The Newsroom

Plot Summary

A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.

Top Cast

Jeff Daniels Will McAvoy

Emily Mortimer MacKenzie McHale

John Gallagher Jr. James Harper

Alison Pill Margaret Jordan

Thomas Sadoski Don Keefer