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HBO Renews 'The Newsroom,' 'True Blood'

Sorkin drama gets second-season order; vampire series lives for sixth campaign

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/2/2012 3:30:03 PM

Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom has been picked up for a second season after just two episodes. It premiered to 2.1 million viewers on June 24 at 10 pm. It grossed 2.7 million viewers total for its debut night.

Despite drawing polarizing reviews from critics, The Newsroom, starring Jeff Daniels as a cable news anchor, was HBO's third most-watched drama debut in recent years, behind prohibition-era skein Boardwalk Empire and fantasy series Game of Thrones.

True Blood returned for its fifth season on June 10 to an audience of 4.7 million.

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• Just can't understand why HBO was so hell bent on renewing this show after only two airings. The show isn't that great and the ratings are a testament to such, but does HBO need programming the bad to fill up timeslots?

  
  Jed - 7/2/2012 7:45:50 PM EDT
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