The Newsroom: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

George Findlay is the News Director of the local station in Toronto for "a major government controlled broadcast network". His life is complicated by three factors: he is completely self absorbed; most of the news stories don't happen they way or when he wants; and he functions in the Machiavellian bureaucracy of a government owned television network. Series II, after a brief hiatus the the Newsroom story continues.... George Findlay (Ken Finkleman) and his staff are back in the newsroom where pettiness and moral bankruptcy are taken to new depths. New faces, new phobias, new issues and Death haunt George as he maneuvers his way around the daily task of producing the news. Also this season, News Anchor Jim Walcott (Peter Keleghan) returns to brighten our day with moronic interviews with luminaries like Naomi Klein and Noam Chomsky.

Series details

• Title: The Newsroom
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1996-10-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 2005-03-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBC
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 12995
• IMDb ID: tt0115291
• TVDB ID: 76399

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1996-10-21; final listed air date 1997-03-31; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2004-01-12; final listed air date 2004-04-12; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2005-02-14; final listed air date 2005-03-28; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Newsroom on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.