BSeason 3The Newsroom: “What Kind Of Day Has It Been”Libby Hill12/14/14 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAbout midway through the final episode of The Newsroom, an announcement is made to those gathered for Charlie Skinner’s…
D-Season 3The Newsroom: “Oh Shenandoah”Libby Hill12/07/14 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkJust over a year ago, a press conference took place announcing that Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was being…
C-Season 3The Newsroom: “Contempt”Libby Hill11/30/14 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere’s a very narrow gap between a hum and a drone, and there isn’t much evidence that Aaron Sorkin can discern the…
B+Season 3The Newsroom: “Main Justice”Libby Hill11/23/14 7:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere’s an interesting line in the middle of “Main Justice”, the third episode of The Newsroom’s final season, in which…
A-Season 3The Newsroom: “Run”Libby Hill11/16/14 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere are few things better than a great episode of an Aaron Sorkin show. There is a musicality to the dialogue, a…
BSeason 3The Newsroom: “Boston”Libby Hill11/09/14 9:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe problem with The Newsroom is that Will McAvoy is Don Draper.
CThe NewsroomPhil Dyess-Nugent9/16/13 12:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkSince 2007, TV Club has dissected television episode by episode. Beginning this September, The A.V. Club will also step…
CSeason 2The Newsroom: “Election Night, Part II”Todd VanDerWerff9/15/13 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAt several times during my tenure writing episodic TV criticism, I have made an argument for a season finale working…
B-Season 2The Newsroom: “Election Night, Part I”Todd VanDerWerff9/08/13 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkAaron Sorkin shows are dominated by their talk. That talk can be enormous fun. It can be enervating and irritating. Or…
B+Season 2The Newsroom: “Red Team III”Todd VanDerWerff8/25/13 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“Red Team III” is such a good episode for 95 percent of its running time that the five percent that doesn’t work just…
BSeason 2The Newsroom: “One Step Too Many”Todd VanDerWerff8/18/13 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkI think it’s safe to say Jerry Dantana is history’s greatest monster. He’s cutting journalistic corners to get his…
A-Season 2The Newsroom: “News Night With Will McAvoy”Todd VanDerWerff8/11/13 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe Newsroom has always been at its best when it focuses on the production of News Night With Will McAvoy. Therefore,…
CSeason 2The Newsroom: “Unintended Consequences”Todd VanDerWerff8/04/13 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe Maggie Jordan goes to Uganda storyline has the virtue of being both better and worse than I expected it to be. On…
CSeason 2The Newsroom: “Willie Pete”David Sims7/28/13 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThere’s something to say for this week’s Newsroom: At no point does Maggie use all of her reporting skills to track…
C+Season 2The Newsroom: “The Genoa Tip”David Sims7/21/13 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkA year or so ago, I picked up my copy of Game Change, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin’s dishy book on the 2008…
B-Season 2The Newsroom: “The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All The Lawyers”Todd VanDerWerff7/14/13 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThroughout the second season première of The Newsroom, it’s evident that Aaron Sorkin is desperate to get this one right…
CSeason 1The Newsroom: “The Greater Fool”Todd VanDerWerff8/27/12 4:00amSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkThe thing is, if you don’t think about The Newsroom all that much, it’s the best show on TV.
D+Season 1The Newsroom: “The Blackout Part II: The Mock Debate”Scott Tobias8/19/12 11:45pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalinkTonight is my last week reviewing The Newsroom. I depart for sunny Delaware this Friday and leave the final episode in…
B-Season 1The Newsroom: “The Blackout Part 1: Tragedy Porn”Scott Tobias8/12/12 10:00pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“It’ll be a polished, tightly produced abomination,” says MacKenzie, in reference to a News Night sellout show that…
CSeason 1The Newsroom: “5/1”Myles McNutt8/05/12 11:45pmSaveEditEmbiggenSend to EditorsPromoteGo to permalink“5/1,” which tells the story of the night that President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama Bin Laden to the…
