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| New York News | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Michelle Ashford |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Shari Johanson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (5 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Nan Bernstein Freed |
| Running time | 60 minutes (with commercials) |
| Production companies |
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| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 28 (1995-9-28) – November 30, 1995 (1995-11-30) |
New York News is an American newspaperdrama television series created byMichelle Ashford, which was broadcast in theUnited States byCBS from September 28 to November 30, 1995 as part of its1995 fall lineup.
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New York News is the story of the fictionalNew York Reporter, a strugglingtabloid in the US's largest, most competitive newspaper market,New York City. Major characters included Jack Reilly (Gregory Harrison), an old-style newspaperman (so old-style that he actually went sneaking around in a trench coat); Angela Villanova (Melina Kanakaredes), a young writer who seemingly alternated between admiring Reilly and being in love with him; Nan Chase (Madeline Kahn), agossip columnist somewhat in the vein ofRona Barrett; and Tony Amato (Anthony DeSando), the paper's leadingsports columnist.
Supervising all of these talented, high-strung people was Editor-in-Chief Louise Felcott (Mary Tyler Moore), the "Dragon", who kept the pressure up on these employees and others, including their immediate boss, Managing Editor Mitch Cotter (Joe Morton). The paper's budget cutting and the related attempt of ownership to sell it took their toll on Cotter, who suffered a minorheart attack in the earlyepisodes.
Moore was reportedly very unhappy with how her character was written, as a tough, unsympathetic, and unglamourous woman who peered out at her subordinates through thick "Coke-bottle" glasses. She was reputedly in negotiations to get out of her contract to do the program when this was made unnecessary by CBS's cancellation of it due to lowNielsen ratings two months after its premiere.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | Unknown | Michelle Ashford | September 28, 1995 (1995-9-28) |
| 2 | "Fun City" | John David Coles | Michelle Ashford | October 5, 1995 (1995-10-5) |
| 3 | "Thin Line" | Unknown | Barbara Hall | October 8, 1995 (1995-10-8) |
| 4 | "Broadway Joe" | Unknown | Eric Overmyer & Michelle Ashford | October 12, 1995 (1995-10-12) |
| 5 | "Goodbye Gator" | Unknown | Velma Black & Barbara Hall | October 19, 1995 (1995-10-19) |
| 6 | "A Question of Truth" | Unknown | Georgia Jeffries | November 2, 1995 (1995-11-2) |
| 7 | "Welcome Back Cotter" | Unknown | Story by : Wayne Grigsby & Barbara Samuels Teleplay by : Jack Orman | November 9, 1995 (1995-11-9) |
| 8 | "You Thought the Pope Was Something" | Unknown | Michelle Ashford | November 30, 1995 (1995-11-30) |
| 9 | "Cost of Living" | TBD | Barbara Hall | UNAIRED |
| 10 | "Yankee Glory" | TBD | Jack Orman | UNAIRED |
| 11 | "Past Imperfect" | TBD | Geoffrey Thomas George | UNAIRED |
| 12 | "Forgotten" | TBD | Juan Carlos Coto | UNAIRED |
| 13 | "The Using Game" | TBD | Mike McAlary | UNAIRED |
| Episode | Original air date | Rating/Share[1] | Million viewers[2] | Rank[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 28, 1995 | 7.1/11 | 9.9 | 70 |
| 2 | October 5, 1995 | 6.1/9 | 8.6 | 65 |
| 3 | October 8, 1995 | 6.8/11 | 9.1 | 56 |
| 4 | October 12, 1995 | 6.0/9 | 8.2 | 73 |
| 5 | October 19, 1995 | 6.5/10 | 8.8 | 69 |
| 6 | November 2, 1995 | 6.8/10 | 9.1 | 76 |
| 7 | November 9, 1995 | 5.5/9 | 7.5 | 86 |
| 8 | November 30, 1995 | 5.9/9 | 7.8 | 88 |