The Newsroom

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Jeff Daniels's character Will McAvoy doesn't just report the news, he makes it too: HBO has renewed The Newsroom and True Blood for additional seasons. Aaron Sorkin's freshman series has only aired two episodes, but it has already earned a second season after its premiere gave HBO its third-biggest drama debut. Meanwhile, veteran series True Blood has been picked up for its sixth season, even though show creator Alan Ball will step down after the current season.

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HBO's latest Sunday night offering, The Newsroom, premiered this week, and I was excited to see Jeff Daniels as a prickly news anchor. In the pilot, we meet his character, Will McAvoy, who makes a controversial outburst and then finds his prime-time news show in a transition. We're then introduced to the members of his staff, including his new executive producer with whom he has a checkered past (Emily Mortimer). The first trailer was incredible, and I was hoping that Aaron Sorkin's writing would make it this Summer's must-see show, but I wasn't as hooked by the first episode as I thought I'd be. Still, I enjoyed the supporting cast of behind-the-scenes personalities, particularly Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr., and Dev Patel. I'd love to hear what you thought, though — what's your first impression of The Newsroom?

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The West Wing lovers, rejoice — Aaron Sorkin is coming back to TV with another politically charged drama, but this time he's focusing on the lives of those who cover politics. In the first trailer for the HBO series The Newsroom, we meet Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels), a TV journalist who's known for being vanilla ("the Jay Leno of news anchors," as a detractor says). When he breaks his neutral facade at a college Q&A and states some of his real, profanity-laced opinions, he and his TV team (which includes Dev Patel, Chris Messina, Emily Mortimer, and Alison Pill) have to regroup. The show will portray Will's struggle with being able to be honest at work — while still keeping viewers watching his prime-time show.

The combination of Sorkin's dialogue plus the cast (Jane Fonda even pops up) has already got me hooked from just the trailer, and I'm loving The Social Network-like way the credits are introduced. The show won't premiere until June, but I can't wait to see more footage. Watch the trailer and let me know what you think after the jump.