"I DON'T CARE HOW MANY PROTEIN BARS YOU EAT!" gets me every time XD

He pretty much stole every scene he was in during this show. He should have won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor. Great actor and still nailing it into his 70s. We should all be so fortunate.

Charlie: I was in a bar in DaNang... Will: Just now? Classic.

Sam Waterston is such an underrated actor.

"Reese, why don't you give us a minute?" "He can stay!" "Reese, get the fuck out." Love it :D

"I'm a marine, Don! I will beat the shit out of you! I don't care how many protein bars you eat!" hahahahha funniest shit ever!

Charlie Skinner is exactly who I want leading a news organization: flippant, fearless, vulgar, and usually drunk.

There's something about Sam Waterston calling Jeff Daniels "kiddo" that just kills me.

"I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people" simply beautiful.

I just remembered when ACN morning was talking about Will and Charlie took the phone and called the room: put me right in his f..ing ear. lol

Will, when was the last time you saw her?! 'I don't know maybe 3 years ago!' 'Coincidentally, that's the last time you were A NICE GUY!' One the best lines in the show. I loved Charlie. He was great

One of the greatest shows of all time, I wish it had the run that West Wing did.

"Oh, be a damn news man, would ya?" "yes, sir" If only Charlie knew he was speaking to a younger version of himself. There weren't enough Jim/Charlie scenes for me.

I'm still baffled people hated this show. I really liked it!

"Im too old to be governed by the fear of dumb people" - the late great Charlie Skinner

“It's like being in the cast of a Fellini film.” Totally underrated line

“I fucking LOVED what you said at Northwestern” no idea why but that is my favourite line.

"How did you know about that conversation?" "I know everything" Charlie was like the ACN Master of Whispers

"Reese, get the f**k out." The way he said that made me spit my coffee!

He was gold the entire series

Charlie yells: "Feet of fucking steel!" It's a callback to someone talking about feet of clay being held over a fire earlier.

I miss this show so much. The casting for all of them was flawless.

That Scotch is Oban 14, which sells for about $100 a bottle, by the way. It's super smooth.

Charlie and Leo. Sleep well gents.

Please, please. please let me spend the rest of my life listening to Sam Waterston's voice - I adore him - he's a remarkable man - and he's utterly beautiful.

The greatest and most scary thing about Charlie is when he stops being a gentleman and just casually drops the curse words but it's also the funniest.

"Reese, can you give us a moment?" "He can stay!" "...Reese, get the fuck out." That bit kills me everytime!

"I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people". Absolutely freaking spot on and I am only 53...

Only 5 minutes = Best ? 95% of his scenes are star quality.

The Smile after "Im going to take out your teeth, one punch at a time" is Golden

"Please!! Please!! let me dead by then". Bbwwuahhh!!

One of my favorite shows of all time. It deserved a longer run.

@ 3:00 my favorite scene of the whole series. "We just decided to."

I sometimes worry I love Sam Waterson more than my own Father.

"...by telling him to get a paper route" HA!

"Please, please let me be dead by then" Sam Waterston, you gotta love him.

"Reese give us a minute" "He can stay!" "Reese get the fuck out" Fucking crack up

"You're older than you think, don't learn that the hard way" For some reason that really hit hard 😥

Charlie and Don are probably my favorite characters.

"I will beat the shit out of you! i dont care how many protein bars you eat!!" thats stone cold bad ass line lol

I swear, I get a semi every time Sam Waterston curses. So good!

Will: "I get there are moments small moments infrequent moments when I not the easiest guy to work with but who the hell is." Charlie: "I am" Will: "Well it helps that you are drunk most of time." Charlie: "It certainly does."

And now we've lost Charlie ... because of some hotshot spoiled-brat who thought he knew something about how to do the news. In the final analysis, Charlie had forgotten more about the news business than Lucas Pruit ever knew. The real shame is that, in the real world, Charlie's obit might not even make the news ... though somehow, I suspect that Will McAvoy will make a point of noting Charlie's passing.

Everytime I hear Sam Waterston swear is a new highlight of my day.

She's indifferent to ratings, competition, corporate concerns, and basically consequences . . . "

The Burgess Meredith impression was spot on.

His grin at 3:51 just sold the line for me. It's the perfect "Problem, fuckboy?" expression.

>"bourbon-drinking" >has nothing but Scotch in every scene in this video. SOURCE: Me, a hardened drunk who knows his whiskey labels.

Sam Waterston as the crotchety, bourbon-drinking news department head, Charlie Skinner. Pretty much sums it up i love charlie tho the character as the dad will never had and i think he also reminds alot of people of our grandfathers thats why its just such a funny character.

3:11 The dialogue that got me hooked on this show...

1:40 The concept of the "twitter thread" hadn't been thoroughly codified at this point in time...

"I'm to old to be governed by fear of dumb people." So true Charlie, so very true good sir!

bow ties are cool~

Damn Jack Mccoy really went off the deep end when he stopped being a DA.

“I think you’ve had enough bourbon for one lifetime.” “Not my lifetime.”

