本作是采访了80名日本电视台报道记者后根据真实内容改编的电视剧。以NTV报道局为舞台，报道奥姆真理教事件、秋叶原无差别杀人事件、女子大学生杀人放火事件以及时效废除、东日本大地震、疫情等象征各时代新闻的记者的困惑、犹豫、纠结。

本作是采访了80名日本电视台报道记者后根据真实内容改编的电视剧。以NTV报道局为舞台，报道奥姆真理教事件、秋叶原无差别杀人事件、女子大学生杀人放火事件以及时效废除、东日本大地震、疫情等象征各时代新闻的记者的困惑、犹豫、纠结。

“Essay, a term from written literature: unity of science and art; unity of social and individual knowledge,” Harun Farocki wrote in a first draft of the project Erzählen. The film follows two people (played by Engström and Farocki) investigating their respective subjects: one is tracing the involvement of the German heavy industry in the rise of Nazi-Germany, the other is interested in the fate of Larissa Reissner, a young Soviet writer and revolutionary. Both of them struggle with the question of how to organize their research and find a narrative structure. Their paths cross, and the film turns into an essayistic interrogation of structuralist narratology.

“Essay, a term from written literature: unity of science and art; unity of social and individual knowledge,” Harun Farocki wrote in a first draft of the project Erzählen. The film follows two people (played by Engström and Farocki) investigating their respective subjects: one is tracing the involvement of the German heavy industry in the rise of Nazi-Germany, the other is interested in the fate of Larissa Reissner, a young Soviet writer and revolutionary. Both of them struggle with the question of how to organize their research and find a narrative structure. Their paths cross, and the film turns into an essayistic interrogation of structuralist narratology.

A hair-raising comedy of art and compromise, THE TV SET follows an idealistic writer (Duchovny), as he tries to navigate his TV pilot down the mine-laden path from script, through production, to the madness of prime-time scheduling – all while trying to stay true to his vision. Along the way he has to juggle the agendas of a headstrong network president (Weaver), volatile young stars, a pregnant wife, and an ever-optimistic personal manager. 　　--© THINKFilm

A hair-raising comedy of art and compromise, THE TV SET follows an idealistic writer (Duchovny), as he tries to navigate his TV pilot down the mine-laden path from script, through production, to the madness of prime-time scheduling – all while trying to stay true to his vision. Along the way he has to juggle the agendas of a headstrong network president (Weaver), volatile young stars, a pregnant wife, and an ever-optimistic personal manager. 　　--© THINKFilm

这部作品是我给祥林嫂做的一个录音机。是我给自己的人格写的日记。也是一面镜子，映出我身边的人们和世界。故事之后故事还在继续，人们的故事都还在继续。现在自己流动到切生殖器的刀。想努力活着，可以认识更多有意思的人，一起在这个世界做一些打破规则的事。再见了妈妈，今晚我就要出发，我带着你的未来一起自由。一边回忆一边恨一边哭一边咒骂一边拥抱一边狂喜一边平静一边充满爱地蠕动奔跑生长消失，变成树，变成种子，再变成树。

这部作品是我给祥林嫂做的一个录音机。是我给自己的人格写的日记。也是一面镜子，映出我身边的人们和世界。故事之后故事还在继续，人们的故事都还在继续。现在自己流动到切生殖器的刀。想努力活着，可以认识更多有意思的人，一起在这个世界做一些打破规则的事。再见了妈妈，今晚我就要出发，我带着你的未来一起自由。一边回忆一边恨一边哭一边咒骂一边拥抱一边狂喜一边平静一边充满爱地蠕动奔跑生长消失，变成树，变成种子，再变成树。

收视最高的六点半新闻报道是主播的必争之地。在新闻电视部，资深主播文慧心（佘诗曼饰）和梁景仁（马国明饰）分成两派、平分秋色，前者一番兴风作浪，终攀上管理层之位。黄金时段女主播的空缺，引发连场风暴！早、午、晚不同时段的女主播许诗晴（高海宁饰）、张家妍（李施嬅饰）、徐晓薇（何依婷饰），三人为求上位，不顾师徒情谊、新闻道德，在公不择手段争取表现，在私互挖疮疤、互相伤害。最终，有人从“冷宫”中找到战友，有人跳出主流另觅出路，有人却成为自己最讨厌的人。新人刘艳（王敏奕饰）一腔热诚，目击明争暗斗，只求不被同化、保持理想。心以为操控结果，便能掌握权力，然而老总监和老板另有盘算，不惜揭开她的不堪往事，拉她下马，以达成最终的改革计划。大家只顾争夺眼前一杯水，却忘了身后原来有一片汪洋。

收视最高的六点半新闻报道是主播的必争之地。在新闻电视部，资深主播文慧心（佘诗曼饰）和梁景仁（马国明饰）分成两派、平分秋色，前者一番兴风作浪，终攀上管理层之位。黄金时段女主播的空缺，引发连场风暴！早、午、晚不同时段的女主播许诗晴（高海宁饰）、张家妍（李施嬅饰）、徐晓薇（何依婷饰），三人为求上位，不顾师徒情谊、新闻道德，在公不择手段争取表现，在私互挖疮疤、互相伤害。最终，有人从“冷宫”中找到战友，有人跳出主流另觅出路，有人却成为自己最讨厌的人。新人刘艳（王敏奕饰）一腔热诚，目击明争暗斗，只求不被同化、保持理想。心以为操控结果，便能掌握权力，然而老总监和老板另有盘算，不惜揭开她的不堪往事，拉她下马，以达成最终的改革计划。大家只顾争夺眼前一杯水，却忘了身后原来有一片汪洋。