TV series

Deadline

2000–2001 · 1 season

A brisk, talky newsroom drama that hums with city energy and the scrappy urgency of chasing a story.

Overview: Deadline is a television series which was shown on NBC in the 2000–2001 season. It starred Oliver Platt as Wallace Benton, who worked for the fictional New York Ledger. This was a daily newspaper which was seen in many episodes of Law & Order.
How it feels: Cynical, tense, satirical and earnest. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Media, ambition, crime, corruption
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: cynicalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: media
ambition
crime
corruption
work
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild