A powerful drama set in the tough corporate world of network television. When Ellen Cunningham decides to take on the difficult task of re-writing and re-editing a mammoth 30-hour series she jeopardises not only her professional career but also the already difficult personal relationship she has with the series producer. Pamela Bellwood stars as the hard-working, free-spirited head of special event programming for a television network.
A daytime-programming whiz (Pamela Bellwood) attempts to transform a disappointing series into a ratings winner.
An actress (Sian Barbara Allen) who gets the most important role of her career learns that she has a brain tumor. Ellen Cunningham decides to give her friend, Angelica Hutton, that one big acting break. But Jack Kiley's reputation at Trans-Atlantic Broadcasting is riding on the show, and now Angelica could put their careers in danger.
Ellen's attempt to stage a comeback for Billy, an aging comic, is opposed by his manager.
Dan Costello-super salesman for Trans-Atlantic Broadcasting- has a drinking problem which triggers a major crisis between the network and a key advertiser. Ellen must keep Dan on the account-and on the wagon! A major advertiser threatens to cancel his account after catching a network executive embracing his wife.