Ken Finkleman
Director
The Newsroom (1996)
Season 2
Fans who have long awaited the return of the show's clever and provocative satire will not be disappointed to see George Findlay and his staff back in the newsroom, where pettiness and moral bankruptcy are taken to new depths.
Released Oct. 21, 1996
Episode 24 min
17+
Keywords: imdb.running-gag, imdb.news-satire, imdb.malcontent, imdb.news-anchor, imdb.vulgarity, imdb.muffin, imdb.canadian + 5 more, imdb.canadian-stereotype, imdb.intern, imdb.satire, imdb.satire-comedy, imdb.dark-comedy
Production Companies: CBC
Network: CBC Television
S2E1 - America, America
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.
Jan. 12, 2004, midnight
S2E2 - Death 1, George 0
George fails a Kafkaesque job evaluation in ways he never could have imagined. A valued veteran newsroom employee dies. George's empathy is qualified.
Jan. 19, 2004, midnight
S2E3 - Pushy Money Grubbing Cosmopolitan Racist
Has a terrorist infiltrated the newsroom? Ken Finkleman and his crew handle the issue of racism with their usual warmth and sensitivity.
Jan. 26, 2004, midnight
S2E4 - An Enormous Waste of Time
A sniper kills again. A dog dies in the office, a power lunch goes wrong and George regrets ever having used the handicapped washroom.
Feb. 2, 2004, midnight
S2E5 - Anchors Away
George's 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.
Feb. 9, 2004, midnight
S2E6 - One of Us
George hires a temp from an old established WASP family thinking that connections will pay off. When they don't, it's George that pays.
Feb. 16, 2004, midnight
S2E7 - Never Read Symptoms
George dodges jury duty in an animal rights case and ends up entangled with a virus-infected monkey. Allan suffers from prostate cancer, Alzheimer's and a brain tumor.
March 1, 2004, midnight
S2E8 - The Fifty
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.
March 8, 2004, midnight
S2E9 - Slow Leak
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.
March 15, 2004, midnight
S2E10 - Reality Strikes
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.
March 22, 2004, midnight
S2E11 - Say Cheese
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.
April 5, 2004, midnight
S2E12 - The British Accent
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.
April 12, 2004, midnight
S2E13 - The Second Coming
George's failure of empathy when Alex gets dumped by his girlfriend causes Alex's 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.
April 19, 2004, midnight
Network: CBC Television
Episode Runtime: 24 min.
Season Runtime: 772 min.
Released: Oct. 21, 1996
Last Air Date: March 28, 2005, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-MA / 17+
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