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Loved the West Wing; it had some fantastic writers and, for a political drama, it often managed to keep you hanging on the edge of your seat. Think I may have to check out this new series.
Just finished watching the pilot episode. As I'd expect from a Sorkin production, the writing was quick and witty. The basis of this episode is kinda the plot from The West Wing's pilot, just in a different setting. That said, it seemed to work and has set the tone for at least the first season. I'm looking forward to the rest!
The pilot was one of the best hours of TV you could watch in recent years. Another half hour (and there could've been) and it would've been a GREAT movie.
Episode 2 wasn't as entertaining but still very good.
Dan Rather did a review of the 3rd Episode, and has stated that it is something ‘Every American Should See and Ponder’
He's been doing reviews for Gawker for every episode, and ya... there are some spoilers, so if you haven't seen it yet, I would wait.
It was an amazing episode, touched on some great points about how our news is run.
Spoiler!
Dan Rather is reviewing HBO's The Newsroom for Gawker throughout the show's first season.
Episode 3 of HBO's "The Newsroom" is deeper, broader and better than the two previous installments. (And I thought the first two were excellent.) I wasn't sure before — I had my doubts — but this latest in the on-going series convinced me:
"The Newsroom" is important television, the closest we've had to "must-see TV" in recent years.
The reason is that it digs deep to reveal the innards of big network television news—the teardrops and laughter, the sunshine and storms that go on behind the scenes and below the surface. And it reveals the danger of big business being in bed with big government, whether the government is led by Republicans or Democrats. This is especially dangerous when it comes to big businesses that own, as a small part of their overall operations, a national-distribution news organization.
In this episode, the most important, most interesting, most revealing scene is where the owner of the corporation (played superbly by Jane Fonda) tells the head of her news division, "I have business in front of this Congress!" She's complaining about her anchorman and his newscast covering news in ways she knows will displease Congressional leaders whom she needs for business advantage.
Her news division president (played equally superbly by Sam Waterston) answers, in effect "You can't possibly expect us to tailor the news to your corporate agenda."
She shoots back, "I have business (she hits the word hard) in front of this Congress." And she flatly says she'll fire the anchorman if he doesn't stop putting on the air what he has been.
This, friends, is drama taken from real life. Yes, this is fiction. But it's based on some recent history in the news business.
This whole episode is something I wish every American could see and ponder, especially in the context of the two preceding installments. They would then understand how a combination of big business and big government, working for their mutual benefit — not the public interest but rather their own interests — affects the news we see and hear.
I've been looking for things not to like in this series. Haven't found many.
Give it five stars so far. If they keep this up — if they can maintain the quality — they will have produced a classic.
Just finished watching ep3. Great fucking episode. For those of you who haven't worked in broadcasting/media, it's absolutely true how much bias gets put into each segment that goes on air. It's nice to see a show actually take on a topic like that.
I've never actually watched an episode of West Wing. I only know Aaron Sorkin from The Social Network - and I figured if he can make Facebook interesting, this show must be good as well.
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I'm on the fence with this show. Some parts are great when centred around politics, and the newsroom. But the minute the Maggie 3-way love triangle comes on I zone out, it's a terrible story line that needs to get removed if this show continues. It just drags the show down every time I find.
I'm on the fence with this show. Some parts are great when centred around politics, and the newsroom. But the minute the Maggie 3-way love triangle comes on I zone out, it's a terrible story line that needs to get removed if this show continues. It just drags the show down every time I find.
I feel exactly the same way, but honestly the last 7 minutes of this past week's episode was some of the best fucking television I've ever seen EVER.
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