Strapped for funds, the news director at WJMK-TV in Jefferson Falls is forced to assign college interns to various on-camera positions in order to produce the nightly newscast. The diverse collection of characters brings comedy and mayhem to the station.
The WJMK-TV news team is introduced to International Broadcasting Corporation company executive Dirk Remington. The interns immediately create problems, causing Remington to be suspicious about how the station is being run.
Fed up with college interns, Dirk Remington fires the entire staff at WJMK-TV. Each student, along with news director Jonathon Jones, is forced to go separate ways to find new employment opportunities.
The interns continue to find life outside of WJMK-TV difficult to adjust to; meanwhile a plan is hatched to get revenge on Dirk Remington to get the staff jobs back.