‘The Newsroom’ Final Season: Show Creator Aaron Sorkin Pays Homage To Mentor Robert Whitehead By Using ‘What Kind Of Day Has It Been’ As Episode Title [VIDEO]
Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom ended Sunday night.
'The Newsroom's Creator Talks About That Finale
On Saturday, Zap2it shared their interview with Sorkin, in which he discussed why he titled the final episode What Kind of Day Has It Been.
The Newsroom's creator told Zap2it, "During rehearsals and previews of my first play, A Few Good Men, the director and I would meet with the producers, the stage manager and key department heads at 11 p.m. at a nearby bar."
He added, "Our lead producer was Robert Whitehead. Robert, who died some time ago, was legendary on Broadway. He produced the Broadway debuts of Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller and, in a stunning anticlimax, me. The meeting would always begin with Robert saying, 'So ... What kind of day has it been?'"
Sorkin has used this episode title previously on quite a few other projects of his. On Sunday, HBO's YouTube Channel uploaded a video of Sorkin talking about The Newsroom's finale.
In the video Sorkin mentioned the other shows he has used this episode title in, including the last episode of Season 1 of Sports Night, the final episode of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and The West Wing's Season 1 finale aside from now being used on The Newsroom's series finale.
In the video he further revealed the title, "Is a sort of literary code meaning, 'What can be said about events up until now?'"
