HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "The Blackout Part 2: Mock Debate," the August 19 episode of HBO's "The Newsroom," in which the power comes back on, but everything else continues to go wrong. http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/review-th more

Matt Richenthal had to take the night off and has graciously allowed me to cover one of my favorite shows of the summer, although the following review may make you question that statement. I love The Newsroom when it deals with the behind the scenes is more

After coming off two rock-solid installments, it was only natural that The Newsroom hit a somewhat muddled, exhausting episode. “The Blackout Part I: Tragedy Porn” is the first of a two-parter, and much like the first few episodes of the series, it crams more

HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "The Blackout Part 1: Tragedy Porn," the August 12 episode of HBO's "The Newsroom," in which the Casey Anthony trial and Mac's ex-boyfriend complicate Will's mission. http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/re more

I apologize if this review of The Newsroom is a few minutes late. But I just had to go back and rewatch Maggie's speech about God allegedly talking to Michele Bachmann about a dozen times. Because (I'm sorry, I try to avoid political or religious talk more

Continuing the winning streak from last week, The Newsroom delivered yet another knockout episode, and further established itself as the best political drama currently on TV. And, also like last week, the episode dialed back the annoying relationship fluf more

HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "5/1," the August 5 episode of HBO's "The Newsroom," in which chaos reigns on the night of Bin Laden's assassination http://m.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/review-the-newsroom-5-1-we-got-him

Will is so much more pleasant when he’s high. Considering how insufferable he’s been the last six weeks, how did we not figure out sooner that all he needed was a pot cookie (and a Vicodin, and another pot cookie)? Sober Will demeans people for any displa more