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{{Short description|1987 film by James L. Brooks}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Broadcast News
| image = Broadcast News.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[James L. Brooks]]
| writer = James L. Brooks
| producer = James L. Brooks
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[William Hurt]]
* [[Albert Brooks]]
* [[Holly Hunter]]
}}
| music = [[Bill Conti]]
| cinematography = [[Michael Ballhaus]]
| editing = [[Richard Marks]]
| studio = [[Gracie Films]]
| distributor = [[20th Century Fox]]
| released = {{Film date|1987|12|16}}
| runtime = 133 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $15 million<ref>[http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/broadcast-news Box Office Information for ''Broadcast News''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009153430/http://powergrid.thewrap.com/project/broadcast-news |date=2016-10-09 }} ''[[The Wrap]]''. Retrieved April 4, 2013.</ref>
| gross = $67.3 million
}}

'''''Broadcast News''''' is a 1987 American [[Romance film|romantic]] [[comedy-drama]] film written, produced and directed by [[James L. Brooks]]. The film concerns a [[virtuoso]] television news producer ([[Holly Hunter]]) who has daily emotional breakdowns, a brilliant yet prickly reporter ([[Albert Brooks]]), and the latter's charismatic but far less seasoned rival ([[William Hurt]]). It also stars [[Robert Prosky]], [[Lois Chiles]], [[Joan Cusack]], and [[Jack Nicholson]]. The film was produced by [[Gracie Films]] and distributed by [[20th Century Fox]].

The film was acclaimed by critics and at the [[60th Academy Awards]] received seven nominations, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/12/12/675384976/jurassic-park-the-shining-and-23-other-movies-added-to-national-film-registry|title='Jurassic Park,' 'The Shining,' And 23 Other Movies Added To National Film Registry|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-08-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=Library of Congress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=National Film Registry Turns 30|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-18-144/library-of-congress-national-film-registry-turns-30/2018-12-12/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=Library of Congress}}</ref>

==Plot==
Jane Craig is a talented, intense news producer who is passionate about reporting and abhors the trend towards [[soft news]] in broadcasts. Her best friend and collaborator, Aaron Altman, is a gifted writer and reporter lacking in social skills. The two work in the [[Washington, D.C.]] [[News bureau|bureau]] of a national TV network. The bureau hires Tom Grunick, a local news anchor who is handsome, likable, and telegenic but lacks news experience and isn't especially bright.

Aaron and Jane go to [[Nicaragua]] to report on the [[Contras]] and get caught up in a shooting battle between them and the [[Sandinista]] rebels, bringing home footage that wins the approval of their national anchor. At an office party, news arrives of a [[Libya]]n plane having bombed a U.S. military base in [[Italy]]. The network chief decides to air a special report, with Tom as anchor and Jane as executive producer. Aaron is devastated at Tom's selection. Watching from his home, he calls Jane with pertinent information, which she feeds to Tom through his earpiece. With the combination of Tom's on-camera poise and Jane's hard-news skills, the report is a great success. Their teamwork also intensifies their mutual attraction.

Wanting to complete a story without outside assistance, Tom creates a piece on [[date rape]] that includes an interview with a rape victim, where Tom is shown tearing up in reaction. In the face of potential layoffs, Aaron receives an opportunity to anchor the weekend news due to most of his colleagues going to the [[White House Correspondents' Dinner]]. He seeks advice from Tom, who encourages Aaron to be more salesman-like in his approach. Aaron takes Tom's advice but during the broadcast begins sweating uncontrollably, resulting in a disastrous broadcast. Meanwhile, Jane and Tom progress romantically at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.  But before things get more involved, Jane leaves to console Aaron. The two have a heated argument, where Aaron tells Jane that Tom represents everything she hates about the direction of news media. He also tells Jane that he is in love with her.

