The Newsroom (2012) - Video Detective

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Is it possible to produce good TV news and still make it popular? That's the question facing volatile cable-news anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) and his idealogical staff in this drama from Aaron Sorkin.

Original Release

06/24/2012 on HBO

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Cast

Name	Character

John Gallagher Jr.	Jim Harper
Emily Mortimer	MacKenzie McHale
Jeff Daniels	Will McAvoy
Dev Patel	Neal Sampat
Sam Waterston	Charlie Skinner
Olivia Munn	Sloan Sabbith
Alison Pill	Maggie Jordan
Thomas Sadoski	Don Keefer
Margaret Judson	Tess Westin
Adina Porter	Kendra James

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Boston	Sunday, 09 November 2014
2	Run	Sunday, 16 November 2014
3	Main Justice	Sunday, 23 November 2014
4	Contempt	Sunday, 30 November 2014
5	Oh Shenandoah	Sunday, 07 December 2014
6	What Kind of Day Has It Been	Sunday, 14 December 2014

Cast

Name	Character

John Gallagher Jr.	Jim Harper
Emily Mortimer	MacKenzie McHale
Jeff Daniels	Will McAvoy
Dev Patel	Neal Sampat
Sam Waterston	Charlie Skinner
Olivia Munn	Sloan Sabbith
Alison Pill	Maggie Jordan
Thomas Sadoski	Don Keefer
Margaret Judson	Tess Westin
Adina Porter	Kendra James
Chris Chalk	Gary Cooper
John F. Carpenter	Herb Wilson
Jane Fonda	Leona Lansing
Trieu Tran	Joey Phan
Thomas Matthews	Martin Stallworth
Wynn Everett	Tamara Hart
Charlie Weirauch	Jake Watson
Chris Messina	Reese Lansing
Riley Voelkel	Jenna Johnson
Marcia Gay Harden	Rebecca Halliday

Producers

Name	Role

Alan Poul	Executive Producer
Scott Rudin	Executive Producer
Aaron Sorkin	Executive Producer
Denis Biggs	Executive Producer
Greg Mottola	Executive Producer
Paul Redford	Executive Producer
Anthony Hemingway	Executive Producer
Paul Lieberstein	Executive Producer
Alan Poul	Producer
Scott Rudin	Producer
Aaron Sorkin	Producer
Sarah Rath	Producer
Christine Larson-Nitzsche	Producer
Dauri Chase	Producer
Eli Bush	Producer
Lauren Lohman	Producer
Denis Biggs	Producer
Greg Mottola	Producer
Paul Redford	Producer
Anthony Hemingway	Producer
Jennifer Celotta	Producer
Paul Lieberstein	Producer
Deborah Schoeneman	Producer
Jon Lovett	Producer
Nancy M. Pimental	Producer
Leanne Moore	Producer
Charlie Goldstein	Producer

Editors

Ron Rosen, Howard Leder, Rob Seidenglanz, Michelle Tesoro, Harry Yoon, Anne McCabe

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Year	Type	Category	Won

2015	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Nominated
2014	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Nominated
2014	Emmy	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated
2013	Golden Globe	Best Television Series - Drama	Nominated
2013	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama	Nominated
2013	Emmy	Outstanding Main Title Design	Nominated
2013	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Won
2013	Emmy	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Nominated