HBO Orders New Series From Aaron Sorkin

It was probably inevitable that Aaron Sorkin, one of the sharpest minds in the entertainment industry, would end up working under HBO’s roof.

The premium channel has picked up Sorkin’s yet-to-be-titled series about a cable news network team struggling to create solid journalism in spite of the corporate and commercial pressures influencing their work.� The pilot once known as “More As This Story Develops” stars Jeff Daniels as lead anchor Will McAllister and Emily Mortimer as his executive producer MacKenzie, with other staff played by Olivia Munn, Dev Patel, John Gallagher, Jr., Thomas Sadoski and Alison Pill. Their boss (and, one guesses, occasional nemesis) is played by Sam Waterston. The first season is expected…

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