The Newsroom 28 years old
The Newsroom is a Canadian television comedy-drama series which ran on CBC Television in the 1996–97, 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons. A two-hour television movie, Escape from the Newsroom, was broadcast in 2002. The show is set in the newsroom of a television station which is never officially named, but is generally understood to be based on the CBC itself. Inspired by American series The Larry Sanders Show and similar to such earlier series as the British Drop the Dead Donkey and the Australian Frontline, the series mined a dark vein of comedy from the political machinations and the sheer incompetence of the people involved in producing City Hour, the station's nightly newscast. Although not originally intended as an ongoing series, the initial run of 13 episodes led The Newsroom to become one of the most critically acclaimed programs on Canadian television in the 1990s. Following the end of The Newsroom, Finkleman produced three different short-run series for the CBC, More Tears, Foolish Heart and Foreign Objects, all of which included Findlay as a linking character.
Credits
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tanya Allen She was 21 , now 49 years old | |
| Lisa Ryder She was 25 , now 54 years old | |
| Peter Keleghan He was 37 , now 65 years old | |
| David Huband He was 39 , now 67 years old | |
| Sarah Strange She was 22 , now 50 years old | |
| Ken Finkleman He was 50 , now 78 years old | |
| Julie Khaner She was 38 , now 66 years old | |
| Elisa Moolecherry | |
| Jeremy Hotz He was 33 , now 61 years old | |
| Karen Hines She was 33 , now 61 years old | |
| Pamela Sinha | |
| Holly Lewis She was 21 , 37 years old when she died |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Robin D. Cook Production | Casting |
The Newsroom (28 years)
Returning Series
- First Air Date: 1996-10-21
- Runtime: [30] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 32