Small and medium subcontractor production companies currently support the TV industry. Chocolate TV is one such company with 20 employees. It undertakes various productions such as varieties, documentaries and dramas. The height of glory of the TV industry is already a thing of the past. Like any ordinary company, they have to be careful of key networks and sponsors as well as struggle to keep alive amidst the meager budgets and tough viewership ratings race. Chocolate TV’s president Aramaki Genjiro worked in the industry as a variety programme director and built the company in one generation. The programmes he takes on all have issues. Each time, his employees would unite, devote themselves to producing a programme and ride out the hardships of the TV world.
日本的電視模式，核心主要的新聞節目由電視臺製作，而綜藝類節目則外包給具有資質的電視製作公司完成。在電視臺的戰國時代，電視製作公司遍地開花，經歷了輝煌與榮耀，而如今也面臨著嚴峻的發展困境。巧克力TV正是當下在電視節目泥潭中奮力掙扎的弱小公司之一，其社長荒卷源次郎(千葉真一)擁有五十多年的從業經驗，雖然無法力挽狂瀾，卻也能憑藉豐富的經驗和可靠的人脈尋求突破點。紀錄片導演三橋圭祐(小泉孝太郎)有著自己固守的理念和方向，而在一次次挫折中心中也五味雜陳。節目製作人皆本加奈子(片瀨那奈)周旋在電視臺、贊助商、導演、明星中間，委曲求全，成為道歉專家。他們的身上展現了電視業殘酷而真實的一面……
