New York News is an American newspaper drama television series created by Michelle Ashford, which was broadcast in the United States by CBS from September 28 to November 30, 1995 as part of its 1995 fall lineup.

New York News
GenreDrama
Created byMichelle Ashford
Starring
ComposerShari Johanson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (5 unaired)
Production
Executive producers
  • Michelle Ashford
  • Ian Sander
ProducerNan Bernstein Freed
Running time60 minutes (with commercials)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 28 (1995-09-28) –
November 30, 1995 (1995-11-30)

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Premise

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New York News is the story of the fictional New York Reporter, a struggling tabloid 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), a gossip columnist somewhat in the vein of Rona Barrett; and Tony Amato (Anthony DeSando), the paper's leading sports 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 minor heart attack in the early episodes.

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 low Nielsen ratings two months after its premiere.

Episode list

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No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"Pilot"UnknownMichelle AshfordSeptember 28, 1995 (1995-09-28)
2"Fun City"John David ColesMichelle AshfordOctober 5, 1995 (1995-10-05)
3"Thin Line"UnknownBarbara HallOctober 8, 1995 (1995-10-08)
4"Broadway Joe"UnknownEric Overmyer & Michelle AshfordOctober 12, 1995 (1995-10-12)
5"Goodbye Gator"UnknownVelma Black & Barbara HallOctober 19, 1995 (1995-10-19)
6"A Question of Truth"UnknownGeorgia JeffriesNovember 2, 1995 (1995-11-02)
7"Welcome Back Cotter"UnknownStory by : Wayne Grigsby & Barbara Samuels
Teleplay by : Jack Orman
November 9, 1995 (1995-11-09)
8"You Thought the Pope Was Something"UnknownMichelle AshfordNovember 30, 1995 (1995-11-30)
9"Cost of Living"TBDBarbara HallUNAIRED
10"Yankee Glory"TBDJack OrmanUNAIRED
11"Past Imperfect"TBDGeoffrey Thomas GeorgeUNAIRED
12"Forgotten"TBDJuan Carlos CotoUNAIRED
13"The Using Game"TBDMike McAlaryUNAIRED

Nielsen ratings

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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

References

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  • Brooks, Tim; Earle Marsh (1979). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 9780345282484. OCLC 4496779.
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