May 2012 Issue
Sorkin on Set
As Aaron Sorkin is currently learning, making a television show for HBO is entirely different from crafting one for one of the broadcast networks. Factor in the additional twist of having to accurately make a show about making a show, and you’ve got quite a tangled web. Below, Sorkin and his cast and crew on the set of Newsroom.
Photography by Annie Leibovitz

Sorkin and co-producer Lauren Lohman.
Executive producer Alan Poul, far left, with Sorkin and Marston.
Sorkin in his office.
A set of The Newsroom.
Aaron Sorkin (in white shirt) on set with director Joshua Marston, left.
In the writers’ room.
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