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''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''〔("Why Canadians Aren’t Laughing at Latest Version of ‘The Newsroom’" ) - ''The Daily Beast'', July 9, 2012.〕 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. ==History== 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 George Findlay, the central character of ''The Newsroom'', as a linking character.〔("The Six Faces of George" ). ''The Globe and Mail'', March 4, 2011.〕 (A Findlay-like character with a different surname had also appeared in Finkleman's pre-''Newsroom'' series ''Married Life''; Findlay was also revived in the later HBO Canada series ''Good Dog'' and ''Good God''.)〔 None of these subsequent series were as well received by the public or by critics, and the CBC began to seek a new set of ''Newsroom'' episodes. ''Escape from the Newsroom'', which included a fourth wall-breaking plot digression in which the characters directly addressed the idea of reviving the series, was meant partly as a sarcastic response to that request. However, Finkleman ultimately agreed to produce 13 new episodes, which were broadcast in the winter of 2004. The last four episodes of the second season were shot as a mockumentary. A third season of ''The Newsroom'', consisting of six episodes, was broadcast on CBC beginning on February 14, 2005. In the United States, ''The Newsroom'' aired on PBS stations. All three seasons and ''Escape from the Newsroom'' are available on DVD. The series drew some renewed media attention in 2011, when Aaron Sorkin announced that his new 2012 series, set in the newsroom of a cable news channel and originally to be titled ''More As This Story Develops'', would be renamed ''The Newsroom''. Writing in ''Maclean's'', Jaime Weinman said the choice of name was "a bit of a grimly amusing reminder that the U.S. TV industry doesn't take Canada very seriously ... 'The Newsroom' is often considered the greatest show Canada has ever produced, but a U.S. network feels no need to fear unflattering comparisons: assuming they’ve heard of the show, they probably think most people in the States have not heard of it." In an interview with ''The Daily Beast'' following the Sorkin show's premiere, Finkleman revealed that HBO did contact him for permission to reuse the title, which he granted.〔("Why Canadians Aren’t Laughing at Latest Version of ‘The Newsroom’" ). ''The Daily Beast'', July 9, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Newsroom (Canadian TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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