The TV Set (2007)
Directed by Jake Kasdan
As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny who favors trashy reality programming. The irony, of course, is that every crass suggestion Lenny makes improves the show's response from test audiences and brings the show a step closer to getting on the air.
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Kasdan, who directed “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” and “The TV Set,” establishes Elizabeth early as someone who is always inappropriate and never caught short.
Director Jake Kasdan did the intermittently funny “The TV Set” and the mostly unfunny “Walk Hard”; the sceenwriters have plenty of “The Office” credits but also bear the blame for the unbearable “Year One.”
Director Jake Kasdan has a string of marginal cult faves to his credit, the kind of little-seen weirdo comedies (Zero Effect, The TV Set and Orange County) that people pretend to have seen to earn cool points at parties.
From the brilliant modern take on Sherlock Holmes in Zero Effect to the parody of music biopics in the underappreciated Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and even to a lesser effect in going behind-the-scenes of television in The TV Set, Kasdan has more experience in the realm than many of the hacks earning top dollar for lackluster comedies.
I like "The TV Set."