Dec 14 2014
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About midway through the final episode of The Newsroom, an announcement is made to those gathered for Charlie…
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Dec 7 2014
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Just over a year ago, a press conference took place announcing that Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was…
Nov 30 2014
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There’s a very narrow gap between a hum and a drone, and there isn’t much evidence that Aaron Sorkin can discern the…
Nov 23 2014
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There’s an interesting line in the middle of “Main Justice”, the third episode of The Newsroom’s final season, in…
Nov 16 2014
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There are few things better than a great episode of an Aaron Sorkin show. There is a musicality to the dialogue, a…
Nov 9 2014
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The problem with The Newsroom is that Will McAvoy is Don Draper.
Sep 16 2013
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Since 2007, TV Club has dissected television episode by episode. Beginning this September, The A.V. Club will also…
Sep 15 2013
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At several times during my tenure writing episodic TV criticism, I have made an argument for a season finale working…
Sep 8 2013
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Aaron Sorkin shows are dominated by their talk. That talk can be enormous fun. It can be enervating and irritating.…
Aug 25 2013
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“Red Team III” is such a good episode for 95 percent of its running time that the five percent that doesn’t work…
Aug 18 2013
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I think it’s safe to say Jerry Dantana is history’s greatest monster. He’s cutting journalistic corners to get his…
Aug 11 2013
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The Newsroom has always been at its best when it focuses on the production of News Night With Will McAvoy.…
Aug 4 2013
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The Maggie Jordan goes to Uganda storyline has the virtue of being both better and worse than I expected it to be.…
Jul 28 2013
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There’s something to say for this week’s Newsroom: At no point does Maggie use all of her reporting skills to track…
Jul 21 2013
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A year or so ago, I picked up my copy of Game Change, John Heilemann and Mark Halperin’s dishy book on the 2008…
Jul 14 2013
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Throughout the second season première of The Newsroom, it’s evident that Aaron Sorkin is desperate to get this one…
Aug 27 2012
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The thing is, if you don’t think about The Newsroom all that much, it’s the best show on TV.
Aug 19 2012
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Tonight is my last week reviewing The Newsroom. I depart for sunny Delaware this Friday and leave the final episode…
Aug 12 2012
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“It’ll be a polished, tightly produced abomination,” says MacKenzie, in reference to a News Night sellout show that…
Aug 5 2012
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“5/1,” which tells the story of the night that President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama Bin Laden to the…