03:21 PM

Hopefully this lasts longer than Studio 60 did. I've loved all of Sorkin's previous stuff so I'm looking forward to this. It sounds like a similar formula to Sports Night and Studio 60 so it's just a question of whether it finds an audience faster than those did.

TurnedTheCorner · 06-21-2012, 10:44 AM

Being a news show, it should seem more natural for the issues he wants to pontificate on to show up.

Yeah_Baby · 06-21-2012, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

Being a news show, it should seem more natural for the issues he wants to pontificate on to show up.

The Social Gospel according to Aaron Sorkin!

Magnum PEI · 06-21-2012, 03:17 PM

Didn't CBC have a similar show with the same title? I dont think I ever watched it but I remember it being on all the time.

Arsenal14 · 06-21-2012, 03:43 PM

Yes, there was a CBC show called The Newsroom. I never watched it either but it was supposed to be pretty good (for a Canadian show on CBC).

Draug · 06-22-2012, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Arsenal14

Hopefully this lasts longer than Studio 60 did. I've loved all of Sorkin's previous stuff so I'm looking forward to this. It sounds like a similar formula to Sports Night and Studio 60 so it's just a question of whether it finds an audience faster than those did.

Being on HBO, I expect it will be given a real chance. HBO most often gives a show at least two seasons, so there should be time to hook in an audience. And, IMO, HBO doesnt miss often.

I am also interested to see what Sorkin does now that he is not restricted by network TV. Even when his has been, I have really liked his shows, so I have very high expectations for The Newsroom.

VANFLAMESFAN · 06-24-2012, 11:20 PM

Best series premiere since the first episode of the Sopranos.

That was impressive stuff. Hooked already.

Cecil Terwilliger · 06-24-2012, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Best series premiere since the first episode of the Sopranos.

That was impressive stuff. Hooked already.

I agree 100%.

That was the best hour of tv I've seen in a long, long time. I love GoT but this is different.

As I posted in the tv thread before I saw this one I said I was 5 mins in and I was already calling for Daniels to win best actor and sorkin to win another writing Emmy.

Seriously that hour was better than most movies or entire tv series'.

Almost too good. I'm almost content to just leave it at that because there is no way the next episode will be that good. Lol.

Cecil Terwilliger · 06-24-2012, 11:49 PM

Interesting.

So after googling some reviews I learned this is a miniseries, not an ongoing. Although wiki suggests otherwise. I'm not really sure now.

Also it somehow only has mixed reviews. Either it goes way downhill after the first episode or **shockingly** the joke that is the mainstream media didn't like how harsh the show was on what a complete embarrassment the media has become.

VANFLAMESFAN · 06-25-2012, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

As I posted in the tv thread before I saw this one I said I was 5 mins in and I was already calling for Daniels to win best actor and sorkin to win another writing Emmy.

Don't think The Newsroom will be eligible for the Emmys this year. Looks like they missed the deadline by a month.

http://www.emmys.tv/awards/64th-primetime-emmy-awards

I'm thinking the Best Actor category(which is the best category) will come down to Cranston(S4), Hamm(S5), Grammar(Boss, S1), Damian Lewis(Homeland, S1), Buscemi(S2).

getbak · 06-25-2012, 12:49 AM

There's nothing like a good old Sorkin "walk and talk".

It looks like the first season is only 6 episodes long, but I'm sure it will get a second season (I think HBO gives everything a second season).

It will be interesting to see if they continue the whole concept of showing us the news a year after it happened.

That's one of the main criticisms of the show that I've seen, and I have to agree. It's very easy to look back on a news story and recreate how it should have been reported in a perfect world with all the benefit of hindsight (if the guy's college roommate wasn't a junior VP at BP, and his sister didn't work for Haliburton, they wouldn't have had any better story than anyone else). It was the pilot, so I'll give them a pass, but if it keeps happening every week, it will drive me away.

GreatWhiteEbola · 06-25-2012, 03:06 AM

Not a fan of Emily Mortimer...

I liked what Pill and Daniels had to offer.

Overall I think I will watch.

East Coast Flame · 06-25-2012, 07:58 AM

That was a fantastic pilot. I'm hooked. Alison Pill is adorable.

brocoli · 06-25-2012, 08:07 PM

Holy Hell! Just finished watching and that was unreal. Smart, witty. All around great show. WOW