June 24 marks the debut of a new Aaron Sorkin ("The West Wing") television drama on HBO, "The Newsroom," starring Chelsea native and Purple Rose Theatre Co. founder/executive director Jeff Daniels. A first glimpse of the show recently surfaced online.

In the show, Daniels plays a news anchorman who, after years of keeping quiet about his opinions, suddenly explodes with them in front of a live audience.

Daniels’ co-stars include Olivia Munn, Allison Pill (Daniels’ co-star in the off-Broadway show “Blackbird”), John Gallagher Jr. (“Glee” and “Spring Awakening” Tony Award winner), and Emily Mortimer, among others.

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