Spotlight is a television show.
Spotlight is the BBC 's regional TV news programme for the South West of England , covering Cornwall , Devon , Isles of Scilly , southern and western Somerset , western Dorset and the Channel Islands . Spotlight (film) . The film follows The Boston Globe `` Spotlight '' team , the oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative journalist unit in the United States , and its investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic priests . Spotlight won the Academy Award for Best Picture along with Best Original Screenplay from six nominations in total , making Spotlight the first film from Open Road Films to win in either category .