The Newsroom Episode Guide

Episode Guide

The Newsroom: Season 3 (2005)

• Season 3 Episode 6: Learning to Fly

  Special animated edition of the popular Canadian sitcom. George and the crew face the end of the world in several dimensions. Last in series

• Season 3 Episode 5: Baghdad Bound

  Jim finds himself confronted by kidnappers while filming a feel-good pet segment in war-torn Baghdad. George is shocked to discover he has been shortlisted for the Order of Canada

• Season 3 Episode 4: Latent Homosexual Tendencies

  George's therapist speculates that the producer has unrequited homosexual desires, then promptly falls into a coma, leaving George to deal with the problem without help

• Season 3 Episode 3: Lolita

  George uses a stolen thesis to perform a lecture at the local university, winning the praise of the student body, and the attentions of an attractive undergraduate named Lolita

• Season 3 Episode 2: Dial 'G' for Gristle

  The crew of are baffled when media tycoon Conrad Scott pays the newsroom a spontaneous visit, and is offered a life-altering gristly steak

• Season 3 Episode 1: One Dumb Idea

  George and his producer colleagues take up a sudden interest in funding run-of-the-mill sitcoms, splashing out $50,000 per episode. Comedy starring Ken Finkleman

The Newsroom: Season 2 (2004)

• Season 2 Episode 13: The Second Coming

  Canadian comedy drama set in a television station, starring Ken Finkleman and Karen Hines. George's failure to empathise when Alex gets dumped by his girlfriends almost causes Alex's suicide

• Season 2 Episode 12: Say Cheese

  George tries to sell an idea for a cheese commercial and Jim develops a unique disorder. Canadian comedy drama set in a television station, starring Ken Finkleman and Karen Hines

• Season 2 Episode 11: The British Accent

  George pushes for a corporate paid holiday but his British temporary replacement suggests he should settle for a fake tan, which leads to fears that he has developed liver failure

• Season 2 Episode 10: Reality Strikes

  George becomes uncomfortable when a crew filming a reality show invades the newsroom

• Season 2 Episode 9: Slow Leak

  George lands himself in jail when jealousy gets the better of him. Comedy, starring Ken Finkleman and Karen Hines

• Season 2 Episode 8: The Fifty

  An argument over a $50 bill results in Alex losing his job on principle and then buying it back from George for a considerable sum

• Season 2 Episode 7: Never Read Symptoms

  George dodges jury duty in an animal rights case and ends up caught up with virus-infected monkeys

• Season 2 Episode 6: One of Us

  George employs a new temp from a powerful family hoping the connections will prove useful. However, his cunning plan backfires

• Season 2 Episode 5: Anchors Away

  George's dream date turns out to be fictitious, while Jim manages to land a book deal. Canadian comedy drama set in a television station, starring Ken Finkleman and Karen Hines

• Season 2 Episode 4: An Enormous Waste of Time

  A sniper strikes again, there is a dead dog in the office and George regrets using the disabled toilet. Ken Finkleman stars

• Season 2 Episode 3: Pushy Moneygrubbing Cosmopolitan Racist

  There are allegations of racism in the newsroom. Canadian comedy drama set in a television station, starring Ken Finkleman and Karen Hines

• Season 2 Episode 2: Death 1, George 0

  George fails miserably in a job appraisal, and a well-respected employee dies. Canadian comedy drama set in a television station, starring Ken Finkleman and Karen Hines

• Season 2 Episode 1: America, America

  Jim lands himself a job with a New York City television station. However, the anchorman encounters some trouble with the authorities, and is escorted back to the Canadian border

The Newsroom: Season 1 (2003)

• Season 1 Episode 13: Campaign

  Jim runs for political office with George as his manager.

• Season 1 Episode 12: Meltdown

  George denies and fears his mortality.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Meltdown

  George consults nuclear experts and analysts.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Meltdown

  A potential nuclear accident; David Cronenberg visits.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Parking

  Various events make George paranoid.

• Season 1 Episode 8: Unity

  A guest is attracted to Jim's stupidity.

• Season 1 Episode 7: Dis & Dat

  The head of regional programming looks to improve the show.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Petty Tyranny

  George gets into a fight; a movie star visits.

• Season 1 Episode 5: A Bad Day

  George hits on a woman and insults colleagues.

• Season 1 Episode 4: The Kevorkian Joke

  George runs a suicide story for ratings.

• Season 1 Episode 3: Deeper, Deeper

  George promises to save jobs when the network threatens cutbacks.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Dinner at Eight

  The hiring of a new co-anchor threatens Jim.

• Season 1 Episode 1: The Walking Shoe Incident

  George needs a personal assistant.