| There is nothing wrong with The TV Set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. They are controlling transmission. If they wish to make it louder, they will bring up the volume. If they wish to make it softer, they will tune it to a whisper. They can reduce the focus to a soft blur, or sharpen it to crystal clarity. They will control the horizontal. They will control the vertical. For an hour and a half, sit quietly and they will control all that you see and hear. You are about to experience the awe and mystery that reaches from the inner mind to ... the outer limits — of pilot season.
Set in that strange world from which TV series emerge, Jake Kasdan's wickedly funny comedy follows the travails of a writer guiding his pet project through the Scylla and Charybdis of network television. An insider's guide to a process seemingly rigged to yield lowest-common-denominator programming, The TVSet will have you wondering how anything worthwhile ever makes it on the air — and understand why the best stuff usually winds up on cable....”
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