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The Blackout Part I: Tragedy Porn. Will and Mac are forced to abandon their principles in order to boost ratings and land a Republican debate.
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The ratings for News Night are in freefall after it blows off a pair of top stories. It forces Will McAvoy and MacKenzie McHale to find a way to bring enough viewers back to justify ACN's quest to air a Republican debate. Will considers writers for an all-access profile, Sloan is upset by the lack of coverage of an emerging big financial story and ...
When Will visits Dr. Habib near the end of the episode, Dr. Habib tells Will that his decision to hire Brian to write the story on News Night 2.0 is "holding [your] hand over the candle ... because...
The episode drew 1.84 million US viewers when it was first broadcast by HBO.First appearances of Brian Brenner and Solomon Hancock(first seen, voice heard in earlier episodes)Aug 13, 2012 · “The Blackout Part I: Tragedy Porn” is the first of a two-parter, and much like the first few episodes of the series, it crams enough plot for two or three episodes, and rarely slows...
HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "The Blackout Part 1: Tragedy Porn," the August 12 episode of HBO's "The Newsroom," in which the Casey Anthony trial and Mac's ex-boyfriend...
Aug 13, 2012 · As viewers we at once side with the newsroom staff by being repulsed, but we also realize the effectiveness of “tragedy porn” — this scene has us hooked. We’re complicit with those...
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Nov 5, 2019 · We didn’t learn a whole lot of new information in “The Blackout Part I,” but the stage is certainly being set for an ugly confrontation.
The Blackout Part I: Tragedy Porn. Will and Mac are forced to abandon their principles in order to boost ratings and land a Republican debate.
