Isabella decides to break free from her rocky marriage to Nino and the stifling kitchen of her husband's restaurant in Brazil. She moves to San Francisco in pursuit of her dreams of a real culinary career. Isabella reunites with her exuberant, cross-dressing childhood friend Monica, and together they devise the perfect recipe for coming out on top.

The Newsroom takes a behind-the-scenes look at a high- rated cable-news program at the fictional ACN Network, focusing on the on and off camera lives of its acerbic anchor, a new executive producer, and their newsroom staff.