News Night with Will McAvoy
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News Night with Will McAvoy is the fictional primetime cable news program at the center of the TV series "The Newsroom," anchored by the character Will McAvoy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| News Night with Will McAvoy canonical | 2 |
| Will McAvoy in The Newsroom | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4559412 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: News Night with Will McAvoy Context triple: [The Newsroom, featuresFictionalProgram, News Night with Will McAvoy]
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A.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is a short-lived but acclaimed American television drama series that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the production of a fictional live sketch-comedy show, created by writer Aaron Sorkin.
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B.
Franklin & Bash
Franklin & Bash is an American comedic legal drama television series about two unconventional lawyers who join a traditional law firm.
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The Mindy Project
The Mindy Project is an American television sitcom created by and starring Mindy Kaling that follows an obstetrician-gynecologist navigating her personal and professional life in New York City.
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D.
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation is an American mockumentary-style sitcom that follows the quirky employees of a small-town parks department in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana.
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E.
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is a popular American sitcom that follows Ted Mosby and his friends in New York City as he recounts to his children the long, comedic story of how he met their mother.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: News Night with Will McAvoy Target entity description: News Night with Will McAvoy is the fictional primetime cable news program at the center of the TV series "The Newsroom," anchored by the character Will McAvoy.
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A.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is a short-lived but acclaimed American television drama series that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the production of a fictional live sketch-comedy show, created by writer Aaron Sorkin.
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B.
Franklin & Bash
Franklin & Bash is an American comedic legal drama television series about two unconventional lawyers who join a traditional law firm.
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C.
The Mindy Project
The Mindy Project is an American television sitcom created by and starring Mindy Kaling that follows an obstetrician-gynecologist navigating her personal and professional life in New York City.
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D.
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation is an American mockumentary-style sitcom that follows the quirky employees of a small-town parks department in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana.
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E.
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is a popular American sitcom that follows Ted Mosby and his friends in New York City as he recounts to his children the long, comedic story of how he met their mother.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional entity
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fictional television news program ⓘ |
| airedFromStudioInFiction | ACN studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| airedWithinSeries | 2010s ⓘ |
| anchor | Will McAvoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Newsroom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
journalistic integrity
ⓘ
political polarization in media ⓘ ratings versus responsibility ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | sensationalist cable news shows ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Aaron Sorkin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducerInFiction | Mackenzie McHale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalAnchorPortrayedBy | Jeff Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalBroadcastType | cable news ⓘ |
| fictionalChannelCategory | 24-hour news channel ⓘ |
| fictionalCompetitorType | other cable news networks ⓘ |
| fictionalProductionCompany | ACN News Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Newsroom season 1 episode 1 ⓘ |
| focus |
hard news
ⓘ
in-depth reporting ⓘ political news ⓘ |
| format | hour-long news program ⓘ |
| genre |
cable news show
ⓘ
news program ⓘ |
| hasSegmentType |
breaking news coverage
ⓘ
interviews ⓘ panel discussions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainPresenter | Will McAvoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central setting of The Newsroom
ⓘ
vehicle for commentary on journalism ethics ⓘ |
| network | ACN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkFullName | Atlantis Cable News NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| newsDivisionHeadInFiction | Charlie Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | The Newsroom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | fact-driven news program ⓘ |
| recurringOnAirStaffInFiction |
Don Keefer
NERFINISHED
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Jim Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sloan Sabbith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recurringStaffInFiction | Neal Sampat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| timeSlot | primetime ⓘ |
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Subject: News Night with Will McAvoy Description of subject: News Night with Will McAvoy is the fictional primetime cable news program at the center of the TV series "The Newsroom," anchored by the character Will McAvoy.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Will McAvoy in The Newsroom