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If you didn't catch the premiere episode of Aaron Sorkin's new show, The Newsroom, yesterday on HBO, and feel guilty about procuring it via somewhat common, though nefarious means, good news: You can watch the pilot right now, for free, on YouTube.

I'm a very big Aaron Sorkin fan, from Sports Night and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, to his most recent crowning achievement, the somewhat embellished Mark Zuckerburg biopic, The Social Network. He's a very good writer, and gets the most out of his actors, arguably more than any other showrunner or supervisor in the business. After Sorkin "left" television following the end of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and with The Social Network being nominated for and winning multiple awards, his return to television looked bleak. Luckily for Sorkin fans, it didn't actually take very long for him to return, and this time, he's on HBO, which provides a higher quality audience and isn't a slave to ratings as much as the networks on which his past shows have aired. The Newsroom airs this Sunday, and if you dig Sorkin's style, you're going to love it.

For those who contributed to both Aaron Sorkin's Sports Night and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip being canceled because you didn't watch them, Aaron Sorkin is basically the best writer on television. Those shows were somewhat different beasts than his most popular show, The West Wing, so if you only watched the political drama, you probably don't know what you missed with both Sports Night and Studio 60. Well, Sorkin has finally made the move to a channel that'll, in theory, treat him right -- HBO -- and won't require the highest of possible ratings to keep his shows on the air. His new show, The Newsroom, is set to air on June 24, and should be in the same style of his other shows: The best stuff on TV. Yes, that's a style. Watch the two trailers for the show right here, above and below the break.