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Notorious
《热点推手Notorious》被ABC预订，灵感由现实的刑事辩护律师Mark Geragos 及执行制片人Wendy Walker之间的关系改篇。描述在刑法与新闻媒体互相挑衅的世界中，一个富有魅力的律师及一个富有权力的电视制作人，如何利用﹑控制媒体﹑司法系统，甚至……控制对方。 Daniel Sunjata饰演Jake Gregorian，魅力﹑性感的辩护律师，他会不惜代价地操纵媒体以赢得官司，而且想在他人生的任何领域都站在顶峰。该角色指原型是Mark Geragos，角色被形容为几乎无懈可击，但软肋正正是Julia，不管在公在私上。Piper Perabo饰演Julia George，是充满动力，国内第一新闻节目的电视制片人，原型是Wendy Walker；她虽然一身干净，但有需要时随时能纵身于泥沼中，角色被形容为有吸引力的﹑强硬，但也有脆弱的一面。 Aimee Teegarden饰演 Ella，对Jake十分忠诚的合伙人，是位十分厉害的辩护律师。她初遇上Jake，是在她为自己父亲的刑事检控作辩护时。Kate Jennings Grant饰演Louise，是位新闻节目主持人。 J. August Richards饰演Bradley，Jake的弟弟，曾经是律师事务所的明日之星，但现今却活在哥哥阴影之下。Sepideh Moafi饰演性感﹑精明的电视新闻制片人Megan Byrd，负责计划档期，出场嘉宾。 Ryan Guzman饰演Ryan Mills，渴望取悦Julia的实习生，是电视网总裁的儿子。尽管他十分年轻，外表又正面，但其实他充满野心﹑放纵，不顾一切地想向霸道的父亲证明自己。Kevin Zegers饰演亿万富翁Oscar Keaton，花花公子的他创立了美国最大的社交媒体公司，该公司才区区运营了两年。
The number one cable news program in the country, learns internet mogul Oscar Keaton has been issued an arrest warrant for fleeing the crime scene of a hit-and-run. She wants the exclusive scoop on the high-profile story, and, during a live interview, it looks like she’s blindsiding the mogul’s lawyer and friend, Jake Gregorian.
As Sarah’s funeral approaches, Jake’s feelings may be clouding his ability to defend and protect an out-of-control Oscar from the press. Julia wants to locate Sarah’s brother and only living family, to give Sarah a voice as well as to get an exclusive scoop on an alleged family argument. Also, Jake takes on a baby kidnapping and the mother’s appearance on LHL uncovers an unexpected lead.
When a beloved rock star/humanitarian falls into a coma, Julia puts her job on the line to air a tape showing him taking advantage of a woman backstage at one of his concerts. Jake represents the woman who gave the controversy-stirring tape to LHL. Meanwhile, Louise is uncharacteristically unnerved by a news story; Ella helps Ryan track the origins of the mysterious photos sent to Julia; and stunning news is revealed about Oscar during an interview with Sarah's brother.
After Megan provides Julia with breaking news about a murdered college football player, a young man is accused of killing the student via an app which allows users to broadcast anonymous messages. Jake decides to take on the case once he learns the suspect is the son of a high school friend. Meanwhile, Levi is troubled by photos and information revealed during Oscar's interview from jail,
Jake and Julia search for the biological parents of an unborn baby. Meanwhile, Julia worries if a scathing LHL interview triggered a horrific incident; and Oscar learns the truth about Sarah and Jake's affair.
After his affair with Sarah is exposed on live TV, Jake learns a troubling secret about his former lover and is blindsided by new allegations. Meanwhile, the media fervor over a wealthy missing girl prompts Julia to undertake a personal search for a lesser-known victim whose life is in danger.
After Jake’s dramatic arrest on LHL for Sarah’s murder, he seeks refuge from the paparazzi at Julia’s home while Bradley and Ella work frantically to clear his name. Later, Jake discovers a terrible truth and goes to great lengths to find the person he now suspects is the real killer.
Disgraced and former TV news host Dana Hartman turns to Julia and Jake for help when her rebellious daughter becomes a suspect in the murder of her aspiring filmmaker boyfriend. Singer and reality-star Ray J gets caught up in the case when he announces the murder weapon belonged to him.
Jake furiously works different angles of the murder case against Maya Hartman, daughter of disgraced news anchor Dana Hartman. He thinks Dana could help by pleading her daughter’s case on LHL, even though Louise hijacked a previous interview by showing a sex tape of Dana with Maya’s boyfriend. Max is against Louise and Julia’s dangerous and clandestine trip to Mexico to get the LHL exclusive with drug kingpin Carlos Mora aka “El Toro.”
When Julia is mistakenly taken hostage by Mexican cartel leader Carlos Mora, Jake and LHL take extreme measures to ensure her safe return. Mora says he will release her and a fellow journalist if she produces an interview that would advance his propaganda.
