This is the best thing to come out of Canada since Bachman-Turner Overdrive and that's not supposed to be damning it with faint praise - quite the reverse.
Other countries have produced similar types of shows - there was Frontline out of Australia (which was very good), "The Larry Sanders Show" which was quite serviceable and "Drop The Dead Donkey" out of England - which was woeful. The Newsroom, however, stands like a leviathan amongst these sardines.
The characterisation is first class and the dialogue incredibly witty.
This show was screened in Australia at about 11:30 on a Friday - nicely buried at an abysmal time slot like all things of excellence. I hope we see more of it or at lest repeats - but I fear we will not.
And Ken's comments about the muffin industry in North America can be equally applied to Australasia.
Other countries have produced similar types of shows - there was Frontline out of Australia (which was very good), "The Larry Sanders Show" which was quite serviceable and "Drop The Dead Donkey" out of England - which was woeful. The Newsroom, however, stands like a leviathan amongst these sardines.
The characterisation is first class and the dialogue incredibly witty.
This show was screened in Australia at about 11:30 on a Friday - nicely buried at an abysmal time slot like all things of excellence. I hope we see more of it or at lest repeats - but I fear we will not.
And Ken's comments about the muffin industry in North America can be equally applied to Australasia.