Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Dev Patel
Table title:
Television
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Year </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Title </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Role </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Notes </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2007–2008 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Skins </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Anwar Kharral </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18 episodes </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2009 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Mister Eleven </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Hotel Waiter </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Episode "1.1" </td></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2012–2014 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > The Newsroom </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Neal Sampat </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 22 episodes </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2019 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Modern Love </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > In production; 1 episode </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
What did Dev Patel portray during 2012-2014?
Answer:
Dev Patel portrayed Neal Sampat on the television series The Newsroom (2012–2014).