The layoffs hit the network, resulting in many colleagues losing their jobs. Tom is moved to the London office, indicating that he is being groomed for a national anchor position; Jane is promoted to bureau chief. Tom and Jane agree to take a romantic getaway together before starting their new jobs. Aaron tells Jane he plans to take a job at a television station in Portland, Oregon. Before he leaves, he tells Jane that Tom's tears during his date-rape piece were staged; reviewing the footage, Jane realizes that he is correct. She angrily confronts Tom at the airport, saying that his actions were a breach of [[Journalism ethics and standards|journalistic ethics]] and that she cannot in good conscience become involved with him. Tom argues with her but relents, leaving Jane behind.

The three meet again seven years later. Tom has taken over as national anchor, Aaron has a wife and child, and Jane has a new boyfriend. Jane plans to take a managing editor role for the network in New York, working with Tom again. Tom leaves after Jane declines a dinner invitation with him and his fiancée, while she and Aaron catch up on their respective lives.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Holly Hunter]] as Jane Craig
** [[Gennie James]] as young Jane 
*[[William Hurt]] as Tom Grunick
** Kimber Shoop as young Tom
* [[Albert Brooks]] as Aaron Altman
** Dwayne Markee as young Aaron
* [[Robert Prosky]] as Ernie Merriman
* [[Lois Chiles]] as Jennifer Mack
* [[Joan Cusack]] as Blair Litton (credited as Joan Cusak)
* [[Peter Hackes]] as Paul Moore
* [[Christian Clemenson]] as Bobby
* [[Jack Nicholson]] as Bill Rorish
* [[Leo Burmester]] as Mr. Craig
* [[Marita Geraghty]] as Date-Rape Woman
* [[Glen Roven]] as News Theme Writer
* [[Marc Shaiman]] as News Theme Writer
* [[John Cusack]] as Angry Messenger
* [[Stephen Mendillo]] as Gerald Grunick
}}

==Production==
The score was by [[Bill Conti]]. [[Emmy Award]]-winning composers [[Glen Roven]] and [[Marc Shaiman]] make cameo appearances as a dorky musician team who have composed a theme for the news program in the film.

The character of Jane Craig was based on journalist and news producer [[Susan Zirinsky]]. She served as associate producer and technical advisor for the film.<ref>[http://www.american.edu/soc/success/susan-z.cfm "Susan Zirinsky"], American University</ref> The female lead was originally written for [[Debra Winger]], who worked with [[James L. Brooks]] in ''[[Terms of Endearment]]''. However, Winger became pregnant and was replaced by [[Holly Hunter]] just two days before filming began. [[Sigourney Weaver]], [[Dianne Wiest]], [[Jessica Lange]], [[Elizabeth Perkins]], and [[Mary Beth Hurt]] were also considered for the role.<ref name="worrell">{{cite magazine | last = Worrell | first = Denise | title = Holly Hunter Takes Hollywood | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = December 21, 1987 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966298,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071223092530/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966298,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 23, 2007 | access-date = 2009-01-27 }}</ref> Brooks originally wrote the role of Aaron Altman specifically for his longtime friend [[Albert Brooks]] in mind. [[Principal photography]] began in [[Washington, D.C.]] on February 2, 1987, officially wrapping in April 1987 after filming several scenes in Florida.<ref name=AFI>{{cite web|url= https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57573-BROADCAST-NEWS?sid=e222d1fe-6a98-4015-b3e0-e1e7482bb49a&sr=11.456455&cp=1&pos=0 |title=AFI Catalog - Broadcast News (1987) |website=[[American Film Institute]]|accessdate=September 5, 2022}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Broadcast News'' was given a limited release  on December 16, 1987, in seven theaters and managed to gross [[USD]] $197,542 on its opening weekend.<ref>{{cite news|title= Weekend Box Office : Appealing to All 'Generations'|newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]]|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-22-ca-30480-story.html|access-date=2012-06-05}}</ref> It went into wide release in the United States on December 25, 1987, in 677 theaters, grossing $5.5&nbsp;million on its opening weekend. The film went on to make $51.3&nbsp;million in North America and $16.1&nbsp;million in the rest of the world for a worldwide total of $67.3&nbsp;million.<ref name="boxoffice">{{cite web | title = ''Broadcast News'' | website = Box Office Mojo | url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=broadcastnews.htm | access-date = 2009-01-27 }}</ref>

