Sorkin Watch:

Until The Newsroom hits its stride, I’m keeping an eye on all Aaron Sorkin-related developments with this new section of the column. For now, everything in Sorkin’s universe is peachy with last week’s premiere episode checking in as the show’s second highest rated episode ever with 2.2 million viewers. You’d think The Newsroom would get a welcome spill over audience from True Blood, cable’s top program of the week, but the vampires that slay the Nielsen ratings were no help for McAvoy’s boys who took in a paltry 0.9 percent in the coveted 18-49 demographic.

Still, the critical reception was mostly positive and those who still have something negative to say about the show’s portrayal of women can take it up with starlet Olivia Munn.

“I think Sorkin writes all the characters the same,” Munn said in an interview. “If anybody criticizes my friends, that makes me very upset. I’m very defensive of the other women on my show because they’re really great people and great actors. They’re just telling a version of the truth that they know.”