( EW.com ) -- Stop the presses ! HBO is ending Aaron Sorkin 's acclaimed drama series `` The Newsroom '' after the upcoming third season , the cable channel announced Monday . Fox confirms 'Glee ' moving setting exclusively to NYC . `` The Newsroom is classic Aaron Sorkin -- smart , riveting and thought-provoking , '' said HBO programming president Michael Lombardo . `` I 'm sure this farewell season will be one to remember . '' The surprise announcement will conclude the journalism drama , which is set at a fictional cable news network and stars Jeff Daniels , who won an Emmy for his role . The third and last season will premiere this fall . Miss the 'Girls ' premiere ? Stream the first two episodes now . The announcement marks the second HBO drama series to get an end date in recent weeks ; the network is also concluding `` Boardwalk Empire '' after this fall 's fifth season . Meanwhile , HBO launched its latest drama series on Sunday night , `` True Detective . '' See the original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
HBO is ending Aaron Sorkin 's `` Newsroom '' with its third season . It 's the second show to get an end date in recent weeks . `` Boardwalk Empire '' will end after its upcoming fifth season . Meanwhile , HBO has launched a new drama called `` True Detective ''