SYNOPSIS
Soap opera set in the television
newsroom of
Canadian station CTLS, Channel 10. The initials stood
for "electronic news gathering," but the focus was not so much on
the news as on who was sleeping with whom. Ann was the savvy and assertive
executive producer who was having a clandestine affair with Jake, the station's star
cameraman. Her world was upset by the arrival of ratings-minded News Director
Mike, whose coverage philosophy clashed with hers. Younger Jane and mature Seth
(who was sure he was being pushed aside) were the anchors; Bruce a young
schemer; J.C. a cranky, older, wheelchair-bound assignment editor; Dan a smarmy
reporter who always turned out to be wrong; and Kyle the fatherly, silver-haired
station manager. In addition to the bed-hopping, there was much agonizing over
journalistic ethics, even as people's lives were destroyed by the station's
aggressive pursuit of rating-grabbing stories.
This Canadian-produced series was
aired by Lifetime
daily at 7:00pm for only a few months before it
was banished into the wee hours - a victim of the ratings Mike dreaded.