Was the show Newsroom made for the denizens of DU?

[Arctic Dave]

Watching it is like reading a greatest page of DU topics.


Really enjoyed the season.

[ohheckyeah]

1. Best show on television

in my opinion. Tonight was a great show.

[Arctic Dave]

4. Oh heck yeah!

Little joke there with your user name






"You are".

Great line.

[ohheckyeah]

7. Love it....

[MrSlayer]

2. It should be required viewing for every American.

They really get to the bottom of what is wrong in the country.

[Arctic Dave]

5. For a tv show it is very insightful.

I actually learned a few things.

[tavalon]

13. It's by Aaron Sorkin

Of course, we all learn things with AS at the helm. Heck, Aaron Sorkin taught me all about the West Wing and between him and DU, I'm a wonk extraordinaire. I love the Newsroom but I knew I would. There are a handful of writers and directors that just their name on a project is enough to get me to watch.

I do hope Newsroom settles in for it's 8-10 year run.

[Arctic Dave]

20. I never watched West Wing, didn't have TV at the time.

But if it is like Newsroom I will have to check out the DVDs.

[tavalon]

42. Along with DU, it is what got me through the Shrub years

It was clearly based on the Clinton years and it was nice to be able to pretend that there was a competent group of people in the White House. It was consistently outstanding. Check 'em out.

[Baitball Blogger]

28. Do you get the impression that it's going to have a limited run,

because they're moving through the main events of history rather quickly?

[Tx4obama]

11. Well when we don't have to pay extra for HBO then we will all be able to watch it. n/t

[tavalon]

15. Ummm, learn how to slurp

The one rule we follow is if it's interesting enough to slurp, we buy the DVDs when they come out. We have declined a cable feed for about the last decade, so if not for slurpage, we wouldn't have access to it either.

[Le Taz Hot]

17. "Slurp?"

Like the poster above, I don't have a cable feed. What is "slurp?" (I'm assuming you're not referring to what I do when I eat my soup.)

[tavalon]

18. Napster is gone

But there are 1000 sites that have sprung up in its place. BitTorrent comes to mind but there are so many of them. Sharing communities. Companies worried about losing a dime here or there call it piracy, but sharing communities are what I call them. As I said, the shows that turn out to be worthwhile still get their money from me, when the DVDs come out. I bought the first season of Game of Thrones 2 weeks ago, but I watched the second season episodes the day after every one else did. And I will buy all of the seasons as they come out but I don't care to wait until the DVDs to watch just because I also don't care to have cable.

I'll admit it's a grey area in the world of the internet but I've found my way to be okay with it and if the corporations are run by smart people, they will continue to turn a blind eye.

[avebury]

34. I watched it myself that way this morning.

I loved the way they played a fast one on Leona!

[tavalon]

43. Haven't seen it yet, so no big spoilers, please

Though, I figured Leona was going to be handed her ass on a silver plate.

[Arctic Dave]

22. Can't you steal your cable from your neighbor like the rest of America?

It will be worth the jail time.

[bhikkhu]

3. I don't watch tv, but I have made an exception

It is a great show, and (oddly) watching it is a way to catch up on some news that I selectively never saw the first time around.

Incidentally, I wouldn't have bothered watching it but from the good reviews here - thanks!

[Arctic Dave]

6. Same here.

When I first saw a segment of it I didn't think much of it, but all the positive reviews here made me tune into it during a rerun. Glad I did.

[ohheckyeah]

8. This show has opened

up great discussions between my brother and me. He's a newly reformed conservative and has much to learn.

[jillan]

9. That is awesome!!

[ohheckyeah]

10. Yeah, it really is.

I'm finding that my brother is now my closest sibling and I have 3 sisters I used to be close to. Two of them took a hard turn to the right and one is on the fence.

[Arctic Dave]

23. That is probably the best honor you can give a show.

It opened up meaningful discussion.

[Cleita]

12. I thought the same thing too until I realized that the writers are

probably gleaning many of their ideas and information from DU. I have noticed it in a lot of shows that deal with politics, like The Daily Show and Stephen Colbert. Also, the left leaning talk shows seem to pick up a lot of their topics from stuff that was being discussed on DU 24 hours earlier.

[Arctic Dave]

21. I knew I was being followed. LOL

Do you think we will be mentioned when they receive the their TV awards?

[Cleita]

40. No. I don't think so.

Isn't there a caveat that what you put up on the internet becomes common property or something like that?

[Omaha Steve]

14. Marta and I enjoyed it too

K&R!

[lunatica]

16. I'm still in shock that it even exists

I always feel like I'm holding my breath while I'm watching it for two reasons. One, I might miss something if I dare move, and two, someone is bound to come along and cancel the show any minute because it deals with real things that happened. And I love Jeff Daniels as anchor Will McAvoy. Jeff does such a great acting job with this character that I can't imagine anyone else in the role.

[Arctic Dave]

24. Every new episode I watch I think to myself,

"there is no way they will allow these guys to air another one". Way too "real".

[Bluenorthwest]

30. Wow. You know, HBO bought a second season the week after the premier episode...

That's the reality. Not 'allowing' but in fact ordering more as early as possible and paying for it with trucks full of money. One of the earliest pick ups I have seen in my lifetime.

[Arctic Dave]

32. So that must mean someone with the checkbook thought it was a winner.

Let's hope the don't get sanitized by next season.

[Cleita]

41. HBO isn't a broadcast network so they don't have to

kow tow to sponsors. I mean they air Bill Maher who openly uses the F word on air. The series "True Blood" addresses racism subtly through the Vampires. The Louisianans in the series regularly call them fangers and try to bomb and burn their businesses. Some of the churches are like the fundamentalist Christians, that teach prejudice against any one who doesn't think like them, the Vampires and other supernatural characters that inhabit Bon Temps. It's pretty cute what they do.

[ellie_belly]

19. Was this the last season 1 episode?

I'll be going through withdrawal when the season is over.

[Arctic Dave]

25. Me too. And I usually don't really get into TV shows.

This one though, WOW!

[WCGreen]

26. In a world........

Yea, I'd love to see some one put together a News Hour that was really news not tweet twittering or twat pontificating or little segments that are nothing more than gossip...

[Arctic Dave]

27. You would think with a twenty four hour news cycle you would get

something remotely professional and not, as you say, gossip.

[Bluenorthwest]

29. I think the Newsroom is made for people who work in newsrooms...

that is, I think the message he is sending to them is a primary reason for the show's existence.

[Arctic Dave]

31. I think it is for a broader audience. As in, everyone.

Can't just blame them.

[BOG PERSON]

33. i hope not, because it's an awful show

[Arctic Dave]

35. What do you watch instead?

[BOG PERSON]

36. Two and a Half Men

CSI Miami. Family Guy.

[Arctic Dave]

37. Who doesn't love Charlie Sheen.

[BOG PERSON]

38. Charlie Sheen has been replaced by Ashton Kutcher

and - can you believe it - now the show is even better than before!

[Arctic Dave]

39. Who doesn't love Ashton Kutcher.

Hint:

Rhymes with Wruce Billis.