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The Newsroom (TV Series 2012–2014) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Jeff Daniels as Will McAvoy
- Emily Mortimer as Mackenzie "Mack" Mchale
- John Gallagher Jr. as Jim Harper
- Alison Pill as Margaret "Maggie" Jordan
- Thomas Sadoski as Don Keefer
- Olivia Munn as Sloan Sabbith
- Dev Patel as Neal Sampat
- Sam Waterston as Charlie Skinner
- Jane Fonda as Leona Lansing
- Chris Messina as Reese Lansing
Right from the first scene of the series, the audience can see Will McAvoy in all his glory: a disillusioned and grouchy but well-informed news anchor who delivers the hard truth on why America isn't the greatest country anymore. Underneath all the gruffness though lies his hopeful wish to maintain integrity and honesty, especially when it comes to...
MacKenzie McHale, or Mack, is the sharp and ambitious executive producer who joins News Night after Charlie hires her despite the fact she hadn't seen Will in over three years after their break-up. She plays a pivotal role in transforming the way News Night covers their stories, opting for real thought pieces instead of tabloid headlines that will ...
Jim Harper is a senior producer who tags along with Mack to join News Night after the pair worked together during 2008 reporting about the war in the "Green Zone" of the Middle East. He's a dorky but dedicated worker who gels well with everyone in the News Night team and quickly becomes friends with Neal. He also has the typical "will they-won't th...
Maggie Jordan starts the series as an eager intern and slightly inept personal assistant of Will, before being bumped up to associate producer by Mack upon her arrival. Her intelligence and passion helps her grow into the role and pitch pressing stories. One prominent pitch she puts forward is a story in Africa, for which she flies over to Uganda t...
Don Keefer is an executive producer who ends up leaving News Night for the 10 pm program on the network, Right Now with Elliot Hirsch. He initially starts out in the series as a blunt, arrogant, and "douche-y" person, before the layers of his character unravels from insecurity and the fact that he's a realist trying to be considerate of the busines...
Sloan Sabbith is the senior financial reporter for News Night who has two PhDs in economics. Initially a reporter for the afternoon market-watch show, Mack brings her on to do a new economics segment. The two become friends, even though Sloan can be socially awkward. Yet, to those that she is close with, Sloan is cheeky and feisty. Her priorities l...
Neal is one of the remaining loyal staff that stayed with News Night following Will's incident. He starts out as a news scanner and runs Will's blog but quickly rises up the ranks to become an associate producer after bringing attention to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion. He teams up with Jim to escalate the severity of this incident as a l...
Charlie Skinner is the respected Director of the News Division for ACN. He's a close friend of Will's, having introduced him to News Night, and is responsible for bringing Mack into the fold to change up the program. He is a former US marine and war reporter whose old-school ideology fuels his desire to see News Night flourish with its new format. ...
One of the main threats to News Night is Leona Lansing, who is the CEO of Atlantis World Media, the parent company of ACN. She's the mother of Reese, whom she teams up with to voice their displeasure of News Night's audacious stories that target certain members of Congress who have business ties with ACN. Leona often argues with Charlie about these...
Reese Lansing follows in his mother's footsteps as the president of ACN. His priority is business, focused on the ratings of the programs, which he fears will drop because of News Night's changed direction. Despite Reese's combined efforts with his mother to dial back the daring stories that air on News Night, Charlie is not at all intimidated by h...
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The Newsroom - Full Cast & Crew. A drama set at a fictional cable-news network re-creates actual events to show how they're covered by "News Night" anchor Will McAvoy and his staff.
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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.
Story (6 Episodes), Teleplay (6 Episodes), Writer (20 Episodes) A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles ...
The Newsroom: Created by Aaron Sorkin. With Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill. A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.
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