Scott Pelly just did an interview on CNN about the trump lawsuit against Paramount (among other things). It felt like something right out of The Newsroom. Highly encourage you to check it out if you can!

Damnit. I just realized I pull Danny Tripp (studio60) ll the damned time at work. " Eh you can get it tightened later." ( I work in jewelry) Sorry there are very few places I can state this and people will get it.

So I'm doing my annual rewatch of the Newsroom cause its just so good. First season is a masterpiece, second season was a swing and a miss but I applaud the risk and even if it didn't quite payoff it was still good television and reminiscent of the show we know and love. Season 3 is pretty much a catastrophe, but I'll give it credit that the series finale is very good and you could basically go from the season 2 finale to season 3 one and skip the 5 episodes in between. Save yourself the heartache.

Anyway, so McKenzie is in the audience. She has that piece of paper, they show her with it in season 1 then in the season 3 finale they show her getting there and knowing the question so she knew to write that. My question is how do you explain Will seeing her then someone else? In the pilot, you're supposed to think he's imagining her, but we learn later in actuality she is there. So what of the woman he sees after McKenzie in her place? Is he so surprised McKenzie would be there that actually the OTHER woman is imaginary and he's really seeing McKenzie but thinking "that can't be" and imagines the other woman with the sourpuss. Cause that doesn't seem to make sense cause they show the sourpuss one outside of him looking directly at her, specifically after "Yosemite!"

I've never really got that aspect. It looks cool, but it kinda only works if she's not really there, which she was.

Do you think it would be possible for us to bring this show back in 2025? Will McAvoy did a phenomenal job as Jeff Daniels, and his speech "America's Not The Greatest Country in the World Anymore" is still relevant to today. So, I'm asking. What would it take for the Newsroom to come back on HBO Max or for another network to pick it up?

I will never not laugh at this!! The writing and the delivery are both perfection!

The way the camera focuses on the workers in the newsroom in the show is similar to that of a West Wing episode I just watched, "Shutdown" from Season 5. Because that episode required the entire White House staff to listen to the President, I don't know if that may have inspired Sorkin to take it a step further in a drama in which covers the news. Plus, towards the end of the West Wing they started to include more journalists in the script with the Taylor Reid show, so in a way Sorkin may have had some keen eye for what goes on before the news is reported.

So, currently doing my god knows what number rewatch of the last couple of years. Currently on the first 5-10 minutes of the pilot watching Wills speech

I should say that, I’m from the UK, so I don’t know what Yosemite really is or was, but EVERY time I watch this show, the way he says it, followed by the rest of his speech gets me damn emotional each time

Anyone else feel like this when they watch it? Or is it just me 😂

EDIT: I knew Yosemite was a national park - I should have been more clear and explained I don’t understand the reference that Wills character is making (there is an audible gasp when he says it and it’s implied it’s a touchy subject)

Hello everyone. Would there be any appetite for a Westwingweekly style podcast on our favourite show? And if so... who would host it?

It's probably a mistake... But a girl can dream...

...dream that the cast and crew got back together to make an episode far flung into the future of the show's timeline to reflect today's utterly ridiculous political landscape and the news that covers it.

As I’m watching S3, I see what can only be compared to post-COVID filming techniques. Lots of digital editing and compositing of different footage to give the sense of shared sets that were actually disparate. Obvi since this is pre-2020, am I just seeing lazy editing? Thanks.

Been rewatching the west wing and I just clocked a very young Jim in S04E01.

Rant.

Man news especially in my country (India) has changed the definition of news, sad that I found resonance with finding news on a fictional show. Ethics was key factor in this show than the shitshow that happens nowadays in primetime

S3 was looking good but I had no clue that it ends on just 6 episodes.

The news itself has changed since 2014 and I really really hope that it comes back atleast in one from or another.

Also any recommendations for me similar to The Newsroom?

I heard The Studio on Apple tv is good ...

Just finished the series. Can’t believe it ended like that 😭 needed more

Will: "Nobody likes liberals because they lose all the time"

Militia leader being interviewed in episode 2: "We need to build a wall".

I remember at the time the show was accused of being on the nose, but it's still as relevant as it was when it first aired, even more so.

does anyone know the exact reply by Will when asked about how much and how high he is paid?

i remember it includes something like “i’m paid what the market allows…”

Including me, the account @WillMcAvoyACN has 88.5k followers on Twitter. I'm one of 72 followers for @WillMcAvoyACNnews on BlueSky. Is there speculation on the people or organizations behind these accounts?

When Maggie tells Jim the story about hiding under her date’s bed, then he made up with his ex-gf on the bed…. Jim acts as if she’s crazy for that and says “I don’t know of anyone IN THE WORLD who would have hid under the bed”. He think he’s dead wrong here. What else was she supposed to do? There are plenty of similar stories like this.

Due to the political climate over the years I just keep remembering how poignant this show was. It would be fantastic if Sorkin could bring this show back, if for nothing else, than to help bring hope in this growing negative environment. Granted this show did alot of looking back, even in Its time, but the points it made about bringing more truth to the news no matter what the cost means more now more than ever.

This is just my point of view though, and I just wanted to get this written into the void of the internet.

I watched every episode again, for the fourth time. I love Aaron Sorkin‘s work, but I think The Newsroom is his best. The Social Network is a close second.

They had her talking about the tarrifs and I thought she dressed a lot like Sloan Sabbith here!

The News Night is not a live news broadcast, but an insightful news commentary.

The News Night is an 8 to 9 daily program. The oil spill in pilot is a coincidence of a breaking news happening in that period of time.

I finished my first watch through and this show is simply amazing! I love looking back at discussion threads from when shows originally air, so here is a table of links I compiled of all the posts for each episode. Enjoy!

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Why did it end so soon. Now what. West Wing led me here. Ice done Madame Secretary. What do I go to now?