Matt and Danny have five days to put together their first show, which is receiving enormous media attention. Harriet tries her best to work with Matt, with whom she’s recently broken up.
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Savvy new network president Jordan McDeere (series star AMANDA PEET) inherits a massive public relations problem on the series--on her very first day of work--when executive producer Wes Mendell (JUDD HIRSCH) sparks a media frenzy by having an on-air melt
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While the cast goes through rehearsals with LAUREN GRAHAM (recurring guest star as herself - "Gilmore Girls," "Bad Santa") and musician STING (himself), a reporter named Martha O’Dell (recurring guest star CHRISTINE LAHTI - "Chicago Hope," "Jack & Bobby")
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As he helps prepare the holiday show, Matt remains determined to bring the Christmas spirit to Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Danny wrestles with his true feelings for Jordan.
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The production goes haywire when the propmasters and cue card workers stage a last-minute wildcat strike. ALLISON JANNEY ("The West Wing," "American Beauty") is the guest host of the sketch show.
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Jordan experiences major problems with her pregnancy. Simon loses his temper with the press. And flashbacks continue to reveal how Matt and Danny got fired from the show five years ago.
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In the first part of three, the cast and staff come back from holiday to prepare for the first show of the New Year. Matt bids online for a date with Harriet, not realizing that this is the beginning of the end, and Danny is in full pursuit of Jordan.
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A network focus group sends a scare through the company when the results indicate that the ratings success of Matt and Danny’s first show might have been a one-time thing.
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