The Newsroom
The Newsroom Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.8 | |
| S2 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 9.0 | ||
| S3 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 9.2 |
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About
"Sorkin's idealistic, preachy love letter to journalism"
A cable news anchor has an on-air meltdown that reignites his conscience, and he rebuilds his show around old-fashioned journalistic idealism while navigating office romances and network politics. Created by Aaron Sorkin, it moves at his trademark rapid-fire pace, walking-and-talking through newsroom crises dressed up as real historical events. It's earnest to a fault, preachy about media ethics, and stuffed with witty banter and swelling music cues. Watching it feels like a lecture wrapped in a soap opera, alternately thrilling when the dialogue clicks and cringeworthy when the moralizing overwhelms the story.
the rapid-fire Sorkin dialogue and a cast clearly relishing every monologue.
you find moralizing lectures on media ethics tiresome or the romantic subplots grating.
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