

A moderate Republican news anchor whose broadcast persona is characterized as unwilling to offend anyone.
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Sorkin did his research for the series by observing several real-world cable news programs first-hand.
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After months of negotiations, premium cable network HBO ordered a pilot in January 2011 and then a full series in September that year. Sorkin, who created the Emmy Award-winning political drama The West Wing, had reportedly been developing a cable-news-centered TV drama since 2009.

Other cast members include Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Dev Patel, Olivia Munn, and Sam Waterston. 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". The series chronicles behind-the-scenes events at the fictional Atlantis Cable News (ACN) channel. 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, with 52 to 73 minute long episodes.
