A New Jersey trucker creates a hit TV show with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
Keď moderátora správ Howarda Bealea kvôli jeho veku prinútia po 25 rokoch kariéry odísť do dôchodku, oznámi divákom, že počas svojho posledného vysielania spácha samovraždu. Keď však po jeho fanatickom vystúpení prudko stúpne sledovanosť, vedenie televízne siete si svoje rozhodnutie rozmyslí.
Zamestnanie televíznej produkčnej je ideálne pre workoholikov, ktorým to rovnako rýchlo hovorí ako myslí a ktorí nemajú problém zariadiť na počkanie nemožné. Teda aj pre Becky, ktorá má zachrániť vädnúcu rannú televíznu šou, ktorej sledovanosť klesla na minimum. Akčná Becky má mraky nápadov, čo urobiť inak a lepšie, lenže hneď ten prvý sa zmení na permanentnú nočnú moru. K ostrieľanej moderátorke ranného vysielania Colleen Peckovej sa totiž rozhodne pridať legendu medzi americkými novinármi Mikea Pomeroya. Tento nesympatický a nafúkaný búrlivák ju v dôsledku zmluvy, ktorú podpísal s televíznou spoločnosťou, nemôže poslať do čerta, a preto jej z moderátorskej stoličky aspoň znepríjemňuje život tak, ako sa len dá. Akoby to nestačilo, nebezpečne to škrípe aj medzi Mikeom a Colleen a sledovanosť neustále klesá, aj keď už pomaly nemá kam.
Ak chcete pracovať v TV shope a udržať si miesto, musíte mať hlavu plnú nápadov. Ak ich nemáte, klesá sledovanosť a hrozba straty miesta je jasná. Presne tak je na tom aj Rick, ktorý má dva týždne na to, aby zásadne zvýšil záujem divákov, a teda aj tržbu. V okamihu najvyššieho zúfalstva Rick s kolegyňou narazia na ceste na čudáckeho chlapíka, ktorý tvrdí, že je Svätý muž. Rick zistí, že jeho filozofia pôsobí na divákov ako magnet. Svätý muž sa stane novým moderátorom a sledovanosť televíznej stanice láme rekordy. Sú však aj veci, ktoré sú dôležitejšie ako úspešný biznis...
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled contestant Charles Van Doren to replace Stempel, it compels Stempel to let out his frustrations and call out the show as rigged. Lawyer Richard Goodwin steps in and attempts to uncover the orchestrated deception behind the scenes.
Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
Keď si moderátorka nočnej talk show najme prvú a jedinú ženu ako scenáristku, jej svet sa obráti hore nohami. Pôvodný zámer zmierniť dôsledky otázok inakosti so sebou prináša zábavné momenty – dve ženy rozdielnych kultúr a veku totiž nečakane spojí láska k pichľavej pointe.
When fame-seeking reality show bounty hunter, Boone, attempts to bring down a drug lord and his empire, he uncovers more than he bargains for and learns that justice means more than ratings.
A mockumentary following an ambitious TV network executive trying to produce a controversial reality show where contestants play Russian Roulette.
TV producer Pierre Delacroix becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea. Hoping to get fired, Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.
Ryan Banks's manager and old friend, Todd, comes up with the idea to have Ryan be the bachelor on a reality dating show in order to clean up his image. The only problem is, Todd falls in love with Charlie, the girl Ryan has chosen to propose to.
Since childhood Peter Schlönzke dreams of a career as a TV presenter. His great role model is Heinz Wäscher, who is always looking for talented young entertainers for his popular show. Peters mother announces her shy boy for an audition, which, although mercilessly goes wrong, but brings him a job as a cable helper. He meets the popular entertainer from the unlikely side: as a bus scrapper who despises his audience. When Peter stumbles into the limelight by chance, he has a unique chance - as successor to scrubber.
It had all the makings of a huge television success: a white-hot comic at the helm, a coveted primetime slot, and a pantheon of future comedy legends in the cast and crew. So why did The Dana Carvey Show—with a writers room and cast including then unknowns Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Louis C.K., Robert Smigel, Charlie Kaufman, and more— crash and burn so spectacularly? TOO FUNNY TO FAIL tells the hilarious true story of a crew of genius misfits who set out to make comedy history… and succeeded in a way they never intended.
Boston's V66 music video station came and went in the mid-1980s but in the 18 months on the air, it was one of the only over-the-air music video channels ever created. But even popular success didn't mean it was going to last...
Jayadevan is a most-wanted writer in the Malayalam Television industry, who pens the scripts for all major soap operas. The marriage brings in a lot of changes in Jayadevan's life and this forms the crux of the story.
While trying to expose corruption and greed, television reporter Edison Carter discovers that his employer, Network 23, has created a new form of subliminal advertising (termed "blip-verts") that can be fatal to certain viewers.
The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.