It's a damn shame to hear that HBO has opted to grant a second season to Newsroom. Frankly the show sucks and Aaron Sorkin is easily amongst the most over-rated screen writers of recent times. While his dialog moves along at a brisk pace, it is mostly inane and Sorkin may well be the most prolific serial self-plagiarizer of all time judging by this video montage. His female characters are also poorly developed and generally weak or ditzy.
I had high hopes when I saw the first trailer but following teh overwrought Jeff Daniels rant, the show quickly goes downhil and I not inclined to watch the show anymore.
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The adverts for it turned my wife and I off, immediately, and we were both huge The Wire, Sopranos (early), and Carnivale fans.
I dropped HBO when they cancelled Deadwood. After Carnivale and getting hooked I just couldn't trust a network that would make a show that was awesome and kill it for more Sex and the City
+Kelly Bradley +Rusty Van Horn The Wire and Deadwood were among the best series of all time although my wife and I were less enamored of carnival. In recent years hbo has been much less consistent. Along with game of thrones, Veep was excellent and Girls got better as it went.