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Fuck you Finkleman
 Last night's season finale of The Newsroom was the most bizarre and boring pile of garbage I have ever seen on Canadian television. OK, admittedly I wouldn't put it on the same level as trash like Train 48 or Check it Out but it still stank like a garbage strike on a hot summer day. Writer, director, creator and star of The Newsroom, Ken Finkleman (George), turned the usually acerbic, witty show into an animated dream episode where the characters discussed serious ideas about relationships and infidelity.  Just shortly before the episode aired last night, CBC showed a preview featuring dim witted anchorman Jim Walcott (played by Peter Keleghan) being told he was going to Kabul. His response: "Oooh, the Carribbean." It got me pumped for the finale and then that segment was mysteriously missing from the episode that aired. I spent most of the half hour the show was on looking at my watch, wondering how much time this over-rated asshole was going to waste on this pathetic cartoon. As it turned out, he wasted 20 minutes on it, leaving about three minutes of air time for the regular characters. Finkleman turned what could have been an excellent finale into an intellectualized, dark-themed episode. My tastes are a bit more lowbrow. I appreciate comedy and laughter, neither of which could be found on last night's season finale of The Newsroom.
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