The Newsroom

In the series premiere, cable-news anchor Will McAvoy gets a new executive producer, a staff overhaul, and a breaking-news challenge.

After a meltdown, Will McAvoy returns to work to find most of the staff are leaving his show; Will's new executive producer is also his ex-girlfriend; Will and his new staff face a challenge.

Mac asserts her control of the News Night rundown; Jim takes a fall for Maggie; a breakup secret gets out.

Mac begins to control the new incarnation of "News Night"; Jim takes the fall for Maggie's miscue; Charlie forbids Reese from secret meetings with Will.

Will apologizes on-air for past newscasts; Charlie is warned by management; Jim soothes Maggie during a panic attack; Will parades his dates in front of Mac.

Will’s new approach rankles CEO Leona Lansing.

Will lands in the tabloids; Wade approaches Will with information; Don asks Maggie to set Jim up with her roommate; Will refuses to make a call on a breaking story.

A New Year’s Eve confrontation lands Will in the tabloids; restraint is rewarded during a breaking story.

The News Night team finds parallels between the Egyptian uprising and a teacher protest in Wisconsin.

The team learns about a protest in Wisconsin; Maggie, Jim and Don work hard to feature simultaneous uprisings; Neal tracks down an Egyptian insider.

Will runs a controversial segment that causes him to receive death threats; Will suffers from insomnia; Sloan jeopardizes her career; Will handles an interview subject roughly.

Will keeps a long-standing therapy appointment; Sloan pushes too hard during the Japanese nuclear crisis.

An anonymous source provides advanced details on an important story; the staff cuts its anniversary party short.

The staff’s anniversary party is cut short when they learn the President will be making a televised speech that night.

Will and Mac are forced to abandon their principles in order to boost ratings and land a Republican debate.

Will and Mac abandon principles when ratings plummet; Sloan is irked by her lack of screen time; Charlie discovers a whistleblower's identity.

Will and the staff stage a mock debate for a pair of Republican Party officials.

The staff stages a mock debate; Mac has an epiphany; Lisa goes off-script during an interview; Neal goes under cover.

Season finale. Will’s future at ACN is jeopardized by a damning revelation; Jim and Maggie reach a crossroad.

Nina surprises Mac; Sloan considers a job offer; Neal smokes out a threat; Will, Mac and Charlie face off against Leona and Reese.