It's rare when a television show comes along and truly captivates you. Some do it with humor and wit, others with drama and intensity. The new HBO show The Newsroom created by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, The Social Network, Moneyball) has all of those qualities, not to mention wonderful actors (Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Olivia Munn, Dev Patel, and Sam Waterston) and filled with fast paced dialog, and likable intelligent characters. The first five minutes of the pilot episode actually made me smile, laugh, cry, and shout for joy. Jeff Daniels' lead character Will McAvoy says the things we wish journalists in real life would say about politics and the current standing of our country, and what we used to stand for. The Newsroom is a breath of fresh air and something we greatly needed at this time in our country. Let's just hope it makes a big of an impact as shows like it's predessesor The West Wing. It seems to have all the potential and talent needed, now its just needs that social media bang and not just a slow fizzle that eventually catches on, if ever.
*watch it Sunday nights at 10 pm on HBO