TMC
11-09-2014, 10:08 PM
http://www.vulture.com/2014/11/why-the-newsroom-was-always-doomed.html
By Margaret Lyons
The Newsroom returns on Sunday for its third and final season. I've watched the first three episodes, and they are perfectly fine examples of the show: Sometimes the banter is bright and flirtatious, but oftentimes the show's overwhelming sense of self-importance makes it feel like you're drowning in a lecture from your friend's dad. He's a smart guy, for sure, but it's just ... uuuugh, I just came over to say hi to my friend from high school, not have you tell me why American public education has failed your current undergraduates and how you've had to dumb down your seminar bit by bit over the last 15 years, and do I remember George W. Bush and what you have to keep in mind when we talk about the pharmaceutical industry and the Royals came so close this year and your sister got married — second marriage for both — and oh, yeah, Keith Olbermann, do you like him, and sometimes the Times isn't how you remember it, and finally, they don't make things in America anymore. Anyway, wow, so good to see you.
By Margaret Lyons
The Newsroom returns on Sunday for its third and final season. I've watched the first three episodes, and they are perfectly fine examples of the show: Sometimes the banter is bright and flirtatious, but oftentimes the show's overwhelming sense of self-importance makes it feel like you're drowning in a lecture from your friend's dad. He's a smart guy, for sure, but it's just ... uuuugh, I just came over to say hi to my friend from high school, not have you tell me why American public education has failed your current undergraduates and how you've had to dumb down your seminar bit by bit over the last 15 years, and do I remember George W. Bush and what you have to keep in mind when we talk about the pharmaceutical industry and the Royals came so close this year and your sister got married — second marriage for both — and oh, yeah, Keith Olbermann, do you like him, and sometimes the Times isn't how you remember it, and finally, they don't make things in America anymore. Anyway, wow, so good to see you.