emelee Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Any viewers of The Newsroom starring Jeff Daniels? I saw a few minutes of episode 1 yesterday and thought it seemed good enough to continue viewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Yes! (You and I seem to have very similar tastes in TV shows! ) My partner got me hooked on The Newsroom. I can't wait until the next season starts sometime in the middle of this year. Unfortunately it's going to be the final season though. I think it has quite clever writing and it's very funny. I like that it deals with real events that have occurred in the news. But then again, maybe that's a bad thing, because I suspect the reason it has to finish is that the show has caught up with 'real time' and it can't cover stories that haven't happened yet! I think Jeff Daniels is excellent in this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 (edited) We've had the first two series in the UK, and I've enjoyed watching it a lot, although initially, I did think the female characters weren't written as well as the male characters, but I got caught up in it anyway, and really loved it. We tend to record the whole series, then watch it over a short period of time, sort of like watching it as a box set, and I find it works better like that. Edited April 5, 2014 by chesilbeach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelee Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 Yes! (You and I seem to have very similar tastes in TV shows! ) My partner got me hooked on The Newsroom. I can't wait until the next season starts sometime in the middle of this year. Unfortunately it's going to be the final season though. I think it has quite clever writing and it's very funny. I like that it deals with real events that have occurred in the news. But then again, maybe that's a bad thing, because I suspect the reason it has to finish is that the show has caught up with 'real time' and it can't cover stories that haven't happened yet! I think Jeff Daniels is excellent in this. Could be. I quite like it when certain shows are limited in episodes. Some shows work better with only 10-12 episodes a season, and not too many seasons. Homeland for instance I hope they don't drag out for 6-7 seasons. And Twin Peaks is probably the best example of a series that was enough with 2 seasons, even though the show was amazing. Breaking bad was a huge hit, but if you drag it out longer, it would lose focus. Like How I met your mother did. 9 seasons of HIMYM should have been 5 seasons IMO. We've had the first two series in the UK, and I've enjoyed watching it a lot, although initially, I did think the female characters weren't written as well as the male characters, but I got caught up in it anyway, and really loved it. We tend to record the whole series, then watch it over a short period of time, sort of like watching it as a box set, and I find it works better like that. Binge-watching! I can only do that with some shows. And no more than 2-3 hours a day of the same show. I usually watch the 22 minute sit-coms like that, but keep the drama series to 1-2 episodes a day, or even a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 It's very, very good - but then I love Aaron Sorkin's stuff. We've seen all of seasons 1 and 2, but apparently season 3 will be the last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelee Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 3 seasons. Ought to mean that there will only be about 29 episodes, right? If I remember correctly, there were 10 episodes in season 1 and 9 episodes season 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 That sounds about right, Emelee. But I've watched a lot of shows that change the number of episodes, so maybe they'll give us a few more knowing that it's the last season. Fingers crossed, anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emelee Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 One can always hope until it's set in stone. There is no word yet on season 3's episodes. But I doubt there will be more than 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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