The Newsroom

In a Toronto TV station, the newsroom is headed by a ratings freak. There is nothing George won't do! He is surrounded by a self-absorbed news anchor man who is as dumb as they come, a grungy trainee, and a couple of more down-to-earth producers. The cast is helped by famous guest stars each week who try not to get between George and his bran muffins.

1996 HD 23min TV-MA Canada English

Ken Finkleman Karen Hines Peter Keleghan Tanya Allen Pamela Sinha Jeremy Hotz Matt Watts Mark Farrell Julie Khaner Holly Lewis

Comedy Drama

S1E1 - The Walking Shoe Incident 1996-10-21

George needs to hire an assistant to take care of such pressing matters as returning his shoes and fetching bran muffins. But he faces a dilemma; should he hire the qualified African-Canadian lesbian or the inexperienced yet attractive ski bunny?

S1E2 - Dinner at Eight 1996-10-28

When a sexy new co-anchor is hired to bring life back to the show, Jim feels threatened. He turns to George, who supports him pharmaceutically. However, when the ensuing power shift starts to affect George, its time to fight dirty.

S1E3 - Deeper, Deeper 1996-11-04

Cutbacks are coming to the network; but who will it be? George vows to go to the wall to save jobs but everyone knows someone has to go. Back-stabbing, clandestine job hunts, prostitutes and religious conversions prevail.

S1E4 - The Kevorkian Joke 1996-11-11

When failed screenwriter Shane threatens suicide on tape, George turns it into a ratings booster. Also, a killer virus in Zaire could be hitting town - maybe even the newsroom.

S1E5 - A Bad Day 1996-11-18

George is having a bad day: he’s in trouble for hitting on a woman half his age, he made derogatory comments about Mr.Dressup, he offends Linda McQuaig (as herself) and she walks off the show, suicidal Shane is back, his BMW needs a new muffler, and Jim tells more than he should to a documentary crew (led by Dan Redican).

S1E6 - Petty Tyranny 1996-11-25

Georges quest for the perfect bran muffin leads him to the cafeteria where he starts a fight with the cook. Later, he offends one of the countrys top stars, Cynthia Dale (as herself), who is observing the newsroom as research for a role in a film.

S1E7 - Dis and Dat 1997-02-10

Georges quest for an indoor parking spot is thwarted when the Corporation hires Gillian Soros (Elisa Moolecherry) as the new head of regional programming. Gillian has definite ideas about George and the Toronto News.

S1E8 - Unity 1997-02-17

George is annoyed when his name is left off the Globe and Mail list of government employees who make over $100,000 per year. Lise Leger (Guylaine St. Onge) appears on Toronto News with Linda McQuaig (as herself) to discuss the Canadian unity situation. Lise is inexplicably attracted to Jim.

S1E9 - Parking 1997-02-24

George’s crusade for an indoor parking space continues, George’s paranoia surfaces after he receives a mysterious and vague voicemail and his office couch disappears. He immediately assumes the worst: the Corporation wants him gone.

S1E10 - Meltdown (1) 1997-03-03

When there is a potential nuclear accident only hours away, each of the newsroom staff react in their own way. David Cronenberg (as himself) is a guest on Toronto News to promote his latest film Crash’.

S1E11 - Meltdown (2) 1997-03-17

With the potential nuclear meltdown approaching, George’s priority is finding the right experts and analysts while trying to make them real but entertaining.

S1E12 - Meltdown (3) 1997-03-24

Unable to deal with the potential of how own death, George goes to into denial and cant cover the impending nuclear meltdown story.

S1E13 - Campaign 1997-03-31

After the collapse of public broadcasting, Jim runs for political office in a provincial election, George and some of the newsroom staff manage the campaign in this one hour series finale.

S2E1 - America, America 2004-01-12

Jim is hired away by a hot US morning show in New York City where he bites off more than he can chew of the Big Apple and is soon escorted out of the country by the authorities.

S2E2 - Death 1, George 0 2004-01-19

George fails a Kafkaesque job evaluation in ways he never could have imagined. A valued veteran newsroom employee dies. Georges empathy is qualified.

S2E3 - Pushy Money Grubbing Cosmopolitan Racist 2004-01-26

Has a terrorist infiltrated the newsroom? Ken Finkleman and his crew handle the issue of racism with their usual warmth and sensitivity.

S2E4 - An Enormous Waste of Time 2004-02-02

A sniper kills again. A dog dies in the office, a power lunch goes wrong and George regrets ever having used the handicapped washroom.

S2E5 - Anchors Away 2004-02-09

Georges dream date is just that: nothing more than a dream. The intelligent segment producer Karen dumbs herself down for sex and Jim makes a book deal.

S2E6 - One of Us 2004-02-16

George hires a temp from an old established WASP family thinking that connections will pay off. When they dont, its George that pays.

S2E7 - Never Read Symptoms 2004-03-01

George dodges jury duty in an animal rights case and ends up entangled with a virus-infected monkey. Allan suffers from prostate cancer, Alzheimers and a brain tumor.

S2E8 - The Fifty 2004-03-08

An argument between George and Alex over finding a $50 bill results in Alex losing his job on principle and then buying it back from George for a considerable sum - also on principle.

S2E9 - Slow Leak 2004-03-15

Jim finds the perfect woman who is also heir to an $800 million fortune. This makes George insane with jealousy and leads to his arrest for stealing expensive cherries at a high-end grocery store.

S2E10 - Reality Strikes 2004-03-22

When a documentary film crew invades the newsroom, George keeps one eye on the camera and one eye on his back. Colm Feore guest stars.

S2E11 - Say Cheese 2004-04-05

George tries to sell a brilliant idea for a cheese commercial to an ad agency brought in to rework the network news brand. Jim develops a unique form of anorexia nervosa.

S2E12 - The British Accent 2004-04-12

George hustles a corporate paid vacation but his temporary replacement forces George to kill the trip and replace it with a tanning cream which leads to fears that he has developed liver failure.

S2E13 - The Second Coming 2004-04-19

Georges failure of empathy when Alex gets dumped by his girlfriend causes Alexs attempted suicide. When George tries to rectify the situation, Alex fabricates a major news story, which leads to George making a book deal on the entire incident.

S3E1 - Baghdad Bound 2005-02-14

Jim gets abducted while taping a feel-good pet segment in war-torn Afghanistan, and George is on the shortlist for the Order of Canada.

S3E2 - One Dumb Idea 2005-02-21

George and his staff of segment producers have a sudden interest in producing sitcoms - at $50,000 per episode all they need is one dumb idea.

S3E3 - Dial \"G\" for Gristle 2005-02-28

Media tycoon Conrad Scott (Doug Lennox) visits the newsroom and is offered a life-changing gristly steak.

S3E4 - Lolita 2005-03-07

George is asked to lecture at the local university and, thanks to a bit of charm and a stolen thesis, wows the class enough to hold office hours; with a very attractive, very young student, Lolita.