The Newsroom

1. The Walking Shoe Incident

Oct 21, 1996 · 24 min

George needs to hire an assistant to take care of such pressing matters as returning his shoes and fetching bran muffins. But he faces a dilemma; should he hire the qualified African-Canadian lesbian or the inexperienced yet attractive ski bunny?

2. Dinner at Eight

Oct 28, 1996 · 24 min

When a sexy new co-anchor is hired to bring life back to the show, Jim feels threatened. He turns to George, who supports him pharmaceutically. However, when the ensuing power shift starts to affect George, it's time to fight dirty.

3. Deeper, Deeper

Nov 4, 1996 · 24 min

Cutbacks are coming to the network; but who will it be? George vows to 'go to the wall' to save jobs but everyone knows someone has to go. Back-stabbing, clandestine job hunts, prostitutes and religious conversions prevail.

4. The Kevorkian Joke

Nov 11, 1996 · 24 min

When failed screenwriter Shane threatens suicide on tape, George turns it into a ratings booster. Also, a killer virus in Zaire could be hitting town - maybe even the newsroom.

5. A Bad Day

Nov 18, 1996 · 24 min

George is having a bad day: he’s in trouble for hitting on a woman half his age, he made derogatory comments about Mr.Dressup, he offends Linda McQuaig (as herself) and she walks off the show, suicidal Shane is back, his BMW needs a new muffler, and Jim tells more than he should to a documentary crew (led by Dan Redican).

6. Petty Tyranny

Nov 25, 1996 · 24 min

George's quest for the perfect bran muffin leads him to the cafeteria where he starts a fight with the cook. Later, he offends one of the country's top stars, Cynthia Dale (as herself), who is observing the newsroom as research for a role in a film.

7. Dis and Dat

Feb 10, 1997 · 24 min

George's quest for an indoor parking spot is thwarted when the Corporation hires Gillian Soros (Elisa Moolecherry) as the new head of regional programming. Gillian has definite ideas about George and the Toronto News.

8. Unity

Feb 17, 1997 · 24 min

George is annoyed when his name is left off the Globe and Mail list of government employees who make over $100,000 per year. Lise Leger (Guylaine St. Onge) appears on Toronto News with Linda McQuaig (as herself) to discuss the Canadian unity situation. Lise is inexplicably attracted to Jim.

9. Parking

Feb 24, 1997 · 24 min

George’s crusade for an indoor parking space continues, George’s paranoia surfaces after he receives a mysterious and vague voicemail and his office couch disappears. He immediately assumes the worst: the Corporation wants him gone.

10. Meltdown (1)

Mar 3, 1997 · 24 min

When there is a potential nuclear accident only hours away, each of the newsroom staff react in their own way. David Cronenberg (as himself) is a guest on Toronto News to promote his latest film 'Crash’.

11. Meltdown (2)

Mar 17, 1997 · 24 min

With the potential nuclear meltdown approaching, George’s priority is finding the right experts and analysts while trying to make them real but entertaining.

12. Meltdown (3)

Mar 24, 1997 · 24 min

Unable to deal with the potential of how own death, George goes to into denial and can't cover the impending nuclear meltdown story.

13. Campaign

Mar 31, 1997 · 47 min

After the collapse of public broadcasting, Jim runs for political office in a provincial election, George and some of the newsroom staff manage the campaign in this one hour series finale.

1. America, America

Jan 12, 2004 · 23 min

Jim is hired away by a hot US morning show in New York City where he bites off more than he can chew of the Big Apple and is soon escorted out of the country by the authorities.

2. Death 1, George 0

Jan 19, 2004 · 23 min

George fails a Kafkaesque job evaluation in ways he never could have imagined. A valued veteran newsroom employee dies. George's empathy is qualified.

3. Pushy Money Grubbing Cosmopolitan Racist

Jan 26, 2004 · 23 min

Has a terrorist infiltrated the newsroom? Ken Finkleman and his crew handle the issue of racism with their usual warmth and sensitivity.

4. An Enormous Waste of Time

Feb 2, 2004 · 23 min

A sniper kills again. A dog dies in the office, a power lunch goes wrong and George regrets ever having used the handicapped washroom.

5. Anchors Away

Feb 9, 2004 · 23 min

George's dream date is just that: nothing more than a dream. The intelligent segment producer Karen dumbs herself down for sex and Jim makes a book deal.

6. One of Us

Feb 16, 2004 · 23 min

George hires a temp from an old established WASP family thinking that connections will pay off. When they don't, it's George that pays.

7. Never Read Symptoms

Mar 1, 2004 · 23 min

George dodges jury duty in an animal rights case and ends up entangled with a virus-infected monkey. Allan suffers from prostate cancer, Alzheimer's and a brain tumor.

8. The Fifty

Mar 8, 2004 · 23 min

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

9. Slow Leak

Mar 15, 2004 · 23 min

Jim finds the perfect woman who is also heir to an $800 million fortune. This makes George insane with jealousy and leads to his arrest for stealing expensive cherries at a high-end grocery store.

10. Reality Strikes

Mar 22, 2004 · 23 min

When a documentary film crew invades the newsroom, George keeps one eye on the camera and one eye on his back. Colm Feore guest stars.

11. Say Cheese

Apr 5, 2004 · 23 min

George tries to sell a brilliant idea for a cheese commercial to an ad agency brought in to rework the network news brand. Jim develops a unique form of anorexia nervosa.

12. The British Accent

Apr 12, 2004 · 23 min

George hustles a corporate paid vacation but his temporary replacement forces George to kill the trip and replace it with a tanning cream which leads to fears that he has developed liver failure.

13. The Second Coming

Apr 19, 2004 · 23 min

George's failure of empathy when Alex gets dumped by his girlfriend causes Alex's attempted suicide. When George tries to rectify the situation, Alex fabricates a major news story, which leads to George making a book deal on the entire incident.

6. Learning to Fly

Mar 28, 2005 · 23 min

It is the end of the world in all dimensions.