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News anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) -and his team at Atlantis Cable News (ACN) Network continue their quixotic mission to "do the news well" as they face a new series of corporate, commercial and personal obstacles in Season 2 of Aaron Sorkin's acclaimed HBO drama series. Set over the course of five days leading up to Election Day 2012, this season encompasses numerous flashbacks to earlier events from 2011 and 2012; meanwhile, a wrongful-termination lawsuit is filed by a staffer alleged to have doctored a report on a suspicious U.S. drone strike. Emily Mortimer, Sam Waterston, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Dev Patel and Olivia Munn co-star with guest stars including Jane Fonda and Hope Davis.

2013 · 1h 12m
  • 15+
Director Alan Poul

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Season 2

Drama

News anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) -and his team at Atlantis Cable News (ACN) Network continue their quixotic mission to "do the news well" as they face a new series of corporate, commercial and personal obstacles in Season 2 of Aaron Sorkin's acclaimed HBO drama series. Set over the course of five days leading up to Election Day 2012, this season encompasses numerous flashbacks to earlier events from 2011 and 2012; meanwhile, a wrongful-termination lawsuit is filed by a staffer alleged to have doctored a report on a suspicious U.S. drone strike. Emily Mortimer, Sam Waterston, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Dev Patel and Olivia Munn co-star with guest stars including Jane Fonda and Hope Davis.

COMMON SENSE

Newsy drama targets adults; some drinking, mature themes.

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Studio
HBO
Released
2013
Rated
TV-MA
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Region of Origin
United States
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Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.