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NewsRadio

1995–1999 · 5 seasons

A fast, silly workplace comedy where eccentric coworkers trade quips and escalate tiny office squabbles into gleeful farce.

Created by: Paul Simms
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Dave Foley, Maura Tierney, Stephen Root

Overview: The office politics and interpersonal relationships among the staff of WNYX NewsRadio, New York's #2 news radio station.

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Created by: Paul Simms
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Dave Foley, Maura Tierney, Stephen Root

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
friendship
found family
media
identity
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
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Humour	8
Realism	5
Romance	3
Tension	2
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: comedy
Created by: Paul Simms
Written by: Alan J. Higgins, Lew Morton, Leslie Caveny, Sam Johnson
Starring: Dave Foley, Maura Tierney, Stephen Root, Andy Dick, Vicki Lewis, Joe Rogan, Khandi Alexander, Phil Hartman
Length: 5 seasons, 97 episodes, 25 min each
Network: NBC
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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