HBO's political drama, The Newsroom, portrayed an American news station undergoing changes in its working ethics. Its portrayal of politics and journalism has sparked discussions among its viewers, and several research have probed into the influence of The Newsroom. This paper aims to present a proposal of exploring how The Newsroom shapes the attitudes towards American politics and journalism of viewers of this show in China. It is hypothesized that Chinese viewers would have a generally positive attitudes towards the two aforementioned factors based on Cultivation Theory from the field of communication. Structured interview and the word cloud analysis will be used as an analysis of the responses from participants. It is proposed that the results would indicate that while the general views of the audience would be positive, there could also be some respondents who do not hold an entirely positive view with regard to actual American journalism due to the perceived idealism of the show.