There might not be a better show on TV than Newsroom...
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I loved it last season. I've got this season recorded but I've only watched the
first episode. Apparently it's good this season?
first episode. Apparently it's good this season?
I don't watch it but should. One of the actresses worked for me years ago when she was a student here.
Big fan...
I just watched this passed Sunday's episode. It was awesome. Obviously, Jane Fonda is a bit of a pariah in this country and on this board, but she was awesome too.
I just watched this passed Sunday's episode. It was awesome. Obviously, Jane Fonda is a bit of a pariah in this country and on this board, but she was awesome too.
Now that my wife is done with that True Blood crap I'll try and catch up.
My only complaint would be it that they get a little too liberal for my liking sometime. Boardwalk is starting up soon as well. I really like Boardwalk.
My only complaint would be it that they get a little too liberal for my liking sometime. Boardwalk is starting up soon as well. I really like Boardwalk.
I like it and it had the potential to be the best show on tv (great concept, plot, and characters) but I think it has some big problems with the way they tie things together. They spent half the show building up to the shot clock epiphany (which was wayyy overdone), but almost none on the fact that someone was out to get Charlie which was a lot more interesting to me. That's just a few examples. There are numerous every week. It's still probably my favorite show airing right now though.
If you have a second you should look up the text that Olivia Munm sent to Chris Pine (Kirk from the new Star Trek) while they were dating. She's 17in nutts. And slutty. Makes her 10x hotter to me.
Watched the first two episodes of the first season. Couldnt make it any farther.
The frantic pace of the dialogue seemed forced, and the storylines were overdramatic. I just couldn't get into it. Sorkin is also a megadouche which should not matter but I can't help it.
The frantic pace of the dialogue seemed forced, and the storylines were overdramatic. I just couldn't get into it. Sorkin is also a megadouche which should not matter but I can't help it.
I like Newsroom, still have a few to catchup on.. Hell on Wheels and Breaking Bad are better imo..
I am also and watching Hard Knocks, Mountain Men and Gold Rush..
DAMN...And this is the only one I could post here..
I am also and watching Hard Knocks, Mountain Men and Gold Rush..
DAMN...And this is the only one I could post here..
Jeff Daniels Character
seems to be based on Keith Olbermann. The similarities are damn near spot on. The day Olbermann left Dan Patricks side is the day he jumped the shark. Watched Keith interview Mark Cuban on his new ESPN2 show, and could only watch half the interview. If Olbermann had any realtionship to MSU, he'd be a lock for DDDY.
Otherwise great show.
Noticed that Sunday's episode didnt get replayed at 11. I missed it at 9. When do they replay during the week?? HBO website is blocked here at work for some reason so I was hoping one of you could advise......
seems to be based on Keith Olbermann. The similarities are damn near spot on. The day Olbermann left Dan Patricks side is the day he jumped the shark. Watched Keith interview Mark Cuban on his new ESPN2 show, and could only watch half the interview. If Olbermann had any realtionship to MSU, he'd be a lock for DDDY.
Otherwise great show.
Noticed that Sunday's episode didnt get replayed at 11. I missed it at 9. When do they replay during the week?? HBO website is blocked here at work for some reason so I was hoping one of you could advise......
You are correct
guess I should have stuck that in there. He does a good Olbermann though.
Am I the only one who finds the Alison Pill character a little annoying?
guess I should have stuck that in there. He does a good Olbermann though.
Am I the only one who finds the Alison Pill character a little annoying?
Is Will really conservative in the show? He seems to have more liberal tendencies even though he claims conservative.
+1 ...really good show
i tried watching newsroom, I just couldn't get into it...and not bc of the liberal POV..just didn't care for the 1st season that much...
is the second season that much better?
My favorite show right now. I've always loved Sorkin shows (even though he's a huge liberal). The dialogue is my favorite part. Very fast paced. And of course Olivia Munn.
I think he'd be center-left, but a lot of Republicans used to be before Reagan claimed conservatism for the GOP. I think Sorkin is trying to say that the party has been hijacked by the Tea Party, but if Will is conservative Sorkin missed the timeframe by about 30 years.
Yeah I don't
have AMC so I just watch it on Netflix, which won't release it until the season is over. I may be able to buy it on iTunes and download each new episode, as I did with Walking Dead. I'm not sure, because I haven't looked.
have AMC so I just watch it on Netflix, which won't release it until the season is over. I may be able to buy it on iTunes and download each new episode, as I did with Walking Dead. I'm not sure, because I haven't looked.
i'm a liberal, and i think newsroom is awful. terrible writing. stupid personal drama. totally melodramatic. too much of a 20/20 hindsight "told you so" kinda attitude.
breaking bad is far and away the best show currently airing on tv.
breaking bad is far and away the best show currently airing on tv.
Yeah Sorkin is hard to digest some times. He has always been that way. Sports Night, West Wing and now Newsroom. All pretty much the same show. He definitely uses a formula for the relationships between his characters.
Just to chime in on the Will political stuff, I see him as Center Right, but Sorkin likes to point out what's crazy in politics and society.