The Newsreader: Season 2

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Season Details & Credits

AMC+ | Season Premiere Date: August 7, 2025

Summary: Demands from the station's new CEO causes trouble for Dale and Helen on election night in the second season of the Australian drama series

[Aired originally in Australia on ABC TV on 10 Sep 2023; in the UK on BBC2 on 9 Nov 2023 and in the US on AMC+ on 7 Aug 2025]

Genre(s): Drama

Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E6. Fireworks
Air Date: October 15, 2023
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S2:E5. A Model Daughter
Air Date: October 8, 2023
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S2:E4. The Hungry Truth
Air Date: October 1, 2023

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Nina Metz

Aug 13, 2025

Though set in the ’80s, “The Newsreader” feels timely, especially in the way it portrays journalists wanting to do the right thing when it comes to holding power to account, only to be overruled by corporate bosses. It’s also a show attuned to the smallest details of an actor’s performance. .... Even the show’s writing is delicious. Read full review

The Telegraph Jasper Rees

Nov 9, 2023

Ravenous story-hound Helen remains the show’s moral and magnetic core – so much so that she often occludes Reid’s Dale. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Barbara Ellen

Sep 10, 2024

If this series feels a shade jerkier than the first – sometimes it’s as if it doesn’t know what to do with Helen and Dale as a couple – it remains classy, laser-focused and like nothing else on the box. Read full review

The Times Carol Midgley

Nov 10, 2023

I have watched the whole series and, apart from one jump-the-shark moment for Helen, it is a treat. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 11, 2025
Season 2

87
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: August 7, 2025
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  S2:E6. Fireworks
  Air Date: October 15, 2023
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  S2:E5. A Model Daughter
  Air Date: October 8, 2023
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  S2:E4. The Hungry Truth
  Air Date: October 1, 2023
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  S2:E3. Greed and Fear
  Air Date: September 24, 2023
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  S2:E2. People Like You and Me
  Air Date: September 17, 2023
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  S2:E1. Decision '87
  Air Date: September 10, 2023
Season 1

75
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 18, 2022