MUMBAI: The ACN News Night team will be back for another season. On Tuesday night, Jeff Daniels tweeted that The Newsroom has been picked up by HBO. "It's official. #Newsroom coming back for a Season 3," the actor, who plays anchor Will McAvoy, tweeted.

The news comes a month after HBO programming president Michael Lombardo noted publicly that he'd be "shocked" if the series didn't return. The hold-up has been creator Aaron Sorkin, who will need to pen the Steve Jobs film script before turning his attention back to Newsroom.

The Sorkin creation, set behind the scenes at a cable news show, will have no shortage of news events to cover in a third season, including the Newtown School shooting (December 2012) and the Boston Marathon massacre (April 2013). The series' second, which started airing from 14 July, will end with a two-parter taking place on election night on 15 September.