Jeff Daniels' 'The Newsroom' already renewed for second season

Posted on Tue, Jul 3, 2012 : 12:55 p.m.

Jeff Daniels' 'The Newsroom' already renewed for second season

By Jenn McKee

The new HBO drama starring Chelsea's Jeff Daniels, "The Newsroom," has already been picked up for a second season, despite some negative reviews (like this one in The New Yorker).

Daniels stars as Will McAvoy, a bland, detached news anchor who, after an unexpected public outburst, teams up with his ex to do a news show that aims to restore journalistic integrity.

Daniels' co-stars are Dev Patel, Alison Pill, Emily Mortimer, Sam Waterston, John Gallagher Jr., Olivia Munn, and Thomas Sadoski, and the show was written and created by Aaron Sorkin ("The West Wing," "The Social Network").

Comments

Wed, Jul 4, 2012 : 7:50 p.m.

This show is just another bash-America fest, bash Bush, etc. 20 seconds of the trailer and I knew it. America is bad. We are greedy. We are evil. I doubt it will go for more than 2 seasons. And Jeff Daniels is highly overrated as an actor. He's just good at being in the hollywood liberal club where they all get jobs based on who you know and how much you can bash republicans. Dumb and dumber, this show is.