The Newsroom

Runtime 60 mins

Drama

First Aired 24-June-2012

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A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.

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Cast Members

Will McAvoy
played by
Jeff Daniels

MacKenzie McHale
played by
Emily Mortimer

James Harper
played by
John Gallagher Jr.

Margaret Jordan
played by
Alison Pill

Don Keefer
played by
Thomas Sadoski

Neelamani Sampat
played by
Dev Patel

Sloan Sabbith
played by
Olivia Munn

Charlie Skinner
played by
Sam Waterston

Season 3 Episodes 6

Season 2 Episodes 9

Season 1 Episodes 10

Season 0 Episodes 2

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