Second season premier: Tension mounts inside 'The Newsroom'

Second season premier: Tension mounts inside 'The Newsroom', The second season of HBO's "The Newsroom” promises to be packed with even more tension than the first, both on and off the screen. Premiering on Sunday, July 14, 2013, at 10 p.m. EST, the drama you love to hate – or hate to admit you love – will include new characters, a new plot format, and an amped-up dose of anxiety for Sorkin and the cast.

Unlike the first season of “The Newsroom” which was basically a series of unconnected episodes, each focused on its own breaking news story, the second season will have a continuing story arc to act as the tie that binds. Now you'll have to come back, week after week, if you want to see how the story plays out.

This central plot will focus on a legal issue that arises when ACN bungles a story and reports that US forces committed war crimes during the Viet Nam war. Throughout the season, Rebecca Halliday, an attorney played by new cast-member Marcia Gay Harden, will be deposing the newsroom staff and acting as their defense attorney.

Watch the Season Two trailer on the left.

Jerry Dantana (Hamish Linklater) joins the crew as a veteran of ACN's Washington bureau who's been moved in to replace Jim (John Gallagher Jr.) while he's away covering Mitt Romney's New Hampshire campaign.

When we last left Jim, he was devastated over Maggie's decision to move in with Don, and it sounds like the tension in that relationship is only going to get worse this season. On his journey to New Hampshire, Jim will meet reporter Hallie Shea (Grace Gummer) and Romney spokesperson Taylor Warren (Constance Zimmer).

Meanwhile, we can also expect to see more romantic tension between Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) and MacKenzie MacHale (Emily Mortimer) because, well, because they're the stars of the show.

But the real stress will be on Aaron Sorkin's shoulders. So far, viewers have either hated the show, loved it, or hated to admit they loved it. Complaints vary depending on viewpoint, but most think the show is too idealistic, or that Will McAvoy is a pompous, egotistical jerk. Women viewers complain that Sorkin's females are all brainless idiots more concerned about their love lives than their career opportunities.

And then, of course, there are the millions of people who think Sorkin himself is just a wanna-be screenwriter and can't stand his screeching, run-on monologues. Some viewers think he's trying to push either a political agenda or a media makeover. Either way, they resent his attack on their intelligence.

Don't expect Sorkin to make any changes to his writing style or his message, though, because it is what it is. He's Aaron Sorkin. This is how he writes, take it or leave it.

In an interview with Hollywood Reporter, Sorkin said, “There are a great many people who weren't just disappointed with “The Newsroom” but really maddened by it. It was impossible to avoid hearing that."

"I hope some of the people who were turned off by the show last year take a second look and maybe are a little bit happier," he continues. "But you're playing a dangerous game if you write to try to change people's minds."

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