The Newsroom (CBC)

Few shows in TV history have delivered more dark humor than Ken Finkleman's ground-breaking series. Compared often to the HBO series The Larry Sanders Show Ken Finkleman's show is even more twisted. The show is a causticlly comic, behind the scenes look at the working of a television network newsroom. It aired on CBC erratically over several years. It should also be noted that there was a prevouis COMPLETE SERIES release that included only the first two seasons. That one is out of print. The listings below and pictured on the right are all from Monrningstar Entertainment. The third season DVD set is expected soon.

The Newsroom: The Complete First Season
2 DVDs
Run Time: 310 Minutes
Encoding: Region 0

Episodes:
1. The Walking Shoe Incident
2. Dinner at Eight
3. Deeper, Deeper
4. The Kevorkian Joke
5. A Bad Day
6. Petty Tyranny
7. Dis & Dat
8. Unity
9. Parking
10. Meltdown (1)
11. Meltdown (2)
12. Meltdown (3)
13. The Campaign

SPECIAL FEATURES:
•CommentaryTrack with Ken Finkleman on "The Campaign"
•"Inside The Newsroom" Documentary
•Cast Bios
•PROMOS from "Escape from The Newsroom"


The Newsroom: The Complete Second Season
2 DVDs
Run Time: 286 Minutes
Encoding: Region 0 (AKA Region Free, REGION ZERO)

Episodes:
1. America, America
2. Death 1, George 0
3. Pushy Moneygrubbing Cosmopolitan Racist
4. “One of Us”
5. “Anchors Away”
6. “An Enormous Waste of Time”
7. “Never Read Symptoms”
8. “The Fifty”
9. “Slow Leak”
10. “Reality Strikes”
11. “The British Accent”
12. “Say Cheese”
13. “The Second Coming”

SPECIAL FEATURES:
•Closed Captioned
•Ken Finkleman & Robert Enright audio commentary for episodes 2 and 12
•Alternate ending for episode 13
•3 music videos of songs included in the series:
-"Nighttime/Anytime" by The Constantines
-"By Now" by Revenge Of The Egg People
-"Something Beautiful" by NoAlternative
•"In The Newsroom" a 21 minute behind-the-scenes featurette

Escape From The Newsroom: Television Special
1 DVD
Run Time: 84 Minutes
Encoding: Region 0 (AKA Region Free, REGION ZERO)
Escape From The Newsroom opens with news that after six months in a coma, followed by three yearsof rehab, Jim Walcott is returning to anchor the local news despite having a bullet lodged in his brain and officially flatlining years ago after his election campaign. TV news director George Findlay must decide who to cut to make up for Jim's new salary.