For your script to be picked up by a network, you’ll need to cast one of the Jonas brother ir eomething as the Speaker. : )
As for Kiefer Sutherland appointing Cabinet officers and remaining as Acting President, that would be correct if he named a Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, etc., but didn’t submit the nomination to the Senate (or sent it with the understanding that the Senate wouldn’t confirm), which would permit the nominees to serve as Acting Secretary of State, etc. without becoming the proper officers, so Kiefer would remain as the highest ranking proper officer in the line of succession and thus remain Acting President.
In Kiefer’s show the Senate is dead, I presume that would count as a recess. ;p