Breaking News is an American drama television series about the fictional Milwaukee-based 24-hour cable news television network I-24, with the motto 'Around the Clock, Around the World'. The series premiered July 17, 2002, on Bravo.
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Cast
Main
Tim Matheson as anchorman Bill Dunne
Scott Bairstow as producer Ethan Barnes
Myndy Crist as reporter Janet LeClaire
Vincent Gale as Quentin Druzinski
Rowena King as reporter Jamie Templeton
Jeffrey D. Sams as reporter Mel Thomas
Lisa Ann Walter as senior/executive producer Rachel Glass
Clancy Brown as news division president Peter Kozyck
Recurring
Paul Adelstein as cameraman Julian Kerbis
James Handy as Jack Barnes, independent stations owner, and Ethan Barnes' father
Patricia Wettig as feature reporter Alison Dunne, and wife of Bill Dunne
Guests
Amanda Douge as Cammy (1 episode)
Production
Breaking News was filmed in 2000 and 2001 at The Bridge Studios and Vancouver Film Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia. The series was originally developed for TNT, however they dropped the show before airing any of the 13 episodes, with the series ultimately airing on Bravo. TNT spent $20 million and nine months putting the series together.
Reception
Manuel Mendoza of The Dallas Morning News rated the series a B− say that it "tries to do for journalism what The West Wing does for politics — make it sexy again". However, Mendoza goes on to say that the series "is not as snappily written or as heroically shot as The West Wing, but it has the same chaotic, frenetic energy". Preston Turegano of The San Diego Union-Tribune said the pilot episode is "predictable, familiar and mired with some cliches" before conceding that the show has "some original and humorous moments". Joanne Ostrow of The Denver Post called it a "smart, expensive, well-cast series", "even if it's an uneven effort".
