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Great News

  • TV-PG
  • 2017–2018
  • 2 seasons
  • Comedy
  • 6.6

A New Jersey mom puts her relationship with her daughter to the test when she lands an internship at the same TV station where her daughter works.

Episodes

In a second season of newsroom shenanigans, "The Breakdown" team gets a new boss -- and she's got big plans to take them to the top.

13 episodes
  1. 1Boardroom Bitch

    22 minSep 28, 2017

    "The Breakdown" gets a new boss, Diana St. Tropez, a tough business lady with big plans to bring their outdated news program into the 21st century. Katie is thrilled since this is exactly the kind of strong, professional female role model she hoped for, but Carol is immediately wary of this new influence in Katie's life. Meanwhile, Chuck has trouble adapting to Diana's idea for a new panel segment of screaming pundits.

  2. 2Squad Feud

    22 minOct 5, 2017

    Diana sets Katie off on a mission to take the job at the station that she wants, but when Katie tries to be executive producer for the day, she soon realizes that Greg has it much harder than she realized. Meanwhile, Carol uses Greg and Katie's workplace competition as an opportunity to push the two of them together. After Diana insults Portia on a women-in-business panel, Portia declares a "squad feud" that forces their two very different worlds together.

  3. 3Honeypot

    22 minOct 12, 2017

    Diana has been promoted again, this time to the head of the corporation that owns MMN, but before she leaves she finds herself embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal. This leaves Katie unsure who to believe - her mentor or her friends in the office. Carol becomes head intern and struggles to prove to the other interns, and herself, that she deserves the job.

  4. 4Award Show

    22 minOct 19, 2017

    When the show is nominated for an American Journalism Award, Katie looks forward to spending the night with reporters she has admired her entire life; Chuck is eager to reunite with all of his old anchormen friends.

  5. 5Night of the Living Screen

    22 minOct 26, 2017

    Katie tries to impress her friends by going to a hip Halloween party with Portia; Chuck is asked to use a new smart screen on the show but tries to get out of it by convincing Carol that it is possessed.

  6. 6Pool Show

    22 minNov 2, 2017

    Katie is invited by Jeremy to do some real reporting; Carol is suspicious and kidnaps Greg to help her spy on them; Chuck bonds with Portia's fiancé.

  7. 7A Christmas Carol Wendelson

    22 minDec 21, 2017

    Carol finds herself in a reverse "Christmas Carol" during which she learns that she has too much Christmas spirit and is driving everyone around her insane. Meanwhile, Chuck's estranged son, Petey, visits the office and Katie, who has been charged with babysitting him, tries to get the father and son to reconnect.

  8. 8Sensitivity Training

    22 minDec 21, 2017

  9. 9Love Is Dead

    22 minDec 28, 2017

    Carol is devastated to learn that her parents are getting a divorce after 70 years of marriage. Katie, still hurting from her breakup with Jeremy, is convinced that love is dead, but Carol is determined to prove that it's never too late to have a happy ending. Meanwhile, Chuck discovers that the reason for Justin's newfound happiness is the cute new barista at the coffee shop and proceeds to compete for her affection at the expense of his and Justin's friendship.

  10. 10Catfight

    22 minJan 4, 2018

    Carol hatches a plan to get Katie to admit her feelings for her boss; Chuck finds himself an unwitting champion of the alt-right.

  11. 11Competing Offer

    22 minJan 11, 2018

    When "The Breakdown" staff finds themselves embroiled in a lawsuit with eccentric billionaire Fenton Pelt, Chuck is convinced he can solve the problem. But when Chuck's attempts to save the show backfire, he enlists the gang's help to pull off an elaborate heist. Meanwhile, after realizing that she has feelings for Greg, Katie is determined not to make a move on her unavailable boss. Her intentions are put to the test, however, when Diana St. Tropez demands that the two spend the night together fact-checking a story.

  12. 12The Fast Track

    22 minJan 18, 2018

    After an explosive fight with her daughter, Carol is excited about her new position at "Morning Wined Up," but is disappointed to realize that the job offers less responsibility than she had hoped. Katie is determined to bring down Fenton Pelt, the billionaire suing "The Breakdown," despite specific orders from Greg and the network's attorney to leave him alone. When Katie's rousing speech about journalistic integrity fails to inspire anyone but Chuck, who has been suspended from the show, she reluctantly joins forces, only to find that his investigative skills aren't what they used to be.

  13. 13Early Retirement

    22 minJan 25, 2018

    Diana St. Tropez returns with good news for "The Breakdown" staff: Fenton Pelt has agreed to drop his lawsuit on the condition that Chuck Pierce deliver a humiliating on-air apology and resign from news forever. Chuck, defeated, agrees, until Portia reminds him why he got into journalism in the first place. With Chuck's final broadcast approaching, Katie convinces Carol to reunite for one last job, and they race against the clock to find the one person in New Jersey who could disprove Fenton Pelt's claims and save the show.

Where to watch Great News

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Series cast

Briga HeelanKatie23 episodes
Andrea MartinCarol23 episodes
Adam CampbellGreg23 episodes
Nicole RichiePortia23 episodes
John Michael HigginsChuck23 episodes
Horatio SanzJustin23 episodes
Tracey WigfieldBeth16 episodes
Brad MorrisGene16 episodes
Sheaun McKinneyWayne15 episodes
Vicki LawrenceAngie7 episodes
Stewart SkeltonDave6 episodes
Tina FeyDiana St. Tropez5 episodes
Kingston FosterYoung Katie4 episodes
Sarah BakerJoyce3 episodes
Adam CounteeChip3 episodes
Dave HillChet3 episodes
Ana GasteyerKelly3 episodes
Rachel DratchMary-Kelly3 episodes

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