The Newsroom
2012 · TV Series · TV-MA · 60 min · ★ 8.1 · 76% critics
The series takes you behind the scenes of a nightly cable-news team, centered on a network anchor, a new executive producer, and the newsroom staff. Together they aim to “do the news well,” battling corporate and commercial pressures while dealing with their own complicated personal lives.
Also known as Newsroom
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Details
- Years
- 2012–2014
- Release date
- 2012-06-24
- Network
- HBO
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.1/10 (729 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy The Newsroom if you like fast, idea-driven debates about what real news should be, plus an energetic newsroom team—Not for you if you want balanced politics without preaching, like The Morning Show.
Pros: brilliant, fast dialogue; strong acting; relevant news focus | Cons: repetitive political tone; sometimes preachy; uneven later seasons
Themes
- journalist
- journalism
- politics
- television broadcast
- news
- television network
- tv news anchor
- intense
Cast & crew
Jeff Daniels
as Will McAvoy
Emily Mortimer
as MacKenzie McHale
John Gallagher Jr.
as James Harper
Alison Pill
as Margaret Jordan
Thomas Sadoski
as Don Keefer
Dev Patel
as Neelamani Sampat
Olivia Munn
as Sloan Sabbith
Sam Waterston
as Charlie Skinner
- JF
Jane Fonda
as Leona Lansing
- AP
Adina Porter
as Kendra James
Directed by Paul Lieberstein, Lesli Linka Glatter, Julian Farino +9 more
Created by Aaron Sorkin
Episodes3 seasons · 25 episodes
Season 110 episodes
- S1E1We Just Decided To72mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E2News Night 2.058mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E3The 112th Congress59mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E4I'll Try to Fix You60mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E5Amen54mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E6Bullies58mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E75/153mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E8The Blackout Part I: Tragedy Porn58mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E9The Blackout Part II: Mock Debate55mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S1E10The Greater Fool61mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
Season 29 episodes
- S2E1First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers53mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E2The Genoa Tip54mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E3Willie Pete58mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E4Unintended Consequences58mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E5News Night with Will McAvoy57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E6One Step Too Many50mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E7Red Team III57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E8Election Night (1)47mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S2E9Election Night (2)59mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
Season 36 episodes
- S3E1Boston53mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E2Run58mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E3Main Justice57mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E4Contempt58mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E5Oh Shenandoah56mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu
- S3E6What Kind of Day Has It Been?64mAmazon Prime VideoHBO MaxHulu