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I'd been touted on the show by a friend who knew I'd worked in the industry. I had to call her back, and tell her that one aspect was pure fiction, namely the role Peet was playing, a network executive with integrity. The last one of those died when Tartikoff passed.
Man it's really pathetic how many people on FR feel the need to lie about this show. It never bashed Christians; and Danny's coke addiction was never portrayed as anything other than his own personal weakness; and I'm not sure how you'd call someone that uses another person's drug problem to corner him into having to take the job you want him to take compassionate, the female TV exec is a mean woman whose primary tool for outsmarting people is no one expects her to be that cold blooded. It's a good show, it's Sports Night for sketch comedy, and just like Sports Night got scuttled by the network not being smart enough to handle the show (who the hell starts two shows with the same core concept in the same season?!).