Season Two of Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom" premiered Sunday night to the now-standard slams from journalists across the Twittersphere.
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While Dan Rather remains the show's biggest fan, resuming his reviews of the show for Gawker ("terrific," "one of the best shows on television"), most journalists have made a sport out of hate-watching the show and live-tweeting their responses.
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"Newsroom" premiered to 2.6 million viewers; it is not known how many of them are journalists who watch the show because they hate it.
Sorry I stopped tweeting #newsroom last night. It put me to sleep. A sound sleep at that.
– Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) July 15, 2013
Didn't watch #Newsroom. I learned to love Danny Castellano and I'm not ready to hate him again.
– rachelsklar (@rachelsklar) July 15, 2013
I have no-one to blame but myself for spending an hour doing this. #TheNewsroom
– emily bell (@emilybell) July 15, 2013
How did Jane Fonda and Sam Waterston get mixed up in this? Like watching your grandparents get dragged into a rave.
– Heidi N. Moore (@moorehn) July 15, 2013
Dramatic tension in The Newsroom: missed cue, buggy soundboard, graphics not full screen. Edge of seat. I hope no one’s BlackBerry crashes.
– Heidi N. Moore (@moorehn) July 15, 2013
Aaron Sorkin making fun of Occupy protestors for being self-absorbed and overly earnest is too much irony for me I can't handle it
– Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) July 15, 2013
Ok I've never retracked a spot through speakerphone 90 secs b4 air. Anybody done that? #Newsroom
– Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) July 15, 2013
@LukeRussert #Newsroom it was retracked live from Benihana not 90 seconds to air. And no one's ever done that!
– Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) July 15, 2013
Oh man. Time for the worst show ever. #shutupnewsroom
– Tim Herrera (@TimHerrera) July 15, 2013
Words I have never once used: "Do the news" #shutupnewsroom
– Daniel Victor (@bydanielvictor) July 15, 2013
The Newsroom is delightfully horrible.
– Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) July 15, 2013
Can't wait for the 'Newsroom' red wedding scene.
– Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) July 15, 2013