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Any other questions

about this dial;

Okay. Ladies and gentlemen,

I hope you enjoy The Wexler Chronicles.

You speak for yourself, okay;

You're the one who's a lawyer.

Anyway, gotta get to work.

But well, maybe I'll see you around

sometime this weekend;

I hope so.

It was great to see you again,

Rob Wexler.

It seems the men like her.

The boner factor.

- Well, how's he doing;

- Oh, better.

Michael.

How you feeling;

Well, I was puking before, but now

I'm doing much better, thank you.

- Good.

- How're you;

I'm good.

It's a lovely room you have here.

He'll be fine. I think you ought

to go home and get some sleep.

I'm just gonna crash on the couch.

You're eight months pregnant.

You're exhausted.

You need to sleep in your own bed.

Go home.

Okay.

You think he's gonna be

all right, though;

He'll be out cold in about

a minute and a half.

Who we talking about;

I'll check on him in the morning,

see how he's doing.

- Okay. Thank you, Doctor.

- Good night, Natalie.

- Good night.

- I like him.

I'm gonna go

and I'm gonna check on Juliana.

Oh, Juliana. I love her.

She's so cute.

I got your phone here, okay;

I'm gonna leave it here.

Call me if you need me, okay,

and I'll come right back.

Good plan.

- I love you.

- I love you.

- Go to sleep.

- You go to sleep.

- You're the best.

- Bye.

F***, f***, f***.

- Hi, baby.

- Mike;

- I miss you, baby.

- Mike, it's me, Alice.

Hello, Alice.

Sorry, I didn't think you'd have your

phone on. I was gonna leave a message.

- I'm up.

- Yeah. Are you okay;

Yeah.

I'm doing really well.

How are you;

I'm fine. You know what;

I am really sorry that I woke you up.

- You get some rest, okay;

- Okay.

I'll talk to you in the morning.

Alice!

The test thing.

How'd it go;

It went really well.

- Really well;

- Yeah.

Much better than we were expecting.

High eighties. Gilmore Girls numbers, Mike.

Gilmore Girls numbers;

I think that we have a really,

really good shot at getting on the air.

That's all I want, Alice.

I mean, because, you know...

I've been working fifteen years

for the...

Wait a second.

Which version;

- Hey, Si.

- Hi.

Do you want to watch one of the show's

Daddy's been working on;

Okay.

I'm gonna show you two different

versions of the same show.

And then you can tell me

which one you prefer. Okay;

All right.

Chloe.

I'm going home, Richard.

Chloe.

Hate it here.

Simon hates it here.

We're still getting used to it.

Haven't seen you in months.

You come home so late, and you're just

stuck working on terrible sitcoms.

It's my job, Chloe.

Sweetheart, it's beneath you.

F***...

Richard,

what are we doing here;

It's this horrible, horrible place.

I know it's hard.

But pilot season will be over

in a couple of weeks, and then...

And we have two weeks.

And then you're hearing pitches again.

It's just, it's all the same.

It's not our life.

Can you not see that;

Then we have the second season

of Screwed, at ten o'clock...

which takes care of Friday.

Saturday, we do the movie until January...

at which point we introduce Stinking Rich

as a mid-season replacement at eight.

Then we have an hour to double-pump

whatever needs it.

Pull an OC, if we have to.

Sunday, nothing changes.

You comfortable moving ahead

with this;

I feel very good.

It reminds me of '99. In a good way.

Richard;

I think it's a strong schedule,

creatively.

I think there's a lot of potential.

I suppose my only hesitation...

is that I'd really hoped we'd be able

to put The Wexler Chronicles on the air.

I think

that's an excellent project.

I like it, too.

We just don't have a place for it.

Excuse me. I don't mean to interrupt,

but it's important.

- What's up;

- I just got off the phone with Rosenbaum.

World's Grossest Meals is moving

to Wednesday after Idol.

- Then what're they doing Monday at nine;

- Infidelity 101.

Infidelity 1-0-f***ing-1;

Monday at nine.

What do we have there right now;

Cheating Heart.

They'll beat us with that.

- Are you so sure;

- Yeah.

It's a sexier version

of the same thing.

Only they have Carmen Electra

and a better concept.

Oh, Carmen Electra, I like her.

What do you propose;

I'm thinking.

Why not The Wexler Chronicles;

Against Infidelity 101;

We'll get killed.

Well, we'll do better than we will

with Cheating Heart.

You said so yourself, Lenny.

"Sex will always beat disgusting foods. "

But in a fight between sex and sex...

the sexier show will win,

and they have the sexier show.

It seems to me that the only way

to counter them...

is to go with an actual scripted series

with characters and stories and things.

If only for the thirty-five and ups,

at least we'll do some kind of number.

It's an interesting thought,

Lenny.

From an ad sales perspective.

We'll take the high-end cars,

the insurance companies.

Uh, maybe pharmaceuticals, even;

Yeah.

It's just so f***ing artsy and...

smart.

Well, I'm sure you'll remedy it.

- He's kind of a pain in the ass, though.

- Who, the writer;

He's very blue state.

- It's a nice show.

- I think it's our best pilot.

No, it's not, Richard. It was our

best script. It's an okay pilot.

It's a nice show.

- I just got off the phone with Richard.

- And;

They want to pick up the show.

What do you mean, they want to;

Well, there's two conditions and

they're non-negotiable.

So you have to agree

or it's a no-go.

What are they;

The first, and I don't necessarily think

this is a big deal, but you tell me...

there's a question about the title.

What's the question;

They kind of hate the title.

They'd like to change it to something

simpler, something more fun.

More fun;

They want something more fun.

They feel very strongly about it.

Do they have any ideas;

They're testing some alternatives

as we speak.

Would you watch a show called

The Wexler Chronicles;

Well, I don't know.

What's it about;

It doesn't matter. If all you knew was

the title, would you want to watch it;

Probably not.

E How about a show called

Rhyme or Reason;

- What Next;

- Naw, no way.

Call Me Crazy.

Call Me Crazy;

Yeah, I like that, 'cause it's like,

you know, the guy's f***ing crazy.

What's the other condition;

They wanna go with their version.

The mother dies.

Brother's in prison.

I know how strongly you feel

about this...

but Richard says that

it's non-negotiable.

He wanted to give you the opportunity

to say no.

In which case, he says he'll understand

and there's no hard feelings.

But he really thinks that

you can make this work, Mike.

And he hopes that you'll agree.

But it is up to you.

You have to write the show.

Y'know...

I've been thinking about this

a lot.

A lot, a lot.

Is it my original version;

No, of course not.

But can it work;

Yes, of course it can.

I mean, it's just a matter of me

making it work.

- I couldn't agree more.

- Things happen in the process.

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