I just had a real flash moment here, a REAL big bang moment in my head. The problem isn't with the News Companies, it's with us. I mean, yeah the problems also with the news companies, but as the majority of us don't work for news companies the majority of us only have control over us, and we're even more to blame. Recently I learned a little about market forces. If you didn't know, Market Forces are forces that manipulate the market. To add a bit of detail to that, they're the forces that determine whether certain things more or less valuable in any given market. So as an example... in the news, the market forces come from the viewers at the moment. Sure it's possible that a News Anchor could go rouge along with the rest of his division for moral reasons, but as is shown in Newsroom they will lose hundreds of thousands of viewers for it. Thus, the News Corporation logically can't make a truly proactive first step without being smashed down, seeing as the money a News Corporation makes comes from it's viewers. We, on the other hand, have absolutely NOTHING stopping us. What we watch and what we care about IS our decision. Yes certain people are brought up and formed a certain way by society, but if they believe they are morally bankrupt and disagree with who they are they CAN change with zero practical negative concequence. That is to say, there is no financial or physical barrier. The only barrier is mental, and that's one a News Corporation would have to overcome anyway, so to ask for a News Program like The Newsroom to exist in reality is asking people to 1) Potentially lose their jobs to do the right thing, 2) Willingly reduce the number of people who watch the news from their channel which has tremendous mental effect and 3) Risk very real death threats, potential attacks and public dismay. And all we have to do is turn off the fucking gossip column we were reading and actually do some research into some facts that interest us. If those don't exist, all we have to do is look over the internet and find something that exists in reality we think needs more views for moral reasons, and if you reading this truly believes you cannot do either of those things you have to hand in your realist card. You're nothing but a pessimist now, and if you had the choice... optimism or pessimism really? It's not about EVERYONE DOING THE NEWS WELL. It's about everyone who watched and agreed with the Newsroom, no matter how few of us there are, doing what we can in whatever fields we pursue, no matter how seemingly inconsequential to make the world a better and more moral place for us and those we care about. You write fiction? Good! Write to get people to ask questions about the setting and the characters that can get them to think more openly about reality. You work as a policeman? Good! Maybe give the guy the benefit of the doubt in cases where morally, you think that's the way to go, even if it's dangerous. It's about carrying your ideals through in what you do in both your working life and your personal life, not despite what you do in both your working life and your personal life. See Nina Howard deleting the Osama Bin Laden high on the air text from will as a big example, as well as Will McAvoy fighting against radical fundamentalism within the party he wants to respect despite the pressure that must put on his own self image as a republican. I can do better, and so can you. So lets do it. You wanna know how I've started to do that since I saw this show? I just decided to.

Thanks for uploading this. Skinner is my favorite character.

3:48 is one of my favorite lines in ALL of television.

"I'm too old to be governed by the fear of dumb people." Sir!!! You are BRILLIANT!!!

Thanks for saving the best scene for last.

a wonderful character, well played by precisely the right actor.

He was so good in this!!

Watching emotions change on the fly and on a whim

Sam Waterston inhabits the character of Charlie Skinner the same way that Jerry Orbach made Lennie Briscoe of the original Law & Order his own. Both of them elevated the shows they were in to a level those shows would not have found without them. Thank you, Sam. Thank you a LOT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPLOAD!

I love this show. Most especially the opening scene with the sorority girl. This show had a lot of great moments. If there was a problem with it, then it was only this. It was written for an intelligent audience. And by definition intelligent people will always be in the minority. No show can last long in hollywood, by playing to a minority of potential viewers. It is always more profitable to cater to the larger crowd.

Charlie is a real hero of ACN and a genius behind a transformation of ACN. Will is only a face and anchor for ACN but it is a Charlie who perfectly maipulated everybody from the start. I love the last episode where there are a lot of flashbacks that show Charlie's perfect plan and key actions.

Charlie Skinner is the best character Sorkin has ever written.

Oh my God, I LOVED that part.

I love Charlie, omg.

I fucking love this guy ... so much. The best character in a show with amazing characters.

He was my fav character on this show. Him or Neal.

I honestly think half the script is in caps 😂

Jeff Daniels it's powerful in every second of this TV episode he is brilliant shows a lot of talent he proves that he can be the leading star, deserve to be a superstar.

1:05 I've never laughed harder at a TV show in my life!

We did the news well. You know how? We just decided to. Fuck I love that.

Remember he played Sidney Schanberg in "The Killing Fields"

Thanks a lot! I spent all the time thinking he was saying "be a fucking seal" XD. I't very hard to follow a non-UK english dialouge.

Brilliant compilation! But what about during the first episode when he met with Will and told him about hiring a new EP? "You hired a new EP without me??" "You were gone! Only one person knew how to contact you." "IT WAS YOU!"

This may be Sam Waterston's career-capper, the LAW & ORDER franchise notwithstanding. Just superb, and his Charlie Skinner's whispering in my ear every time I write copy or research a piece for my buddy Kenny Pick's lovely, goofy Internet radio news program. We try to do the news well...."because we just DECIDED to".

"I'M A MARINE DON, I'LL BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU I DON'T CARE HOW MANY PROTEIN BARS YOU EAT!!!" I love this show.

Everything about Charlie Skinner was the best in this show, the whole show was the best. I wish we had at least two more seasons.

capo total, genio de la actuación. Gracias Sam Waterston!

gotta love charlie , with tht little bow tie of his. the coolest.

Yes please!

I loved that "best of" video although I don't see how it can call itself complete without those amazing Charlie/Sloan banter scenes!

I was waiting for his explosion on Sloan

4 "full" 10 episode seasons would maybe have done this show justice. I say that because any show normally only has 4 great seasons and this show deserved them. Undeniably my favourite.

I love how he says Fuck. Has an excellent snap to it.

"Coincidentally that's the last time you were a nice guy..." "Want another one Mr Skinner?" "Yes, please!"

It's really a great show.

I really miss this show.

I think from now on, my ringtone is just going to be Charlie Skinner shouting "WHERE THE HELL ARE WE?!?!" over and over again.

Ahh, thankyou :)

best character on tv ever

"FEET OF FUCKING STEEL!!" When you know the context, it makes that line damn powerful.

I love this guy.

It's so sad how journalism has had its name dragged through the muck recently. It's such a noble and important profession.

PLS PLS let me be dead by then LMAO love it

To be fair. The best of Charlie Skinner is every single fucking scene he was in!