This article seeks to contribute to the understanding of the space occupied by television serials in the representation of the journalistic culture; also helping in the creation of the image that the public has of the profession. HBO's The Newsroom (2012-2014) series, which in three seasons, portrayed the dynamics of newsroom writing and the process of producing news in television journalism. Through bibliographic and documentary research, we propose to think in an exploratory way about the capacity of fiction series, exemplified in this case by the series The Newsroom, to create in its narrative space for reflection on journalism, its values, functions, and crises. We understand that, although incapable of mimicking reality, the series can open a space for the debate of journalism in the real, while creating expectations-idealistic and unrealistic-as to the duty of journalism. The fictional constructions built in the series contribute to the construction of the image of current journalism and allows us to think about the crises that pervade the journalistic making in a context of technological, economic, political and social changes that alter the practices of the profession, even though a representation that could be said to be romantic journalism.