Sep 15 2013SaveTV ReviewsThe Newsroom9/15/13CTV ReviewsThe Newsroom9/15/13The Newsroom: “Election Night, Part II”Emily Todd VanDerWerff267SaveAt several times during my tenure writing episodic TV criticism, I have made an argument for a season finale working…
Sep 8 2013SaveTV ReviewsThe Newsroom9/8/13B-TV ReviewsThe Newsroom9/8/13The Newsroom: “Election Night, Part I”Emily Todd VanDerWerff262SaveAaron Sorkin shows are dominated by their talk. That talk can be enormous fun. It can be enervating and irritating.…
Aug 25 2013SaveTV ReviewsThe Newsroom8/25/13B+TV ReviewsThe Newsroom8/25/13The Newsroom: “Red Team III”Emily Todd VanDerWerff351Save“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 2013SaveTV ReviewsThe Newsroom8/18/13BTV ReviewsThe Newsroom8/18/13The Newsroom: “One Step Too Many”Emily Todd VanDerWerff321SaveI think it’s safe to say Jerry Dantana is history’s greatest monster. He’s cutting journalistic corners to get his…
Aug 11 2013SaveTV ReviewsThe Newsroom8/11/13A-TV ReviewsThe Newsroom8/11/13The Newsroom: “News Night With Will McAvoy”Emily Todd VanDerWerff290SaveThe Newsroom has always been at its best when it focuses on the production of News Night With Will McAvoy.…
Aug 4 2013SaveTV ReviewsThe Newsroom8/4/13CTV ReviewsThe Newsroom8/4/13The Newsroom: “Unintended Consequences”Emily Todd VanDerWerff350SaveThe Maggie Jordan goes to Uganda storyline has the virtue of being both better and worse than I expected it to be.…
Jul 28 2013SaveTV ReviewsThe Newsroom7/28/13CTV ReviewsThe Newsroom7/28/13The Newsroom: “Willie Pete”David Sims416SaveThere’s something to say for this week’s Newsroom: At no point does Maggie use all of her reporting skills to track…
Jul 21 2013SaveTV ReviewsThe Newsroom7/21/13C+TV ReviewsThe Newsroom7/21/13The Newsroom: “The Genoa Tip”David Sims367SaveA 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 2013SaveTV ReviewsThe Newsroom7/14/13B-TV ReviewsThe Newsroom7/14/13The Newsroom: “The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All The Lawyers”Emily Todd VanDerWerff473SaveThroughout the second season première of The Newsroom, it’s evident that Aaron Sorkin is desperate to get this one…