The Newsroom (1996)

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Season 1: The Newsroom Season 1 - no, not THAT Newsroom, the Canadian original that feels a lot like The Office, only in a CBC-Toronto newsroom - mostly plays the "horrible boss" card to create its comedy of discomfort, but only really apotheosis in the three-part near finale "Meltdown" which expands on what was previously in the background, the satirical elements relating to the packaging of news. Meltdown ends in a veritable and surprising meltdown, and then we find ourselves in a season finale (final for a number of years, in fact, as creator and star Ken Finkleman got interested in other projects) that recasts the characters as a political campaign. Those last 4 episodes really moves the show to where it ought to always have been - as devastating satire - but it's all very weird. Normal shows don't change gears that quickly or suddenly. Non-Canadians shouldn't be intimidated because they won't recognize Canadian celebs playing themselves (there's a Larry Sanders Show vibe to it certainly) because I didn't recognize most of them either. The 90s seem like another country to me already. 6 years 9 months ago