TV series
The Newsroom
Overview
A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, 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.
Details
- First air date
- 2012-06-24
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 3 seasons
- Episodes
- 25 episodes
- Genres
- Drama
- Network
- HBO
- Production
- HBO
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy
- Emily Mortimer as MacKenzie McHale
- John Gallagher Jr. as James Harper
- Alison Pill as Margaret Jordan
- Thomas Sadoski as Don Keefer
- Dev Patel as Neelamani Sampat
- Olivia Munn as Sloan Sabbith
- Sam Waterston as Charlie Skinner
- Chris Chalk as Gary Cooper
- Margaret Judson as Tess Westin
- Adina Porter as Kendra James
- John F. Carpenter as Herb Wilson
Creators and crew
- Aaron Sorkin - Creator
- Scott Rudin - Executive Producer
- Alan Poul - Executive Producer
- Aaron Sorkin - Executive Producer
- Scott Rudin - Producer
- Alan Poul - Producer
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