The Newsroom (American TV series)

The Newsroom
Genre	Political drama
Created by	Aaron Sorkin
Written by	Aaron Sorkin
Starring	Jeff Daniels Emily Mortimer John Gallagher Jr. Alison Pill Thomas Sadoski Dev Patel Olivia Munn Sam Waterston
Theme music composer	Thomas Newman
Composers	Alex Wurman Johnny Klimek Jeff Beal
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	25
Production
Executive producers	Aaron Sorkin Scott Rudin Alan Poul Paul Lieberstein Denis Biggs
Production locations	Los Angeles New York City
Cinematography	Todd McMullen
Running time	52–64 minutes 73 minutes (pilot)
Production company	HBO Entertainment
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	June 24, 2012 (2012-06-24) – December 14, 2014 (2014-12-14)
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The Newsroom is an American political drama television series created and principally written by Aaron Sorkin that premiered on HBO on June 24, 2012, and concluded on December 14, 2014, consisting of 25 episodes over three seasons.^[1]

The series chronicles behind-the-scenes events at the fictional Atlantis Cable News (ACN) channel. It features an ensemble cast including Jeff Daniels as anchor Will McAvoy who, together with his staff, sets out to put on a news show "in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles and their own personal entanglements".^[2] Other cast members include Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Dev Patel, Olivia Munn, and Sam Waterston.

Sorkin, who created the Emmy Award-winning political drama The West Wing, had reportedly been developing a cable-news-centered TV drama since 2009. After months of negotiations, premium cable network HBO ordered a pilot in January 2011 and then a full series in September that year. Sorkin did his research for the series by observing several real-world cable news programs first-hand. He served as executive producer, along with Scott Rudin and Alan Poul.