The one-hour HBO drama series created by Aaron Sorkin and executive produced by Sorkin, Scott Rudin and Alan Poul is back for its third and final season.

Picking up five months after the end of Season 2, The Newsroom team - anchor (Jeff Daniels), executive producer (Emily Mortimer), their newsroom staff (John Gallagher Jr, Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski, Olivia Munn, Dev Patel) along with news-division boss (Sam Waterston) and parent-company CEO (Jane Fonda) - will fight for control of Atlantis Cable News Network (ACN) and manage the repercussions of Neal's receipt of confidential documents leaked by a mystery government source (a la Edward Snowden). As subpoenas are served and hostile-takeover rumours fly, the team redoubles its efforts to "do the news well" in an increasingly competitive digital universe where tweets and Instagrams often trump old-fashioned professionalism.