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The blow-up in Aaron's apartment after Jane leaves the correspondents' dinner, or Jane confronting Tom about the faked tears

Six nominees are rattled off: the first time William Hurt anchors with Jane in his ear and Brooks on the phone, played as a clip of the F-14 dogfight interview; and the balcony scene where Hurt is asked by Aaron to name the cabinet members and stops with 'you're enjoying this, aren't you', also played as a clip.

Hurt teaching Aaron how to anchor, leading to the jacket trick, which one host used when he started doing Countdown on ESPN, thinking of William Hurt every time he sat on the bottom of his jacket; Aaron's television disaster, recalled as the bar of what not to do the first time doing PTI, your whole world ending on live TV; the big fight after the disaster between Jane and Aaron; and Jane confronting Tom about the video trick.

"wouldn't this be a great world if desperation and security made us more attractive if needy was a turn on"

The list runs through the great world of desperation and security making us more attractive, risking a life for a network that tests faces with focus groups, what you do when real life exceeds your dreams and the answer to keep it to yourself, 'I buried the lead', 'I've never fought for anyone before', 'does anyone win these things', and 'congratulations on history's longest winning streak', which one host calls his favorite of all of them.

The film

Broadcast News (1987)

Directed by James L. Brooks · Drama

133 minutes

Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

William Hurt Tom Grunick Kimber Shoop as young Tom Grunick

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