该剧聚焦一桩著名的媒体丑闻：传媒大亨默多克旗下《世界新闻报》的电话窃听黑幕。《卫报》调查记者Nick Davies（大卫·田纳特 饰）揭露该媒体窃听从王室成员到普通民众的电话，通过此非法手段获取新闻，引发英国新闻传媒行业震动。

In 1977 Moscow, two "PONIES" ("persons of no interest") become CIA operatives and uncover a Cold War conspiracy their husbands were killed for.

Set in modern upper-crust Manhattan, an exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes of a charming perpetual bachelor questioning his single state and his enthusiastically married, slightly envious friends.