''Broadcast News'' opens today at the Coronet. ... Alberta Premier Jason Kenney releases province’s COVID-19 models during broadcast address. "Broadcast News" is as knowledgeable about the TV news-gathering process as any movie ever made, but it also has insights into the more personal matter of how people use high-pressure jobs as a way of avoiding time alone with themselves. BROADCAST NEWS is set in the fast-paced Washington, D.C., bureau of an unnamed network. Gunfire and some brief explosions are seen/heard as Aaron and Jane report on location from a trench in Nicaragua with a group of guerrillas. R-Rated videos and latest news articles; GlobalNews.ca your source for the latest news on R-Rated . BROADCAST NEWS opens with a series of brief vignettes that are a clever way of starting a story about TV anchors who have no clue as to what they're reporting about. At a speech before a group of would-be reporters, all of whom are bored by her presentation, most of them leave. Young Aaron is seen being beaten up by classmates after his high school graduation, he takes a couple punches to the face and we see a little blood running from his mouth. In "Broadcast News," writer-producer-director James L. Brooks takes us inside what looks to be the most exciting world ever. The long-dominant cable news network hit a major milestone in August: 200 consecutive months as the most-watched network in cable news. Television news-as-entertainment is the very funny, occasionally satiric subtext of ''Broadcast News,'' the bright new comedy written and directed by James L. Brooks, with three smashing star performances by William Hurt, Albert Brooks and Holly Hunter. Broadcast News is a slick and well- scripted comedy, witty and well-paced; it makes no points that haven't been made before, but like its TV news team it makes them entertainingly. Jane ( Holly Hunter ) is a talented, highly intelligent, and high-strung producer who is great at her job but lousy at her personal life; Aaron ( Albert Brooks ) is a smart, experienced reporter often overlooked for anchor spots because he lacks on-camera charisma.