Aaron Sorkin is fast becoming a master of second chances. When he was booted from his Emmy-winning creation “The West Wing,” after getting caught with his nose too deep in a bag of cocaine, he sobered up and won an Oscar for “The Social Network.”
But that turnaround is nothing compared to what he’s done to reverse the fortunes of his much-ballyhooed HBO series, “The Newsroom.” Ripped by critics and shunned by viewers, the show, about a fictional cable news network, appeared headed for cancellation due to universal disinterest shortly after it premiered last summer.
If not for Sorkin’s considerable clout – he also wrote the smash hits “An American President” and “A Few Good Men” – that’s exactly where “The Newsroom” would have ended up. Yet even with that valuable marker in hand, just about everyone in Hollywood laughed when HBO renewed the series after it picked up a pair of inexplicable Golden Globe nominations, one for star Jeff Daniels and the other for best series.
But once those cynics get a gander at the first four episodes of the new season, they will be picking up their jaws and praising how righteously good the show has become in its second coming.
Damn I have been jonesing hard for the return of this show. And finally tonight my wait is over.
Here is a little preview to further whet your appetite.
I can't wait, I've been watching the first season again this past week. This is one of the best shows on television if not the best! I love their take down of the Palin and the Tea Party. Such great writing and acting. Tina/Chgo
ReplyDeleteMy cable doesn't carry it so I waited for the DVD of Season One and am enjoying it immensely!
ReplyDeleteOne of my stations here in Canuckland is running all the West Wing episodes, so I'm getting my Sorkin fix every weeknight. Didn't see them all the first time around, but what is so scary is that the issues being discussed then are virtually the same issues being bandied about now -- with no resolution.
Yes, that's why we watch West Wing re[eatedly, too.
DeleteHOO RAH !!!
ReplyDeleteThe wait has been hard… BUT, tonight is the night!!!
We are getting HBO at a discount so I will be able to watch Newsroom. Loved Sorkin's West Wing, now happy to see Newsroom's new season.
ReplyDeleteMust see t.v. indeed :)
Thanks for the reminder to update our programming to include HBO again. I went to do that before I even finished reading your post. Ready now. Whew.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reminder. I've set my DVR to capture each episode.
ReplyDeleteOn Tuesday, 7/23, new episodes of "Who Do You Think You Are" begin. I enjoy this show also.
Why do we assume that when Zimmerman said "These assholes get away with this all the Time" he was referring to "Black" people and not criminals? Here's the bottom line, if you decide to go somewhere you don't belong like a gated community you don't live in and get into an altercation with some one, you may get punched, you may get smacked or you may get shot and die, keep that in mind and we can all avoid the circus that is the criminal trying to make himself out to be the victim. And don't think this is over, not by a long shot, you know the family of TM will be looking for money in a civil trial, like all CRIMINALS do.
ReplyDeleteYour bottom line has a kink in it. The minor's father owns property in said gated community and the minor has every right to walk freely through the neighborhood just as any other resident has the right to invite family and guests.
DeleteYour post does bring up a valid point, people DO get lost sometimes and end up where they don't belong, but they just need a little guidance with no violence nor death called for.
I've got it set to record, This show keeps getting better and better.
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