It was revealed on September 4th that actor Ko Shibasaki will be starring in Abema's original drama "Scandal Eve," which will be streamed from 10pm on November 19th. This will be Shibasaki's first lead role in a drama in about five years. She will play the president of an entertainment agency who rushes about after suddenly receiving notice from a weekly magazine that an actor under her management has been featured in a scandalous article, while Kawaguchi Haruna, who will be appearing with her for the first time, will play a weekly magazine reporter. A teaser trailer for the drama has also been released.
The drama is a suspense story depicting the forbidden battle that takes place before a scandal is made public. Just as F, the leading actor of the talent agency "Rafale," lands a starring role in a terrestrial TV drama, the agency's representative, Saki Ioka (Shibasaki), hears a notice from a weekly magazine announcing that F's "adultery scandal" will be published. The article was written by Hirata Kanade (Kawaguchi), a reporter for Weekly Buncho, who has exposed the scandals of many celebrities. With 72 hours left until the article is published, a fierce battle between the agency and the weekly magazine over the publication of the scandal begins. Then, new facts hidden behind the scandal uncover, and she is drawn into the deep darkness of the entertainment world... This is the story.