In the great Disney tradition of wild family fun, a young Kurt Russell stars as Steven Post - an ambitious mailroom clerk at a second-rate TV network. With his eye on the boardroom, and getting nowhere with the studio's top dog, he makes a career-changing discovery. His girlfriend's lovable pet chimp can pick a hit show every time! His secret for success turns into a madcap monkey business when he makes vice president and jealous rivals want in on the act. Ride along with narrow escapes and a classic cast featuring Joe Flynn and Harry Morgan in a comedic climb up the corporate ladder that will leave you howling for more!

The Ratings Game

1984

English

5.9

♡ 7

38%

Danny DeVito Director

Michael Ensign as Le Boeuf Maitre d'

Steve Allen as Self

Jayne Meadows as Self

Kevin McCarthy as Wes Vandergelder

A New Jersey trucker creates a hit TV show with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.

Morning Glory

2010

English

6.5

♡ 49

57%

Roger Michell Director

Arden Myrin as Daybreak Producer

George Clooney as Himself

Jeff Goldblum as Jerry Barnes

Harrison Ford as Mike Pomeroy

A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.

Life on the V: The Story of V66

2014

English

8.0

♡ 1

Action

Biography

boston, massachusetts

Eric Green Director

Johnny Gill as Self

David Beadle as Self

John Garabedian as Self

Sunny Joy White as Self - Host, Live at the Palace

Boston's V66 music video station came and went in the mid-1980s but in the 18 months on the air, it was one of the only over-the-air music video channels ever created. But even popular success didn't mean it was going to last...

Boone: The Bounty Hunter

2017

English

5.0

♡ 51

70%

Robert Kirbyson Director

Erika Eleniak as

Corbin Bernsen as Cage Bickle

Kevin Sorbo as Kevin Sorbo

Jonathan Lipnicki as Ryan

When fame-seeking reality show bounty hunter, Boone, attempts to bring down a drug lord and his empire, he uncovers more than he bargains for and learns that justice means more than ratings.

Late Night

2019

English

6.5

♡ 65

80%

Nisha Ganatra Director

Max Casella as Burditt

Hugh Dancy as Charlie Fain

Emma Thompson as Katherine Newbury

John Lithgow as Walter Lovell

A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women separated by culture and generation are united by their love of a biting punchline.

Scrooged

1988

English

6.9

♡ 62

71%

Richard Donner Director

Karen Allen as Claire Phillips

Robert Goulet as Himself

John Houseman as Himself

Roy Brocksmith as Mike the Mailman

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.

The Kentucky Fried Movie

1977

English

6.4

♡ 15

83%

manipulation of the media

satire

television

tv ratings

John Landis Director

Manny Perry as Big Jim Slade

David Wang as Game Show Host

Ellen Regan as Judy Morton

Lance LeGault as Toy Robot

A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.

Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show

7.7

Josh Greenbaum Director

Steve Carell as Self - Cast Member

Lorne Michaels as Self - Creator, Saturday Night Live

John Fortenberry as Self - Director, The Dana Carvey Show

Robin Williams as Self - Stand Up Comedian

It had all the makings of a huge television success: a white-hot comic at the helm, a coveted primetime slot, and a pantheon of future comedy legends in the cast and crew. So why did The Dana Carvey Show—with a writers room and cast including then unknowns Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Louis C.K., Robert Smigel, Charlie Kaufman, and more— crash and burn so spectacularly? TOO FUNNY TO FAIL tells the hilarious true story of a crew of genius misfits who set out to make comedy history… and succeeded in a way they never intended.

Holy Man

1998

English

5.0

♡ 33

12%

Stephen Herek Director

Jon Cryer as Barry

Eddie Murphy as G

Florence Henderson as Herself

Jeff Goldblum as Ricky Hayman

In a world governed by commerce, Ricky and Kate, dedicated employees, find their lives forever changed when they encounter the enigmatic stranger G. As they navigate the realm of commerce, their paths intertwine in a surreal dance of love, loss, and redemption. G's presence, amplified through the pervasive influence of globalized television, casts a spell that reverberates beyond Ricky and Kate, impacting the lives of those who bear witness to their intertwined destinies.

I Want to Marry Ryan Banks

2004

English

6.1

♡ 7

54%

bachelor

bartender

boston, massachusetts

Sheldon Larry Director

Kelly-Ruth Mercier as Manager #1

Erin Karpluk as Nikki

Mark L. Walberg as Stan

Bradley Cooper as Todd Doherty

Ryan Banks's manager and old friend, Todd, comes up with the idea to have Ryan be the bachelor on a reality dating show in order to clean up his image. The only problem is, Todd falls in love with Charlie, the girl Ryan has chosen to propose to.

Bamboozled

2000

English

6.7

♡ 7

53%

Spike Lee Director

Al Sharpton as Rev. Al Sharpton

Bill Clinton as Self

Kim Director as Starlet

Michael Rapaport as Thomas Dunwitty

Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.

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