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Synopsis

Writer Mike Klein has just sold his pilot script "The Wexler Chronicles, a character-driven dramedy inspired by his real-life struggle to cope with his brother's suicide. Almost immediately, he discovers that realizing his vision will be an uphill battle. In the world of network television, a small handful of powerful, highly competitive executives determine America's viewing choices. Lenny is the brash, headstrong president of PDN (whose most trusted advisor is her 14-year-old daughter), and who must approve all of Mike's creative decisions. Richard, Mike's one true ally at the network, was recently hired from the BBC to add a touch of class. But he is caught between his instinct to support Mike and his obligation to produce shows that will fit onto Lenny's fall schedule.

Mike discovers that the road to a prime time slot is fraught with peril. At the network casting session, Mike's choice of a lead actor is overruled, and he is forced to cast his distant second choice, Zach, whose boy-next-door looks are better suited to Middle America. Also, Lenny has one "small problem with the script – she feels that the suicide story, the show's main premise, is too depressing for prime-time television. Mike gets little support from his manager Alice, whose constant reassurances seem a little empty. His only real comfort comes from his wife, Natalie. But she has practical concerns – she's pregnant with their second child and knows that if Mike's pilot does not get picked up, he's out of a job.

As the process continues, Mike's misadventures escalate. During filming, Zach, who's still struggling to "find his character, becomes preoccupied with his indifferent leading lady, Laurel, which does nothing to help his acting. Lenny, buoyed by the surprisingly strong overnight ratings for her new smash reality hit "Slut Wars, has made up her mind that the suicide has to go and insists on cutting an alternate and more slapstick version of the pilot.

Battling ill-health and ill will, Mike wrestles with daily disasters, all the while trying to stay true to his original vision. But that's never easy especially the politics. But the demands of pilot season are all-consuming and there are unexpected endings…in the show and in life.

Cast

Sigourney Weaver		Lenny
David Duchovny		Mike
Ioan Gruffudd		Richard McAllister
Judy Greer		Alice
Lindsay Sloane		Laurel Simon
Justine Bateman		Natalie Klein
Philip Baker Hall
Lucy Davis		Chloe McAllister

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Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
4/6/2007	52		$34,531		8	$4,316	$34,531	3
4/13/2007	61		$21,833	-36.77%	7	$3,119	$70,961	10
4/20/2007	55		$27,930	+27.93%	17	$1,643	$109,006	17
4/27/2007	59		$25,876	-7.35%	19	$1,362	$146,359	24
5/4/2007	59		$20,516	-20.71%	17	$1,207	$176,482	31
5/11/2007	65		$17,775	-13.36%	12	$1,481	$202,436	38
5/18/2007	70		$14,797	-16.75%	15	$986	$224,208	45
5/25/2007	67		$7,489	-49.39%	11	$681	$239,053	52
6/1/2007	78		$4,746	-36.63%	11	$431	$244,372	59
6/8/2007	71		$5,785	+21.89%	15	$386	$254,603	66
6/15/2007	79		$2,951	-48.99%	8	$369	$259,079	73
6/22/2007	105		$152	-94.85%	1	$152	$261,983	80
6/29/2007	92		$120	-21.05%	1	$120	$262,153	87
7/6/2007	81		$1,190	+891.67%	1	$1,190	$263,531	94
7/13/2007	85		$2,019	+69.66%	3	$673	$265,550	101

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
5/28/2007	82		$339		11	$31	$239,392	53

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