On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: Despite the fact that its Sunday night lead-in on HBO "True Blood," which has twice the audience on Sunday night (not counting repeats, online or VOD), is ending its run next year (not counting repeats, online or VOD)--guess it's not TV, it's HBO:
http://variety.com/2013/more/news/newsroom-renewed-for-third-season-by-hbo-1200598009/ On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > ...Jane Fonda's bravura, climactic takeover of the previous episode was > particularly bracing, even as it smacked of Sorkiny contrivance. I do have > a dog in this race, insofar as I know the director of Sunday's episode - > the first of a two-part election-oriented season finale. Hoping it's good > enough that I don't have to avoid mentioning it to him when I see him. > The good news is that there are different directors listed for each of the two parts of the season 2 finale; the first part was merely a little disappointing, and I don't think you will have to be embarrassed talking to your friend. The bad news is that the second part of the finale was simply horrid. It was rank. It was insulting. It was easily the worst thing I have ever seen with Sorkin's name on it. Apparently the finale was completed before the first episode of season two even aired - it is possible that at the time Sorkin assumed it would be the final episode of the series. It certainly reads like that - though even that is no excuse. Either that, or Sorkin was working under the direction that he needed to make the characters more likable, so he set himself up to completely re-invent the show in a possible season 3. I won't be surprised if in episode 1 of season 3 we find out that the whole gang has decided to move to Minneapolis and due a local news show together for a year. The acting on the show is still mostly great; even Jane Fonda, who has not really been great as an actress since sometime around Klute, did good work this season, and even had some great scenes in the two part finale. Most of season 2 was actually quite good (if not yet great), much better than season 1. Making the badness of the finale all the more galling. It actually is not yet really clear that season 3 will happen; from what I have been able to read, even though Jeff Daniels tweeted a third season was a done deal, HBO is apparently saying that they are looking forward to working out the schedule so they can do it, and the hold up seems to be Sorkin's schedule and desire to do it (he is working on a couple of movies - about Jobs and the Chicago 7). See, for example (but note there are spoilers on the finale, though in this case I should call them "savers", as reading them might save you from having to watch it: http://www.tvguide.com/News/The-Newsroom-Finale-Season3-Renewal-1070361.aspx -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
