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The Knables are having marriage problems: Roy is a lousy plumbing supplies salesman by day and couch potato by night, and his wife, Helen, is a successful senior product manager for a vitamin company. Roy watches too much TV every night and Helen just cannot stand it. Then one night, Helen offers Roy a night to save their relationship: a romantic getaway without phones, their children, and especially no TV. Unfortunately, when Roys hooked on the big screen, theres no going back. This frustrates and angers her and Helen decides to smash the family console with one of Roys trophies as a wake-up call to reality. A heartbroken-to-disoriented Roy then hears the doorbell and finds out that its a mysterious salesman named Spike who offers him the "ultimate getaway" from all the hate, frustration, and failures: a new remote controller and a new state-of-the-art satellite TV. Roy accepts the new TV by signing a free trial contract not knowing that he just sold his soul to the devil himself. But later, Helen is both not impressed and steamed. After a fight outside, the "dish" activates. Roy and Helen try as hard as possible to escape, but it was too late for the force of gravity from the dish sucks them into the "Cable Television World of Hell" - all six hundred and sixty-six channels worth. Now they must survive through every episode of shows such as the game show "You Cant Win", the U.W.W.F. (Underworld Wrestling Federation) match, "Northern Overexposure", "Driving Over Miss Daisy" and a cartoon sequence called "RoboCat", "Autopsies of the Rich and Famous", "Duanes Underworld", "HTV", and "Off With His Head", all within 24 hours. If successful, they will return back to home, but if they fail, the devil keeps their souls forever. After they survived one day without harm, Roy gets sent back home while Spike hold Helen hostage. Now with the help of their children, Daryl, a communication whiz, and Diane, a fashion freak, Roy must re-enter the underworld of Hell Vision TV and save his wife, while keeping a distance from Spike. It is then that Roy will learn the hard way that theres more things in life than only a television. Like commitment. (Formerly written by Christopher Howell)
John Ritter
Roy Knable
Pam Dawber
Helen Knable
Jeffrey Jones
Spike
David Tom
Darryl Knable
Heather McComb
Diane Knable
Bob Dishy
Murray Seidenbaum
Joyce Gordon
Mrs. Seidenbaum
Eugene Levy
Crowley
Erik King
Pierce
Don Calfa
Wetzel
John Destry
Sackler
Susan Blommaert
Ducker
Maurice Verkaar
Another Buyer
Ken Douglas
Skeletal Worker
Gerry Nairn
Newscaster
Dale Wilson
Guy Squirly
Don Pardo
Game Show Announcer
Lou Albano
Ring Announcer
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