The Newsroom

Sorry, HBO isn’t planning on working with Netflix any time soon

Sorry, HBO isn’t planning on working with Netflix any time soon

Netflix said it would be open to working with HBO — possibly to stream HBO programming like it once did with two other cable networks, Showtime and Starz — but HBO has already publicly rejected that possibility. The streaming video site’s CEO recently announced the company’s second quarter financial numbers, and wrote in his letter to investors that he was [...]

Aaron Sorkin’s Newsroom pilot is streaming online for free

Aaron Sorkin’s Newsroom pilot is streaming online for free

After debuting to a respectable 2.1 million on-air viewers on HBO last night, the first episode of Aaron Sorkin’s new workplace and political drama The Newsroom is streaming for free at HBO’s website, TV.com, and YouTube. The Newsroom stars Jeff Daniels as a news anchor on a 24-hour TV news network (think FOX News, CNN, or MSNBC) and the struggles he [...]