The Newsreader

SUNDAY, 8.30PM, ABC

From the mind of Five Bedrooms creator Michael Lucas comes this thrilling new series based on the high-stakes drama and demanding intensity of working in a busy newsroom in 1986. Follow star news reporter Helen Norville (Anna Torv) and budding newsreader Dale Jennings (Sam Reid) as they navigate their way through stories ranging from Halley’s Comet to the AIDS crisis. The unlikely pair must learn to work together as they attempt to build their credibility in one of the biggest news years of the decade.