New York News


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.

Cast

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, an old-style newspaperman ; Angela Villanova, a young writer who seemingly alternated between admiring Reilly and being in love with him; Nan Chase, a gossip columnist somewhat in the vein of Rona Barrett; and Tony Amato, the paper's leading sports columnist.
Supervising all of these talented, high-strung people was Editor-in-Chief Louise Felcott, the "Dragon", who kept the pressure up on these employees and others, including their immediate boss, Managing Editor Mitch Cotter. 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