The Newsroom (1996)

The Canadian one, from 1996, and not to be confused with Aaron Sorkin's earnest 2012 drama of the same name. Ken Finkleman writes and stars as George Findlay, the news director of a station modeled on the CBC, a petty, self-serving, image-obsessed manager far more interested in office politics and his own standing than in the news. The satire is deadpan and bitter rather than broad, and it is aimed at public-service broadcasting's own vanities, which makes it a useful counterweight to the cable news parodies elsewhere here. It is often called one of the best media satires ever made, and the first series is the place to start.