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A television network is making a pilot of Mikes quirky comedy based on the aftermath of his brothers suicide. As the network suits ask for change after change, and as Mike struggles with compromise, there are strains on families, execs who show rushes to their children, leads who feel each other out, and assistants who put a smile on everything. Can an honest show get made in the world of reality TV chasing an audience of teen-aged boys?
Its TV pilot season in Hollywood. Mike Klein, after fifteen years of struggle, has finally had one of his scripts green-lit for development, this one, titled The Wexler Chronicles, specifically with the Panda Network. It is good timing as the extra money for as long as the project proceeds will help his personal finances in he and his wife Natalie expecting their second child. The project is a semi-autobiographical half hour dramedy - the comedy borne out of the tragedy, specifically his brother and thus that of the lead character having committed suicide - making it close to his heart. While he does have some say in how the pilot develops beyond the actual script, he will have to decide how much he will push back against the wants of the network president, Lenny, who has to consider the material in light of the competition. That push back, at any stage, may threaten the project in its entirety. Overall, her modus operandi seems to be to gear her network fare to the lowest common denominator regardless of how smart a project is purported to be, such as this one. While Mikes manager Alice is somewhat of a yes woman in doing whatever to push the project along, acting somewhat of a counterbalance is the new President of Primetime Programming, Richard McCallister, who, as a former BBC executive, is more accustomed to working on highbrow fare than he is with Hollywood sitcoms.
David Duchovny
Mike Klein
Sigourney Weaver
Lenny
Ioan Gruffudd
Richard McCallister
Judy Greer
Alice
Fran Kranz
Zach Harper
Lindsay Sloane
Laurel Simon
Justine Bateman
Natalie Klein
Lucy Davis
Chloe McCallister
Willie Garson
Brian
M.C. Gainey
Hutch
Wendle Josepher
A.D.
Phil Rosenthal
Exec. #1 (Cooper)
David Doty
Exec. #2 (Rose)
Matt Price
Exec. #3 (Berg)
Simon Helberg
TJ Goldman
Kaitlin Doubleday
Jesse Filmore
Marcia Moran
Casting Director
Andrea Martin
Becky
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