I have to say: The Newsroom, after a really rousing start, came back to earth. It's pretty good but not much more than that IMO.
The hook, which has been to skewer the state of modern news media - and the Republicans - is valid and occasionally very astute. That part is good. However it is becoming repetitive and they occasionally employs stunts that you know would never happen in the real world. Basically they are reviewing coverage of real past events and making the same points Jon Stewart made a year and a half ago. It's thoughtful but not mind-blowing.
Other than that it has settled into a show about pretty conventional relationship dynamics with dialogue that often (usually?) sounds more like actors reading scripts than actual people talking - which is not good. It calls itself a comedy. Sometimes it is funny but sometimes the humor is heavy-handed and sitcommy.
I believe last night was the season 1 finale. For awhile I thought this show might be a 9, but now I think it's more like a 7. 7 is good but it is going in the wrong direction.
it's true. your madness is not totally random
