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always come to these things.

Oh, could you tell Paul

that we need him, please? Thanks.

OK, so let's just dive in,

shall we?

Who wants to start?

Tomorrow Rocco DiSpirito

wants to make lasagna.

I told him we did that last week

with the Barefoot Contessa,

- but he's insisting. What do I do?

- For the segment on miniskirts,

- do you want all size models?

- Next week, I want to do a piece

on juice cleanses.

All the celebs are doing them

and they have amazing

powers of rejuvenization.

My idea is that I get a juice

cleanse and then we can, like,

- measure my toxins...

- For the Carville interview...

I'm sorry, Lisa, do you want

the living room set or the stools?

ABC says we can't have Eva Longoria

until two weeks after

- she does G.M.A. What do we do?

- On psychic animals,

would you prefer a parakeet

or an iguana?

I'd like to do a piece on weathervanes.

They are fascinating.

Like did you know the word "vane"

comes from the Old English "fana",

- which means flag or weathercock?

- Friday, for cooking with squash,

- inside or on the plaza?

- They're offering us the third

lead in the new Patrick Dempsey movie.

Do you want him?

Great story out of Tampa about

a retirement account scandal.

But we got to move quick. Should we

send a team or just local talent?

...control room's on the fritz.

Ten grand to fix it.

For that piece on baby food,

do we want an actual baby,

and if so, white, black,

Hispanic, Asian,

blonde hair, brown hair,

teeth, or no teeth?

I have a black baby at home.

I'm sorry, I can't hear

what you're saying. I...

Hello! Hi, hi. Does someone

wanna tell me why I had to log off

BangingGrannies.com for this?

A**hole.

Tell Rocco if he insists on making

lasagna, he will be bumped.

Yes, all size models,

but skirts not too short. Toxins?

Who said that?

They can't be measured.

And "rejuvenization," not a word.

Tell Longoria's people

that she can't plug her next film unless

we get her within a week of G.M.A.

Parakeet. Ernie, weathercock?

Seriously?

The plaza for squash.

I want Patrick Dempsey.

Tell his people we'll run him in

the first hour and he can talk about

whatever his thing is.

Tampa Bay, definitely local talent.

And we've got to fix that sound board.

Find ten grand

in the budget somewhere.

The hair and makeup numbers, those

were too high. So, Colleen, could you

share your hair person with Lisa?

That'd be great, great. OK.

Asian baby, no teeth.

- Lesbian parents.

- OK.

Did I miss anything?

Oh, Paul!

You're fired.

- You're adorable.

- Fired!

I'm sorry. That was unprofessional.

Congratulations. The first day,

you flushed your anchor

and you got no money

to pay for another one.

He was lowering the morale of the show.

How is that possible?

Look, you must have

someone under contract.

A local anchor, a reporter.

I'll find someone.

I'll promote from within.

That'll be great for morale!

Go nuts. Find somebody great.

It just can't cost me a penny.

What if I gave them one

of my three pennies?

Whatever it takes.

Just get the ratings up.

Lenny, hi. Yeah. Very positive.

He thinks we have terrific options.

...plunge from 200 points

right before closing.

- Analysts fear that this...

- He's not bad.

Yeah, he's OK. Put a saddle on him,

he's good to go.

...are not happy.

- Should we watch 86 again?

I got to get home, see the kids,

or the wife is gonna kill me.

You have kids?

What? No.

No? Husband? Boyfriend?

Me? What? No.

- No, I'm sorry. Stupid question.

- You know...

- You're hideous and repulsive.

- You know what? Forget 86.

I think that we should watch the Miami

guy again, 'cause he was, I mean,

you know, he was a little bit tan,

but I think...

I think that we could wipe

that off, it's probably

just one of those self-tanner things.

I could, you know, fix that.

Good night.

Hey, look. It's Mike Pomeroy's fangirl.

- Hello.

- Hey.

That was you.

That was really embarrassing.

I may need to have you killed.

I'm... I'm Becky Fuller. Sorry.

"Becky Fuller" Becky Fuller?

The one who took out McVee?

You're a legend already.

- Thanks.

- I'm Adam Bennett.

I'm a producer upstairs at Seven Days.

- Hello.

- So you lookin' for a new anchor?

- Yes.

- Not that guy.

You can't use that guy.

That's the horse guy.

He's not too bad. I mean,

as long as we leave our hand flat

when we feed him a carrot.

- Well, good luck, Becky Fuller.

- Thank you, Adam Bennett.

- Need any help?

- No. I'm good. Thanks.

The sports guy from St. Louis

is not bad. Let's watch him again.

No, we need some gravitas.

We need people to trust us.

I mean, if news breaks on the air, we

need to be able to cover it credibly.

What, do you actually think

that we can cover breaking news?

- God, that's adorable.

- Thousands gathered today

to see if the tiny buck-toothed creature

would spot his own shadow.

But the sad tooth is,

according to Punxsutawney Phil,

this bitter winter is far from over.

Back to you, Mike.

What?

Yesterday, the Secretary of State

held a top-level

- State Department security brief...

- What's funny?

- You put Seabiscuit back in?

- But we agree that Hezbollah

has shown a willingness

to continue to attack.

- Becky?

- Can I call you back?

...lsraeli incursions.

What steps are you taking to limit

these Hezbollah retaliations?

You have Pomeroy

under contract, right?

Yeah. He was supposed to do

stories for one of our magazine shows.

- Yeah?

- We couldn't use anything he pitched.

- Nothing?

- An eight-part story

on the United Nations.

An interview with a Pashtun warlord.

A piece on microfinance in Asia?

It's all been so tempting.

- Jerry!

- So we're just paying him to sit there.

Wait. But he must

have millions on his contract.

You have a world-caliber

news man with nothing to do!

- Becky, this is...

- No, Pomeroy has reported

on every major story of the last three

decades, with integrity and courage!

I mean, he was the only anchor to go

down to Ground Zero on the day.

His Q ratings, I looked at them,

they're unbelievable,

- and you're already paying him.

- I have to go. We'll discuss this.

I...

I want to look at his contract!

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Hi.

I need your approval

to look at his contract.

Please.

Hi.

Hi.

I'm Becky Fuller and...

We actually met the other day

in the elevator.

And what the hell are you doing here?

I'm the producer of Daybreak and we're

actually looking for a new anchor.

Then why are you here?

Well, it's funny that you should ask.

Go away.

OK, just hear me out, because the

show actually has a lot of potential.

We're starting over basically,

and with an anchor as esteemed

and respected as yourself...

You've been a journalist

your whole life, ever since

your elementary school paper,

The Beaverton Bee.

I mean, you've got to miss it. You...

News breaks, it must just kill you

- not to be out there.

- Morning shows don't do news.

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