The Newsroom - Season 1 (DVD, Boxed set)

Smart, topical, humorous and highly entertaining, The Newsroom takes a behind-the-scenes look at a high-rated cable-news program at the fictional ACN Network, focusing on the on and off-camera lives of its acerbic anchor, new executive producer, their newsroom staff, Jr., Alison Pill, and their news-division boss.

Overcoming a tumultuous first day together – climaxing in a newsflash that a BP oil rig has just exploded in the Gulf of Mexico – the team sets out on a patriotic if quixotic mission to “do the news well” in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles, and their own personal entanglements.