Quick Info
Status: Ended
Network: CBC Television
Type: Scripted
Rating: 8.2/10
The Newsroom
Overview
The tumultuous TV newsroom world of overbearing regional news director George Findlay, who is solely motivated by casualty statistics which will improve his ratings.
This production, originally released in 1996, has captivated audiences with its unique storytelling. As a Scripted series, it brings a fresh perspective to the Comedy, Drama genre, maintaining a strong viewer rating of 8.2 across its 3 seasons.
- Storyline Highlights:
- • Explores themes within Comedy and Drama.
- • Produced in Canada, United States of America.
- • Original Language: English.
Starring Cast
Ken Finkleman
George Findlay
Peter Keleghan
Jim Walcott
Karen Hines
Tanya Allen
Audrey
Jeremy Hotz
Pamela Sinha
Mark Farrell
Matt Watts
Seasons
Specials
4 Episodes • Aired 2002-10-28
No season overview provided for this season.
Season 1
13 Episodes • Aired 1996-10-21
The half-hour comedy is set in the tumultuous TV newsroom world of George Findlay. The overbearing regional news director is solely motivated by casualty statistics which will improve his ratings.
Season 2
13 Episodes • Aired 2004-01-12
Fans who have long awaited the return of the show's clever and provocative satire will not be disappointed to see George Findlay and his staff back in the newsroom, where pettiness and moral bankruptcy are taken to new depths.
Season 3
6 Episodes • Aired 2005-02-14
The third season of THE NEWSROOM, like its previous incarnations, is a deep-down comic microcosm of the world at large. A tangle of a, b, c, and d plots-the show mixes love, politics, bureaucracy, equality, violence, religion, marriage, sex and hunger and, in the end, makes perfect, hilarious sense.
