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  • Paperback Writer
    Signature won a Pulitzer
    • Nov 2010
    • 5211
    #1

    HBO's The Newsroom

    Anyone else watching this? It's a new HBO series that aires on Sunday nights about a fictional cable news program. Jeff Daniels plays the anchor and Emily Mortimer plays the executive producer. It pulls in real news events like the oil spill in the gulf coast, the Arizona immigration law, and Tea Party candidates replacing incumbent Republicans (Bob Bennett).

    I liked the first episode but the last two have my interest dwindling. Still, I think it has good potential and explores the corporate, commercial, and ratings aspects of news programming in addition to covering the news. It also gets into the personal lives somewhat of the main characters but that hasn't really drawn me in.

    Anyway, I recommend the show but not too strongly. I like Jeff Daniel's character. Was disappointed to learn that Marisa Tomei (am a fan of hers) was slotted for the lead female role but it didn't work out.

    HBO already has picked it up for a second season.
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    • Flystripper
      Degenerate Gambler
      • Nov 2008
      • 14105
      #2
      Originally posted by Paperback Writer View Post
      Anyone else watching this? It's a new HBO series that aires on Sunday nights about a fictional cable news program. Jeff Daniels plays the anchor and Emily Mortimer plays the executive producer. It pulls in real news events like the oil spill in the gulf coast, the Arizona immigration law, and Tea Party candidates replacing incumbent Republicans (Bob Bennett).

      I liked the first episode but the last two have my interest dwindling. Still, I think it has good potential and explores the corporate, commercial, and ratings aspects of news programming in addition to covering the news. It also gets into the personal lives somewhat of the main characters but that hasn't really drawn me in.

      Anyway, I recommend the show but not too strongly. I like Jeff Daniel's character. Was disappointed to learn that Marisa Tomei (am a fan of hers) was slotted for the lead female role but it didn't work out.

      HBO already has picked it up for a second season.
      I like it a lot.
      Dyslexics are teople poo...

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        • Non Sequitur
          Where did I put my bodkin
          • Nov 2008
          • 5773
          #3
          I love it. I'll watch anything Aaron Sorkin does.
          "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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            • Jeff Lebowski
              Corporate lackey for Jesus
              • Nov 2008
              • 69755
              #4
              Any more opinions now that season 1 is wrapped up?
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                • Flystripper
                  Degenerate Gambler
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 14105
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                  Any more opinions now that season 1 is wrapped up?
                  I enjoyed it. I hope it continues.
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                    • Paperback Writer
                      Signature won a Pulitzer
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 5211
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                      Any more opinions now that season 1 is wrapped up?
                      I wish the show was a little more even handed on some of the current political issues. For example, they trotted out an elderly minority retiree on medicare as the posterchild for voter-id laws. Because we all know that the main rationale for voter-id laws is to keep grandma from voting.

                      The show did a good job of contrasting "real" news from "faux celebrity" news when the fictional news channel was slow to cover a popular story about a missing baby. At the same time I was disappointed at how it painted the tea party for threatening not to raise the federal debt ceiling without any discussion of the current problem of federal spending and entitlements. Probably too much to hope for from Aaron Sorkin.
                      “Not the victory but the action. Not the goal but the game. In the deed the glory.”
                      "All things are measured against Nebraska." falafel

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                        • venkman
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 2199
                          #7
                          Sounds awful. Pass.
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                            • falafel
                              loves to talk on things
                              • Mar 2009
                              • 38003
                              #8
                              I just finished season 1. The highs were high enough that I will watch season 2. The lows were low enough that I might not watch all of season 2. I think Jeff Daniels is great in the role and Emily Mortimer is really good in the EP portion of the role, not as good in the ex-girlfriend portion. Maggie is a really annoying character. If I were Jim, I would have lost interest in her as soon as she demanded Jim take her roommate out for V-day.
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                                • Jacob
                                  Junior Member
                                  • Oct 2009
                                  • 6801
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by falafel View Post
                                  I just finished season 1. The highs were high enough that I will watch season 2. The lows were low enough that I might not watch all of season 2. I think Jeff Daniels is great in the role and Emily Mortimer is really good in the EP portion of the role, not as good in the ex-girlfriend portion. Maggie is a really annoying character. If I were Jim, I would have lost interest in her as soon as she demanded Jim take her roommate out for V-day.
                                  I only saw one episode. The production value seemed great, but the writing was the worst kind of stereotypical liberal dredge. No thanks.

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                                    • Flystripper
                                      Degenerate Gambler
                                      • Nov 2008
                                      • 14105
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by falafel View Post
                                      I just finished season 1. The highs were high enough that I will watch season 2. The lows were low enough that I might not watch all of season 2. I think Jeff Daniels is great in the role and Emily Mortimer is really good in the EP portion of the role, not as good in the ex-girlfriend portion. Maggie is a really annoying character. If I were Jim, I would have lost interest in her as soon as she demanded Jim take her roommate out for V-day.
                                      We will watch season two. Not tops in our TV series rotation but good enough.
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