As the playwright George S. Kaufman used to say, "Satire closes on Saturday night," and I think this applies to this film. Very inside takes on the pilot process, but the characters are two dimensional. However, Justine Bateman was very good in a limited part and I liked David Duchovney's take on the typical television writer forced to make many compromises in order to survive. But in real life, there would have been a large staff of writers tooling the pilot, not just one hapless guy. Why he chooses to stay in television we never know. Characters used terms like "upfronts" without explaining what they meant (for the lay audience). Bottom line: a good DVD rental for a weekend.
Review of The TV Set