===Critical response===
Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave ''Broadcast News'' four out of four stars and praised the film for being as "knowledgeable about the TV news-gathering process as any movie ever made, but it also has insights into the more personal matter of how people use high-pressure jobs as a way of avoiding time alone with themselves".<ref name="ebert">{{cite news | last = Ebert | first = Roger | author-link = Roger Ebert | title = ''Broadcast News'' | work = [[Chicago Sun-Times]] | date = December 16, 1987 | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/broadcast-news-1987 | access-date = 2023-09-23 }}</ref> In his review for ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Vincent Canby]] wrote, "As the fast-talking Aaron, Albert Brooks comes very close to stealing ''Broadcast News''. Mr. Brooks ... is more or less the conscience of ''Broadcast News''".<ref name="canby">{{cite news | last = Canby | first = Vincent | author-link = Vincent Canby | title = ''Broadcast News'' | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = December 16, 1987 | url = https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE5DD113CF935A25751C1A961948260 | access-date = 2009-01-27 }}</ref> [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]], in his review for the ''[[Chicago Reader]]'', praised Holly Hunter's performance as "something of a revelation: her short, feisty, socially gauche, aggressive-compulsive character may be the most intricately layered portrait of a career woman that contemporary Hollywood has given us".<ref name="rosenbaum">{{cite news | last = Rosenbaum | first = Jonathan | author-link = Jonathan Rosenbaum | title = ''Broadcast News'' | work = [[Chicago Reader]] | year = 1987 | url = http://onfilm.chicagoreader.com/movies/capsules/1427_BROADCAST_NEWS | access-date = 2009-01-27 }}</ref>

Hal Hinson, in his review for ''[[The Washington Post]]'', wrote, "[James] Brooks is excellent at taking us inside the world of television, but not terribly good at analyzing it. He has a facile, too-pat approach to dealing with issues; there's still too much of the sitcom mentality at work".<ref name="hinson">{{cite news | last = Hinson | first = Hal | title = ''Broadcast News'' | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | date = December 25, 1987 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/broadcastnewsrhinson_a0c913.htm | access-date = 2009-01-27 }}</ref> In his review for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', [[Richard Corliss]] praised William Hurt's performance: "Hurt is neat too, never standing safely outside his character, always allowing Tom to find the humor in his too-rapid success, locating a dimness behind his eyes when Tom is asked a tough question -- and for Tom, poor soulless sensation-to-be, all questions are tough ones".<ref name="corliss">{{cite magazine | last = Corliss | first = Richard | author-link = Richard Corliss | title = A Season Of Flash And Greed | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = December 14, 1987 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966222,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090203020522/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966222,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 3, 2009 | access-date = 2009-01-27 }}</ref> The magazine also ranked ''Broadcast News'' as one of the best films of the year.<ref name="timebest">{{cite magazine | title = Best of '87 | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = January 4, 1988 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966369,00.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071012153630/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966369,00.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 12, 2007 | access-date = 2009-01-27 }}</ref> The film garnered a 98% rating at [[Rotten Tomatoes]] from 52 critics. The site's consensus states: "Blockbuster dramatist James L. Brooks delivers with ''Broadcast News'', fully entertaining with deft, deep characterization."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/broadcast_news/ |title=Broadcast News |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=2012-06-23}}</ref> The film has an 84% [[average]] score at [[Metacritic]], based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/broadcast-news |title=Broadcast News Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More |website=Metacritic |access-date=2012-06-23}}</ref>

''Broadcast News'' was placed on 61 "ten-best" lists, making it the most acclaimed film of 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-24-ca-38115-story.html|title=Film Critics Agree: 1987 Was a Good, Bad Year|date=January 24, 1988|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

The February 2020 issue of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' lists ''Broadcast News'' as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html|magazine=[[New York Magazine]]|access-date=March 17, 2025}}</ref>

