该剧讲述了一个虚构电视台“亚特兰蒂斯有线新闻台”(简称:ACN)台前幕后的故事。
Will McAvoy(杰夫·丹尼尔斯 Jeff Daniels 饰)是一位资深新闻节目主持人,为ACN电视网八点档旗舰节目《晚间新闻》带来超高收视率,但因为飞扬跋扈、刚愎自用,引发过团队成员的不满。在他刚结束休假回到办公室后,发现他的大部分部下将要另谋他就,集体被挖角。McAvoy的老板、ACN电视网新闻部部长Charlie Skinner(萨姆·沃特森 Sam Waterston 饰)有卓越的眼光与新闻理想,知道该如何拯救一档新闻节目,眼光更是准得惊人。他不但没有放弃Will,更利用他的工作能力竭力维护这档节目中的所有人才。这一次,Will不得不带领一批全新的团队成员,重振《晚间新闻》的旗鼓......
It’s not the greatest country in the world, professor. You know why people don’t like liberals? Because they lose. If liberals are so fucking smart, how come they lose so goddamn always? And with a straight face you’re gonna tell students that America is so star-spangled awesome that we’re the only ones in the world who have freedom? Canada has freedom. Japan has freedom. The UK , France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia. Belgium has freedom! 207 sovereign states in the world in the world, like 180 of them have freedom. And one of them is there is absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we’re the greatest country in the world. We’re 7th in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median household income, number four in labor force, and number four in exports. We lead the world in only three categories: Number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending where we spend more the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies. But you nonetheless are without a doubt a member of the worst period generation period ever period. We sure used to be. We stood up for what was right. We fought for moral reasons. We passed laws, struck down laws for moral reasons. We waged wars on poverty, not poor people. We sacrificed. We cared about our neighbors. We put our money where our mouths were and we never beat our chest. We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and we cultivated the world’s greatest artists and the world’s greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men. We aspired to intelligence. We didn’t belittle it. It didn’t make us fell inferior. We didn’t identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election. We didn’t scare so easy. By great men, men who were revered. The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one. That America is the only country on the planet that, since its birth, has said over and over and over that we can do better. It’s part of our DNA. People will want the news if you give it to them with integrity. Not everybody, not even a lot of people…5%. And 5% more of anything is what makes the difference in this country. So we can do better. Yeah, that whole speech did nothing for me. A nightly newscast that informs a debate worthy of a great nation. Civility, respect, and a return to what’s important. The death of bitchiness, the death of gossip and voyeurism. Speaking truth to stupid. No demographic sweet spot. A place where we all come together. We are coming to a tipping point. Is government an instrument of good or is it every man for himself? Is there something bigger we want to reach for or is self-interest our basic resting pulse? You and I have a chance to be among the few people who can frame that debate.
浪漫的理想主义情怀,优缺点都明确强烈。总体而言还是相当让人喜欢的,电视剧里政治倾向这么明确的不多,勇气可嘉。
总共十集我掉了十五次眼泪,这种糗事儿我会主动说么?
第一集真精彩,Mac在Will办公室说的那段关于媒体的话看得我汹涌澎湃。是时候让媒体回归到真正重要的东西上了,让偷窥癖和八卦死亡,让我们对愚蠢的人讲真话。HBO总能挖来电影界的大咖,女主角我暗恋好久了,所以高度关注这部剧。
这些人到底是怎么能,怎么能这种强度的工作下,还能争分夺秒地搞办公室恋情的?他们是怎么能每天工作到九十点,到酒吧喝到十二点,完了还能去打上一炮,然后第二天还能起来开晨会的?
第一集老男人发飙那段太精彩~~~看得热血沸腾啊!!HBO威武!天朝媒体从业人员,还是别看了……真的,受刺激啊!美国确实已经不是这个世界上最强大的国家了,但是,就是因为那些人的存在,就是因为那些争执、质疑,美国永远都有可能成为这个世界上最强大的国家。
很好看啊魂淡。。。暗暗想比黑镜子好看啊。。。
尽管艾伦·索金给我们呈现的美国新闻世界,不一定完全客观,也或许只是一个梦想。但起码它足够自由,而这恰恰是媒体敢于发声,让真相最大限度靠近受众群体的保证。虽称不上神剧,但有亮点、有幽默、有温情、有政治,如果没有狗血的男女关系,绝对值得满上五星。★★★★☆
吹过头了吧。不管是剧集本身还是打分高的观众都过于自我感觉良好了吧。我默默地等待这个剧的分降下来。不是说话快,对白多,关注公共话题就是好剧好不好。PS,千万不要把新闻媒体想象的太神圣,社会变革和体制推进绝对不是主要靠电视演播室里的这帮人,不论国内国外。当然,我不否认其重要作用。
艾伦.索金最爱的其实是sloan这菇凉吧?他把美貌、智慧、干练能力、爽脆性格,和飒飒气度一股脑都给了她,还叫她不紧不慢、水落石出地放光彩,说出话来句句敲打人心,给她配角戏份却叫她比主角还主角,叫她渐渐不可取代,更不可屈就。没有这菇凉,观众可能会呼啦一声走一半吧?
美国真的太伟大了。我也想要这种千疮百孔一地鸡毛一团乱麻还是要仰起脖子谈理想主义的体面。
中心思想太明确、太主流了,几近说教。但对于我们这个过于“实际”的时代和国家,还是非常有价值。那个愚蠢的白痴问题“是什么让美国成为世界上最伟大的国家?”,答案也许就是在于,有一些“笨笨”的人,坚守着“不切实际”的理想,并勇于行动。
本人不敢说自己阅美剧无数,不过十几年的经验还是在的,这个剧集真的值得继续关注。PS:真的好久没有一部剧集像这部一样让我才看第一集就被深深吸引的。精彩!
sorkin的剧本代表了tv series智力的最高水准,我唯一不能给五星的原因就是polarized news!are you serious!who told you being polarized is being intellectual!you can take a stand,but you don't use your judgement to manipulate the truth
本来想看半集睡觉的,但全程高能,太酣畅淋漓了。被女主迷的半死。天朝新闻从业者怕是不敢看吧
我爱无敌快速话唠片!!@邱晨小虫 强烈推荐给你!!
拍出一种职业的性感与魅力,让观众欲罢不能,是职场剧必备且难得的素质。
靠,看到这种剧,内地的记者们都要泪崩或者想死了吧……
大赞!!!台词太牛逼了!!!!!思路比台词还牛逼!!!!!
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理想确实让生活值得忍受,这群新闻人简直就是浪漫的理想主义者的代表,这种近乎疯狂的理想主义正是让人欲罢不能的原因,我们周遭的现实已经够让人失望了,哪怕用这种近乎疯狂的有良心的东西意淫一下也是好的。还拥有点言论自由权的老外可能不喜欢这个,但我们太需要了,即使这只是一种幻想。★★★★★