The Newsroom will soon be wrapping up its three-season run on HBO with the final episode scheduled for December 14, 2014. Created by Aaron Sorkin, The Newsroom stars Jeff Daniels (currently on screen in a very different role in Dumb and Dumber To), Dev Patel, and Emily Mortimer. The final show that will send off the series will feature a surprising death and is directed by Alan Poul from a script by Aaron Sorkin.
Episode #24: “Oh Shenandoah”
Debut: SUNDAY, DEC. 7 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: Dec. 7 (11:00 p.m., 1:00 a.m.), 9 (12:30 a.m.), 10 (10:00 p.m.), 11 (8:00 p.m.), 12 (11:00 p.m.) and 13 (12:45 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Dec. 8 (9:00 p.m.), 10 (2:20 a.m.) and 13 (3:30 p.m.)
Incarcerated for contempt, Will (Jeff Daniels) refuses to reveal the name of Neal’s (Dev Patel) government source. Appearing to embrace Pruit’s (B.J. Novak) mandate to capture younger viewers, Charlie (Sam Waterston) orders a reluctant Don (Thomas Sadoski) to track down principals in a sexual-abuse case at an elite college. Sloan (Olivia Munn) voices her objection to a new digital site built by Neal’s replacement, Bree (Jon Bass). Stranded in a Moscow airport, Jim (John Gallagher, Jr.) and Maggie (Alison Pill) look to land seats for a Cuban-bound plane, hoping to interview one of its high-profile passengers.
Written by Aaron Sorkin; directed by Paul Lieberstein.
Episode #25: “What Kind of Day Has It Been” (series finale)
Debut: SUNDAY, DEC. 14 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Dec. 14 (11:05 p.m., 1:15 a.m.), 16 (12:30 a.m.), 17 (10:00 p.m.), 18 (8:00 p.m.), 19 (11:00 p.m.) and 20 (10:30 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Dec. 15 (9:00 p.m.), 17 (1:30 a.m.) and 20 (4:00 p.m.)
A sudden death leads Will and Mac (Emily Mortimer) to ponder the milestones that transformed the newsroom, and look ahead towards ACN’s uncertain future. Maggie lands a field-producer interview in Washington; Neal’s digital site is shut down for repairs; Leona (Jane Fonda) offers sage advice to Pruit.
Written by Aaron Sorkin; directed by Alan Poul.
-By Rebecca Murray
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