Network News Director

Senior broadcast executives grip the levers of national visibility, curating scandal clips that hammer reputations and dictating convention airtime that starves campaigns of oxygen. Invoked off-screen as engines amplifying Josh's briefing collapse, they now converge in the Roosevelt Room, eyes glinting with brief amusement at Toby's sarcasm before unleashing a stone-faced ultimatum: slash coverage to one hour per convention—acceptance speeches alone. Their pivot from chuckles to resolve forces White House capitulation, embodying media's raw power to throttle political narratives amid escalating crises.