From the mind of Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing and screenwriter of The Social Network and Moneyball, comes "The Newsroom", a behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Free Download Video The Newsroom Amen Episode On ABC Family Tv Online Tv Live Streaming Video. Online Watch The Newsroom Full Episode Watch Stream HD Video on Internet TV.News of unrest in Wisconsin in February 2011 in response to the governor's call for budget cuts bubbles up during coverage of the ousting of President Mubarak in Egypt, and Neal finds someone who can provide updates from Cairo as the staff strive to give equal attention to both uprisings. Focusing on a network anchor (played by Jeff Daniels), his new executive producer (Emily Mortimer), the newsroom staff (John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Olivia Munn, Dev Patel) and their boss (Sam Waterston), the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.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.
You know you’re watching an Aaron Sorkin drama when a character in The Newsroom launches into a monologue that covers the history of American journalism, the basis of a democratic society, and the major themes of Don Quixote. Cable news anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) is angry about the state of his profession, and like so many of Sorkin’s characters, he makes this clear in hyper-articulate fashion.
The Newsroom’s pilot focuses on some familiar issues, the value of free speech and the duty of the press to expose corporate and political wrongdoing. Will’s first speech—occasioned by a college panel discussion—makes a broader point too, that the United States is no longer “the best country in the world.”
The rest of the episode picks up several weeks later, after the outburst has gone viral. Will returns to work on News Night to find that his boss, Charlie Skinner (Sam Waterston), has taken Will’s ideas to heart, and has restructured the production team.
Chief among the changes is the new producer, MacKenzie McHale (Emily Mortimer), who is determined to draw Will and News Night away from bland content towards more investigative reporting. An oil spill in the Atlantic and the culpability of the drilling company involved give the team the opportunity to act on her vision by turning a breaking news story into an insightful exposé.
The Newsroom asserts a belief in the potential power of “quality journalism,” but that ambition is repeatedly and necessarily complicated by the compromises that sustain systems of communication based on corporate bottom lines and partisan politics.
As MacKenzie points out to Will, trying to balance excellence and the pressures of commercial television ratings and sponsorship may be admirable, but it means chasing a dream with little chance of effecting real change.
The Newsroom’s argument that “quality” television is rooted in this kind of romantic risk makes it a good fit for HBO’s self-branding as a network willing to support the vision of its creators, no matter how far outside of mainstream taste that may be. However, aside from some profanity, there’s nothing in The Newsroom‘s first episode that distinguishes it from Sorkin’s broadcast shows.
The Newsroom is Sorkin squared—its ideals more pronounced, its monologues more frequent, its creative indulgences turned into a primary draw for fans of his writing style.
I have never felt as driven to make sure other people understood just how perfect a show was. Not for Game of Thrones, Firefly, Sopranos or any of the other shows I obsess about. But this show changed that! This show boils down everything that is wrong with America and puts out a simple answer to solving that. DO THE BLOODY NEWS LIKE IT'S NEWS NOT A HIGH SCHOOL PROM ELECTION!
Jeff Daniels is perfect in his role as the tired beaten down journalist that just doesn't give a damn about anything anymore, but used too. And we can see the spark that ignites him to become great again. Why aren't real reporters like this? Why oh why?
If this show get's cancelled I will camp out in front of HBO HQ and not leave till the last Game of Thrones series comes out (because I have to get on with my life at some point).
You know you’re watching an Aaron Sorkin drama when a character in The Newsroom launches into a monologue that covers the history of American journalism, the basis of a democratic society, and the major themes of Don Quixote. Cable news anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) is angry about the state of his profession, and like so many of Sorkin’s characters, he makes this clear in hyper-articulate fashion.
The Newsroom’s pilot focuses on some familiar issues, the value of free speech and the duty of the press to expose corporate and political wrongdoing. Will’s first speech—occasioned by a college panel discussion—makes a broader point too, that the United States is no longer “the best country in the world.”
The rest of the episode picks up several weeks later, after the outburst has gone viral. Will returns to work on News Night to find that his boss, Charlie Skinner (Sam Waterston), has taken Will’s ideas to heart, and has restructured the production team.
Chief among the changes is the new producer, MacKenzie McHale (Emily Mortimer), who is determined to draw Will and News Night away from bland content towards more investigative reporting. An oil spill in the Atlantic and the culpability of the drilling company involved give the team the opportunity to act on her vision by turning a breaking news story into an insightful exposé.
The Newsroom asserts a belief in the potential power of “quality journalism,” but that ambition is repeatedly and necessarily complicated by the compromises that sustain systems of communication based on corporate bottom lines and partisan politics.
As MacKenzie points out to Will, trying to balance excellence and the pressures of commercial television ratings and sponsorship may be admirable, but it means chasing a dream with little chance of effecting real change.
The Newsroom’s argument that “quality” television is rooted in this kind of romantic risk makes it a good fit for HBO’s self-branding as a network willing to support the vision of its creators, no matter how far outside of mainstream taste that may be. However, aside from some profanity, there’s nothing in The Newsroom‘s first episode that distinguishes it from Sorkin’s broadcast shows.
The Newsroom is Sorkin squared—its ideals more pronounced, its monologues more frequent, its creative indulgences turned into a primary draw for fans of his writing style.
I have never felt as driven to make sure other people understood just how perfect a show was. Not for Game of Thrones, Firefly, Sopranos or any of the other shows I obsess about. But this show changed that! This show boils down everything that is wrong with America and puts out a simple answer to solving that. DO THE BLOODY NEWS LIKE IT'S NEWS NOT A HIGH SCHOOL PROM ELECTION!
Jeff Daniels is perfect in his role as the tired beaten down journalist that just doesn't give a damn about anything anymore, but used too. And we can see the spark that ignites him to become great again. Why aren't real reporters like this? Why oh why?
If this show get's cancelled I will camp out in front of HBO HQ and not leave till the last Game of Thrones series comes out (because I have to get on with my life at some point).