Customer Reviews

The Newsroom - The Complete Second Season

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I chanced across this series as it was airing on the local PBS affiliate. Ken Finkleman's George Findlay is a gem, an egomaniac and hypocrite. The supporting cast is also wonderful. The writing is sharp. If you haven't seen it, it's worth checking out. Favorite episodes include "The Fifty" and "Anchors Away."

Truly, I don't know why Ken Finkelman isn't as famous as Ricky Gervais. He is hilarious as George Findlay, self-absorbed and neurotic news director, who's too busy thinking about ratings, bran muffins and his inability to secure a decent parking space to process or care about anthrax and potential nuclear meltdowns.

Although some episodes fell short for me, mainly because I'm not keen on the surreal aspects, in general, I enjoyed the entire series tremendously, and would highly recommend it. It has a stellar cast and crisp, original writing.

If you think you're cool because you were into the Britcom 'The Office' before the American version aired, you've got to check out 'The Newsroom' which is its Canadian predecessor. Ricky Gervais rocks but Ken Finkleman taught him how to do it- well not really but you know what I mean.

the writing of this series is amazingly twisted. i'm proud to be Canadian, the more so because of this funny series.

This is the third time I've purchased this set and each time it fails to work in my DVD, it must be a defective manufacturing run...so now I have three copies of it, all useless. I absolutely love the rest of the series and consider it to be one of the high points of Canadian Television...but right now I can only review it in terms of it packaging. It comes in a standard sturdy DVD box with a clear crisp graphic on the front with my favorite Newsroom characters all featured, causing me to yearn all the more for the actual program. Not much more to say beyond this except that I'm really a bit ticked off at CBC productions quality control...