==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[60th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1988">{{Cite web|title=The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1988|access-date=31 July 2011|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[James L. Brooks]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| [[William Hurt]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Holly Hunter]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Albert Brooks]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| James L. Brooks
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[Michael Ballhaus]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Richard Marks]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[American Cinema Editors|American Cinema Editors Awards]]
| [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical|Best Edited Feature Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[American Comedy Awards#1988 awards|American Comedy Awards]]
| Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
| Holly Hunter
| {{nom}}
|-
| Funniest Supporting Male Performer – Motion Picture or TV
| Albert Brooks
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Casting Society of America#Artios Awards|Artios Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1988 |title=Nominees/Winners |publisher=[[Casting Society of America]] |accessdate= January 5, 2019}}</ref>
| [[Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature (Comedy)|Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Comedy]]
| [[Ellen Chenoweth]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[38th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1988/03_preistr_ger_1988/03_Preistraeger_1988.html |title=Berlinale: 1988 Prize Winners |access-date=2011-03-06 |work=berlinale.de |archive-date=2014-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101063851/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1988/03_preistr_ger_1988/03_Preistraeger_1988.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| [[Golden Bear]]
| James L. Brooks
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Silver Bear for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Holly Hunter
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1987|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1980s/ |title=BSFC Winners: 1980s |website=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]] |date=27 July 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Albert Brooks
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Holly Hunter
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| James L. Brooks
| {{won}}
|-
| [[40th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1980s/1987.aspx?value=1987|title=40th DGA Awards |website=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]]
| James L. Brooks
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[45th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/broadcast-news |title=Broadcast News – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1988}}}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| William Hurt
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| Holly Hunter
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| rowspan="3"| James L. Brooks
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1987 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1987.php |title=The 13th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |website=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Holly Hunter
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Sally Kirkland]] for ''[[Anna (1987 film)|Anna]]''.}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Awards 1987|National Board of Review Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1987/ |title=1987 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Holly Hunter
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Lillian Gish]] for ''[[The Whales of August]]''.}}
|-
| [[National Film Preservation Board]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Film Registry]]
| {{won|Inducted}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1987 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |website=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=19 December 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Albert Brooks
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Holly Hunter
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Albert Brooks
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[1987 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/awards-and-festivals/nyfccas?year=1987 |title=1987 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| James L. Brooks
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| William Hurt
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Jack Nicholson]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Holly Hunter
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| rowspan="2"| James L. Brooks
| {{won}}
|-
| [[40th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|title=Awards Winners|work=wga.org|publisher=Writers Guild of America|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|archive-date=2012-12-05|access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref>
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| {{nom}}
|}

Also, the film is recognized by [[American Film Institute]] in these lists:
* 1998: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies]] – Nominated<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/movies400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Nominees |access-date=2016-08-20}}</ref>
* 2000: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs]] – #64<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs |url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/laughs100.pdf |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |access-date=2016-08-20}}</ref>
* 2005: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes]]:
** Aaron Altman: "I'll meet you at the place near the thing where we went that time." – Nominated<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/quotes400.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes Nominees |access-date=2016-08-20}}</ref>
* 2007: [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] – Nominated<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100YearsMovies_ballot_06.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Nominees (10th Anniversary Edition) |access-date=2016-08-20}}</ref>

==Home media==
A digitally restored version of the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by [[The Criterion Collection]]. The release includes new audio commentary featuring Brooks and Marks, ''James L. Brooks—A Singular Voice'', a documentary on Brooks's career in television and film, an alternative ending and deleted scenes with commentary by Brooks, an interview with veteran CBS news producer [[Susan Zirinsky]], and a featurette containing on-set footage and interviews with Brooks, Hunter, and actor Albert Brooks. There is also a booklet featuring an essay by film critic [[Carrie Rickey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Broadcast News|url=http://www.criterion.com/films/27535-broadcast-news|publisher=The Criterion Collection}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb title|0092699}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=18602}}
* {{Rotten-tomatoes|broadcast_news}}
* {{mojo title|broadcastnews}}
* [http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1987/0BRNW.php ''Broadcast News''] at The Numbers
* [http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1725-broadcast-news-lines-and-deadlines ''Broadcast News: Lines and Deadlines''] an essay by [[Carrie Rickey]] at the [[Criterion Collection]]

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