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The Newsroom

Season 1 1996 - 1997
TV-MA

  • 1996-10-22T00:30:00Z on CBC Television
  • 23m
  • 5h 35m (13 episodes)
  • Canada
  • English
  • Comedy, Drama
The half-hour comedy is set in the tumultuous TV newsroom world of George Findlay. The overbearing regional news director is solely motivated by casualty statistics which will improve his ratings.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

1996-10-22T00:30:00Z

1x01 The Walking Shoe Incident

Series Premiere

1x01 The Walking Shoe Incident

  • 1996-10-22T00:30:00Z24m

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?

1996-10-29T01:30:00Z

1x02 Dinner at Eight

1x02 Dinner at Eight

  • 1996-10-29T01:30:00Z24m

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, it's time to fight dirty.

1996-11-05T01:30:00Z

1x03 Deeper, Deeper

1x03 Deeper, Deeper

  • 1996-11-05T01:30:00Z24m

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.

1996-11-12T01:30:00Z

1x04 The Kevorkian Joke

1x04 The Kevorkian Joke

  • 1996-11-12T01:30:00Z24m

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.

1996-11-19T01:30:00Z

1x05 A Bad Day

1x05 A Bad Day

  • 1996-11-19T01:30:00Z24m

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).

1996-11-26T01:30:00Z

1x06 Petty Tyranny

1x06 Petty Tyranny

  • 1996-11-26T01:30:00Z24m

George's 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 country's top stars, Cynthia Dale (as herself), who is observing the newsroom as research for a role in a film.

1997-02-11T01:30:00Z

1x07 Dis and Dat

1x07 Dis and Dat

  • 1997-02-11T01:30:00Z24m

George's 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.

1997-02-18T01:30:00Z

1x08 Unity

1x08 Unity

  • 1997-02-18T01:30:00Z24m

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.

1997-02-25T01:30:00Z

1x09 Parking

1x09 Parking

  • 1997-02-25T01:30:00Z24m

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.

1997-03-04T01:30:00Z

1x10 Meltdown (1)

1x10 Meltdown (1)

  • 1997-03-04T01:30:00Z24m

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’.

1997-03-18T01:30:00Z

1x11 Meltdown (2)

1x11 Meltdown (2)

  • 1997-03-18T01:30:00Z24m

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

1997-03-25T01:30:00Z

1x12 Meltdown (3)

1x12 Meltdown (3)

  • 1997-03-25T01:30:00Z24m

Unable to deal with the potential of how own death, George goes to into denial and can't cover the impending nuclear meltdown story.

Season Finale

1997-04-01T01:30:00Z

1x13 Campaign

Season Finale

1x13 Campaign

  • 1997-04-01T01:30:00Z47m

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.

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