Fact1: Burgundy After being fired from accepts job offered to him by Freddie Shapp with GNN for station 's official launch SeaWorld and botching suicide attempt, Fact2: new approach proves to be hit beating Lime in ratings by massive margin, Fact3: Corningstone has quit own job and Burgundy bonds with family gradually adjusting to disability, Fact4: exclusive news story At comes in requiring Burgundy to cover it same time, Fact5: Burgundy 's friends arrive to defend him and massive battle
Output: In 1980, Ron Burgundy Will Ferrell and Veronica Corningstone Christina Applegate are married and are both coanchors for a prestigious news network in New York City. One day, Mack Tannen Harrison Ford, the most famous nightly news anchor in New York, reveals that he is retiring. He intends to promote Corningstone, making her the first female nightly news anchor in the history of television, and to fire Burgundy due to his continuously sloppy performance on air. Burgundy grows jealous of Corningstones success and storms out of the house, leaving her and their 6yearold son Walter Judah Nelson. Six months later, Burgundy is back in San Diego, but barely able to hold a job due to his depression. After being fired from SeaWorld and botching a suicide attempt, Burgundy accepts a job offered to him by Freddie Shapp Dylan Baker with GNN, the worlds first 24hour news network, for the stations official launch. He reassembles his news team, finding Champ Kind David Koechner, who owns a fried chicken store that sells bats secretly to cut down on costs, Brian Fantana Paul Rudd, now a famous cat photographer, and Brick Tamland Steve Carell, who is presumed dead but appears at his own funeral. They are assigned the unpopular latenight timeslot while obnoxious rival anchorman Jack Lime James Marsden is put in a primetime slot. Meanwhile, Burgundy finds that Corningstone has started dating psychologist Gary Greg Kinnear. As GNN launches, Burgundy decides to broadcast what the people want to hear, rather than what they need to hear. He and his team devise a sensationalist and patriotic newscast. Their new approach proves to be a hit, beating Lime in ratings by a massive margin, and the other news networks scramble to emulate them. Burgundy and his team are promoted to primetime, where they enjoy fame and fortune. Burgundys success excites GNNs manager, Linda Jackson Meagan Good, and they begin a romantic relationship. Tamland meets a similarly eccentric GNN office worker named Chani Kristen Wiig and immediately falls in love. Burgundy lets his newfound fame get to his head and neglects his parental obligations to Walter, angering Corningstone. He also alienates Fantana, Kind, and Tamland, claiming he is tired of carrying them. During a party celebrating GNNs success, Lime causes Burgundy to slip and suffer a head injury, resulting in him becoming temporarily blind. Unable to read the news, Burgundy isolates himself in a lighthouse, unable to adjust to his temporary loss of vision. Corningstone arrives with Walter for a visit, announcing that she has quit her own job, and Burgundy bonds with his family, gradually adjusting to his disability. Burgundy and his son rehabilitate a small shark, naming him Doby before setting him free. Later, Burgundy discovers that Corningstone was concealing messages from his eye doctor regarding an experimental procedure, since she thought his blindness has been significant in the family bonding. He leaves angrily, gets his vision restored, and returns to GNN. Back in New York, Burgundy is once again approached by Corningstone, who pleads with him to attend Walters piano recital. At the same time, an exclusive news story comes in, requiring Burgundy to cover it. However, on live TV, Burgundy instead admits that news is supposed to inform, not entertain, and takes responsibility for the mistakes he made, following it up by quitting and walking off. He leaves for Walters recital but is intercepted by an angered Lime and his team and several other news teams, all of whom want to kill him due to his fame. Burgundys friends arrive to defend him and a massive battle ensues. Burgundys old archrival Wes Mantooth Vince Vaughn arrives in time to save Ron from Limes news crew, before Brick sets off an explosion. Burgundy manages to reach Walters recital in time, and reconcile with Corningstone. Burgundy and his friends later attend Tamlands and Chanis wedding on the beach. During the wedding, Ron spots Doby in the water and tries to greet him, only to be attacked, forcing his dog Baxter to rescue him.