The TV Set (2007)

David Duchovny is a writer who sells his show to a network that proceeds to crush the soul out of it. And him. And us.

Suits change the name of the show from "The Wexler Chronicles" to, um, something generic I can't remember, choose the good looking subtle-as-a-hammer diva dude for the lead rather than the less-attractive understated actor favored by Duchovny, and switch the premise from the the too-depressing "brother committed suicide" to "brother's in jail." That stuff just isn't very funny -- probably because anyone who watches television pretty much knows that most shows are dumb and they had to get that way somehow.

I smiled a couple of times, but never felt outraged, frustrated, or even terribly entertained.

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