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"The Newsroom," HBO's fictional series about a cable network newscast and its controversial anchor, played by Jeff Daniels, will include a storyline about the Madison protests in Sunday's show. HBO did not make a copy of the episode available in advance.

According to a synopsis:

"In the midst of covering the ouster of Egyptian president Mubarak, the “News Night” team learns of a protest in Wisconsin against Gov. Scott Walker’s bill to balance the budget by cutting teachers' jobs." Producers played by Alison Pill, John Gallagher, Jr. and Thomas Sadoski, "hustle to get side-by-side views of the simultaneous uprisings on air."

The show was created by Aaron Sorkin, who won an Oscar for the screenplay for "The Social Network" and created "The West Wing. He wrote Sunday's episode.

"The Newsroom" typically covers past news events, as if they are happening at the time the show is set, a narrative device that gives Sorkin the benefit of always being right.

The trailer below for Sunday's episode portrays the Egyptian side of the story, as reporters in Cairo are put in danger and go missing, but not Madison events.

Perhaps in future events, they'll cover the recall election.