Miami, FL – HBO is pleased to announce that the third and final season of the acclaimed original drama series The Newsroom will premiere on November 9 in the Caribbean, simultaneously with the United States.
The six-episode season finds Will, Mac and the staff of News Night facing two explosive situations: the possibility of a hostile takeover of the network looming on the horizon, and leaked classified government documents that unleash a legal fire storm that threatens to topple more than one professional career.
It was created by Oscar and Emmy winner Aaron Sorkin. It centres on news anchor Will McAvoy, portrayed by Emmy-award winning actor Jeff Daniels, and his newsroom team.
Since its premiere in 2012, Golden Globe-nominated series The Newsroom has taken a behind-the-scenes look at a tumultuous cable-news program at the fictional Atlantis Cable News (ACN) Network, focusing on the on-and off-camera lives of its staff and their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of a fickle audience, corporate mandates and tangled personal relationships.
The series remains one of the most intelligent and entertaining on television and has garnered critical acclaim throughout its run, including Emmy nominations for two consecutive years for Jeff Daniels as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (winner in 2013) and for Jane Fonda as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
At the end of season two, Barak Obama has just been re-elected, and Will and Mac (Emily Mortimer) announced their engagement after their resignations – in the wake of the Genoa debacle – were refused.
Though ACN may be fictional, the stories it features are drawn from recent headlines. Season three begins five months later on April 15, 2013, when explosions at the Boston Marathon send the newsroom into overdrive.
Set against this backdrop, the season kicks off with a highly charged look at the core issue of maintaining journalistic integrity in the era of 24-hour news cycles, while crowd-sourcing and “citizen journalism” result in the dissemination of misinformation.
