Sorkin's Cable News Network Drama Awaits OK From HBO

For the past few months, HBO has been talking to Aaron Sorkin about his long-developing drama, set behind the scenes at a nightly cable news show. However, with the awards show season and his latest film, "The Social Network,", negotiations have been slow as Sorkin makes rewrites.

But with the many press interviews he's had recently, he let the news slip. There is no deal in place but but something is expected to happen after the Academy Awards, according to an article by Deadline. Sorkin's project is expected to get a pilot order by HBO.

Sorkin has been raking in awards and nods for his "Social Network" script and is considered a front-runner for the adapted screenplay Oscar. If that does happen, he'd follow the path of Alan Ball, who created the HBO drama series "Six Feet Under" after winning a writing Oscar for "American Beauty".

Sorkin is a screenwriter, producer and playwright, whose works include A Few Good Men, The American President, The West Wing, Sports Night, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and most recently The Social Network. His theatre writing credits include A FEW GOOD MEN and THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION.

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