“The Newsroom”: Did You Watch?
On the plus side this season, creator Aaron Sorkin and his writers have latched on to a season-long arc. In Sunday’s premiere, they set the season in motion by structuring the episode in flashbacks to reveal that the team at ACN has made a very bad journalism decision that could have far-ranging implications, particularly for Will (Jeff Daniels, pictured) who is still feeling the fallout from calling the Tea Party the American Taliban. The episode was full of the usual Sorkin tonal signatures: ranting, annoying, illuminating. In other words, must-watch television, even though I didn’t like how Thomas Newman’s theme over the opening credits was re-arranged: more urgent, yes, but no longer beautiful.
