The Newsroom - Season 1
Season 1
The half-hour comedy is set in the tumultuous TV newsroom world of George Findlay. The overbearing regional news director is solely motivated by casualty statistics which will improve his ratings.
Network
Episodes13
Datesoct. 21, 1996 - mars 31, 1997
Episodes
Season 1Episode 130 min
The Walking Shoe Incident
George interviews people for a job as his personal assistant.
oct. 21, 1996
Season 1Episode 230 min
Dinner at Eight
When it is decided to hire a new co-anchor, Jim feels his job is in jeopardy.
oct. 28, 1996
Season 1Episode 330 min
Deeper, Deeper
Everyone is in fear for their jobs after the network announces budget cuts. George promises to fight the brass on their behalf, but the only one he actually fights to save is his own.
nov. 4, 1996
Season 1Episode 430 min
The Kevorkian Joke
When a failing screenwriter decides to commit suicide, George turns his videotaped attempt into a 5-part ratings winner. Then his new video star starts to have second thoughts.
nov. 11, 1996
Season 1Episode 530 min
A Bad Day
Insulting his colleagues is bad enough, but when George hits on a female guest, she walks off the show.
nov. 18, 1996
Season 1Episode 630 min
Petty Tyranny
George is obsessed with finding a bran muffin, but ends up in the middle of a fight with the cafeteria manager instead. The newsroom is excited to learn that Cynthia Dale will be spending two weeks with them until George manages to offend her, several times.
nov. 25, 1996
Season 1Episode 730 min
Dis and Dat
After George asks the young woman sitting outside his boss's office to get him coffee, Graham introduces her. She is Gillian Sorros, the new head of regional programming. She arrives with some strong ideas about George and his news department.
févr. 10, 1997
Season 1Episode 830 min
Unity
A female guest discussing the issue of Canadian unity is attracted to Jim, apparently impressed by his incredible ignorance.
févr. 17, 1997
Season 1Episode 930 min
Parking
George is driven to the edge of paranoia by the cumulation of a strange voice-mail message, the abduction of his couch, and the search for an indoor parking space.
févr. 24, 1997
Season 1Episode 1030 min
Meltdown (1)
A visit by director David Cronenberg is eclipsed by the shocking prospect of a possible meltdown at a nearby nuclear reactor.
mars 3, 1997
Season 1Episode 1130 min
Meltdown (2)
As the news staff at the station panics, George interviews nuclear experts and tries to figure out how to make them entertaining on TV.
mars 17, 1997
Season 1Episode 1230 min
Meltdown (3)
George finally becomes so obsessed with the threat to his own life that he can no longer handle reporting on the state of the emergency.
mars 24, 1997
Season 1Episode 1330 min
The Campaign
Anchorman Jim decides to run for political office, but he makes the further mistake of letting George and other newsroom staffers run his campaign.
mars 31, 1997
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