YMMV / Broadcast News

• Award Snub: In a way. Though the film was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture of the Year, it ended up winning none, largely due to being overshadowed by The Last Emperor and Moonstruck. Albert Brooks' supporting performance and James L. Brooks' screenplay were probably the closest the film came to winning anything.
• Awesome Music: Bill Conti's score.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Aaron is supposed to be the sensitive, intelligent "real reporter," while Tom is supposed to be the air-headed self-absorbed "talking head." But, when Aaron responds to Tom's ahead of its time report on date rape with "Can I turn on the news for a second? ...Oh, wait a minute. Sex — Tears — This must be the news....I think you really blew the lid off nookie...." WAY harsher. Judging by the reaction of his co-workers, they weren't pleased with his glibness.
  • Jerkass Has a Point: However, the scope of the piece wasn't suited to national news, especially by an anchorman, but more suited to something like 60 Minutes.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Aaron deciding to go to the "number two station in Portland" would be a brilliant move these days, as local television news has exceeded viewership of national.
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • Marc Shaiman, noted composer, gets a bit part (during the "Big Finish!" scene), just before he became a well-known musician.
  • Christian Clemenson has a very minor role as Bobby, a member of the news station. He would go on to become a main character on Boston Legal (winning an Emmy Award in the process).
  • Another reporter is played by William B. Davis, later known as the Cigarette Smoking Man.
• Signature Scene:
  • Blair's "obstacle course" run is the most run clip from the film.
  • "It's, like, indescribable. You knew just when to feed me the next line the second before I needed it. There was a rhythm we got into. It was like great sex."

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