Entertainment | Aaron Sorkin HBO Renews Newsroom Critical reception not bad enough to sink Aaron Sorkin's latest By Kevin Spak Posted Jul 4, 2012 10:33 AM CDT Copied This image released by HBO shows Jeff Daniels in a scene from the HBO original series, "The Newsroom." (AP Photo/HBO, Melissa Moseley) It seems HBO isn't sweating the mostly terrible reviews The Newsroom has garnered so far. The network has already renewed Aaron Sorkin's polarizing media drama for another season, the Huffington Post reports. Newsroom had decent ratings for its premiere, drawing 2.1 million viewers, though that figure dropped 19% for the second episode, according to Cinema Blend. If nothing else, the show certainly has people talking, and it has even earned some high-profile admirers. Read These Next Saudi tells Iran to wise up, 'stop attacking their neighbors.' Ex-counterterror official Joe Kent is under investigation by the FBI. Trump cracked a Pearl Harbor joke with Japan's leader. Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier pulls out of the Iran war. Report an error