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The Newsroom Premieres on HBO on June 24, 2012

From the mind of Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing and screenwriter of The Social Network and Moneyball,  comes The Newsroom,  a behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor (played by Jeff Daniels), his new executive producer (Emily Mortimer), the newsroom staff (John Gallagher, Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Olivia Munn, Dev Patel) and their boss (Sam Waterston), 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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What a start with the question time and if his statistics are right then how can they say the US is the greatest in the world and I wished Maggie would stick to just one name,  just because the oil rig story was in yellow and it was Jim who brought it to their attention they were so slow to react which was interesting and how ironic it turned red after the news

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The thought of Maggie hiding under the bed while her boyfriend was making out with his ex was amusing and Mackenzie saying it's a good job you weren't facing the other way after Jim said about getting shot in the ass was funny but the news story being a disaster and how they tried to fix it was interesting

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The opening editorial comments from Will were great and him having lots of new dates was amusing but Mackenzie's face was priceless, Maggie bringing to their attention the religion of the guy that saved everyone was impressive considering it was important for the bomber

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I would think ratings are slightly more important but being the first to report breaking news is crucial

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The way they relate this to real news headlines does make this more interesting

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I had felling Will wouldn't kiss Nina after she talked about her take down column and Maggie ringing Jim while her boyfriend rang Lisa with the distinctive ring tone was amusing and the others having to put up with the big foot debate was cruel and a good call in no reporting she was dead like the other news stations

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Maggie hitting the glass door twice in Jim's face was unfortunate and what a nice ending with them all putting their hands in their pockets after finding out Will pay out his own pocket

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This has now been added to the flash site

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Will paying a therapist for four years not knowing he died two yeas ago and his son had taken over was a crazy waste of money and Maggie was lucky to still had a job after putting LOL on a condolence card by mistake, Sloan catching the Japanese translator miss quoting her was brilliant and going rouge on air I thought was great but sad her source offered to resign until she lied on air to save his job

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What the anonymous source said when he contacts Charlie was incredible considering he was spot on but trying to pre-empt what the president was going to say interesting great and those on the plane must of been frustrated not being able to talk but Will doing a runner from his body guard was amusing

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The News of the World not being the only one suspected of hacking was interesting and Sloan grabbing Neal for his comment about her ass was amusing

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What a shame the power came on just after Mackenzie great speech but was that another act of God that turned it off in the first place and poor woman trying on dresses while Maggie and Jim was trying to get the story from her old room-mate

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It's a good job Will's security guy knew about the pills he was taking before he collapsed but Mackenzie attacking him in hospital was amusing and the heads up about Will being high on air was interesting considering it was from a hacked phone

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The way Mackenzie managed the voice over on the phone during a live broadcast was impressive but being pissed after Will ignored her instructions was understandable

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The lengths Maggie went to in order to try and get the you-tube video taken down was impressive but you just knew she wouldn't take it down so being un-friended by her room-mate after she seen it was expected, Will going to bail out Neal when he was arrested was interesting

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You have to feel sorry for Jim when his questions continued to fall on deaf ears and all because it was a free tour bus and the other reporters were scared to ask the awkward questions

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Wow the kids reaction when the cameras followed Maggie into the class room in Africa was sad and Daniel hiding under the bed was understandable but at the cost of the cameraman's life was tragic, Jim getting a kiss from his arch rival was nice but I thought he would make the first move

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I'm not surprised Will was distracted during a telecast considering his dad died only minutes before and poor Sloan being humiliated but using her rage to deck the guy was priceless

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Having to investigate all the facts was interesting but the General seemed a little to keen to go on TV in disguise and Jim's unexpected company during his diner date with Hallie fascinating