The Newsroom fingerprintHigh energy, funny.
Tense and fast-paced
Fast from start to finish.
Romantic
Plenty of sharp wit and satire
Politics, everyday modern life, and show business
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout dialogue, performances, and direction
Standout editing
Tense and fast-paced
Fast from start to finish.
The Newsroom is tense and fast-paced.
Plenty of sharp wit and satire
Expect plenty of sharp wit and satire.
Politics, everyday modern life, and show business
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around politics, everyday modern life, and show business. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout dialogue, performances, and direction
The dialogue, performances, and direction stand out.
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The Newsroom is included with a subscription to HBO Max in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 73/100 (IMDb 8.6 and Metacritic 61). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated TV-MA in the United States. Content advisories: strong language and sexual content.
3 seasons
It has 3 seasons with 25 episodes of about 60 minutes each.
Not quite. Audiences rate The Newsroom higher (86) than critics (61). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
It ran from 2012 to 2014 and has ended.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+101GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Newsroom in 115 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 174 storytelling tropes for The Newsroom, including Accidental Misnaming, Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!, Nice Character, Mean Actor.
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