在这部新闻最前线剧情片中,故事的开端，从矢岛俊介（三上博史饰演）被调回日本，担任新闻节目“新闻最前线”的制作人开始。矢岛一走马上任，便宣称“收视率优先主义”，不但撤换女主播原田知世，其独断独行的风格，更引起大家不满。矢岛面对近20名性格互异的的节目团队，包括超酷社会记者大冢宁宁、美丽新主播米仓凉子、偷懒导播金子贤…等人，在不断激烈冲突中，“新闻最前线”的命运将导向何方？
本剧网罗了三上博史、原田知世、竹中直人、浅野优子、米仓凉子、森本雷欧、大冢宁宁等演技派演员，将藉由新闻节目幕前幕后的种种秘辛，带领观众一同探讨新闻报导的真相与内幕！
Veteran journalist Yajima returns to studio work after 6 years as an overseas war zone reporter determined to turn the traditionally passive Japanese news program into an actual investigative journalism show. For his first broadcast, he runs a story that exposes some embarrassing government secrets. His superiors are shocked, but the viewers love it. Rumors begin to swirl, however, and the star reporter admits that there may be deeper story hidden behind his supposed scoop.
