La història es basava en un relat de James Thurber que girava al voltant del tímid emprat d'una editorial que aconsegueix evadir-se de la seva gris existència imaginant que és l'heroi de grans aventures; un dia, el seu somni es fa realitat quan coneix una dona misteriosa que l'implica en una perillosa missió.
Bob Weston és el mesquí editor d'una publicació que es vanaglòria de difamar els protagonistes dels seus articles. La propera víctima serà la psicòloga Helen Brown, autora d'una guia perquè les dones solteres trobin l'home dels seus somnis. Bob vol entrevistar-la, però Helen es nega a rebre'l, així que s'haurà d'enginyar per arribar-hi.
Basada en la veritable història d'un veritable idiota, Nova York Per a Principiants és la crònica del declivi de Sidney Young, un prometedor periodista britànic que un dia té l'oportunitat d'escriure en una de les revistes més prestigioses de Nova York, "Sharps ". Young, un fracàs total sense vergonya, sense tacte i sense control, s'obrirà camí a través de Manhattan pels motius més inoportuns, i els seus mals modals i les seves bromes de mal gust el portaran a contratemps monumentals amb divertides conseqüències...
Novembre de 1959. L'escriptor nord-americà Truman Capote s'assabenta pels diaris de l'esfereïdor assassinat d'una família de grangers a un petit poblet de Kansas. Acompanyat per la també escriptora Harper Lee, decideix traslladar-s'hi per escriure sobre les conseqüències que ha tingut el crim sobre aquesta petita comunitat. La detenció dels assassins permet que Capote els entrevisti a la presó. Malgrat els seus esforços per mantenir-se al marge, no pot evitar involucrar-se afectivament amb un d'ells, Perry Smith, amb qui comparteix una infància difícil. L'escriptor es debatrà entre aquesta amistat i la seva obsessió per esbrinar la veritat i acabar el llibre.
Hannah Arendt, filòsofa, pensadora i periodista, jueva i exiliada als Estats Units, és enviada a Jerusalem per The New Yorker a cobrir el judici del criminal de guerra nazi Adolf Eichmann, que és jutjat i condemnat a mort. Durant quatre anys Hannah treballa, marcada per la controvèrsia, escrivint un llibre titulat «Informe sobre la banalització del mal», que provoca immediatament un escàndol internacional.
Philip Green és un escriptor que una revista de tirada nacional contracta per escriure una sèrie d'articles sobre antisemitisme a Amèrica. No sap com abordar el tema, i decideix fer-se passar per jueu per experimentar en pròpies carns el grau de racisme i prejudici que hi ha contra els jueus.
Una ballarina de Brooklyn abandona el seu xicot després de guanyar un concurs de bellesa i esdevenir una famosa model de revista, però aviat descobrirà que la fama i la fortuna no poden reemplaçar l'amor veritable.
Lalola was an Argentine television Comedy show that aired from 28 August 2007 to 29 April 2008. It was broadcast by TV channel América 2. It starred Carla Peterson and Luciano Castro as protagonists.
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
The Naked Truth is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 1996, and on NBC from 1996 to 1998. The series stars Téa Leoni and co-starred Holland Taylor. The show took place at the office of a tabloid news publication.
A 39-year-old single woman who wants to have a child without getting married. She has three men in her radar and has trouble choosing between them. They walk into her life when she’s already hopeless about love and marriage.
Just Shoot Me! is an American television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on NBC from March 4, 1997, to August 16, 2003, with 148 episodes produced. The show was created by Steven Levitan, the show's executive producer.
Suddenly Susan is an American television sitcom. Shields plays Susan Keane, a glamorous San Francisco magazine writer who begins to adjust to being single, and who learns to be independent-minded, after being taken care of all her life.
A glimpse into the outrageous lives of Jane, Kat and Sutton, who are working at the nation's top women's magazine, Scarlet, while navigating their careers, identities and individual voices.
An adventure reporter must adapt to the times when he becomes the boss to a group of millennials in the digital department of the magazine.
Dirt is an American television serial broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy tabloid" magazine DirtNow, which was previously two separate publications: drrt and Now.
Anything But Love is an American television sitcom, which aired on ABC from March 7, 1989 to June 3, 1992, spanning four seasons and 56 episodes. The show starred Richard Lewis as Marty Gold and Jamie Lee Curtis as Hannah Miller, coworkers at a Chicago magazine with a mutual romantic attraction to each other, who struggled to keep their relationship strictly professional. The series, from creator Wendy Kout and developers Dennis Koenig and Peter Noah, was produced by Adam Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television.
My World and Welcome to It is an American half-hour television sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber. It starred William Windom as John Monroe, a Thurber-like writer and cartoonist who works for a magazine closely resembling The New Yorker called The Manhattanite. Wry, fanciful and curmudgeonly, Monroe observes and comments on life, to the bemusement of his rather sensible wife Ellen and intelligent, questioning daughter Lydia. Monroe's frequent daydreams and fantasies are usually based on Thurber material. My World — And Welcome To It is the name of a book of illustrated stories and essays, also by James Thurber. The series ran one season on NBC 1969-1970. It was created by Mel Shavelson, who wrote and directed the pilot episode and was one of the show's principal writers. Sheldon Leonard was executive producer. The show's producer, Danny Arnold, co-wrote or directed numerous episodes, and even appeared as Santa Claus in "Rally Round the Flag."
The Latest Buzz is a Canadian teen sitcom from Decode Entertainment aired on the Family Channel, the series ran from September 1, 2007 to April 19, 2010. This is Family Channel's first original multi-camera sitcom. In this series, a struggling youth magazine, Teen BUZZ, replaces its staff with actual teens. Instead of being in class, five young writers take their last period of the day at the magazine’s office, learning about the fast-paced world of publishing.
Agony is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1979 to 1981. It starred Maureen Lipman as a successful agony aunt but whose own personal life and marriage is a disaster. It was written by Len Richmond, Anna Raeburn, Stan Hey and Andrew Nickolds. It was made for the ITV network by LWT. Although a comedy, Agony sometimes dealt with issues that were seen as taboo at the time such as drug use, racism, abortion, interracial relationships, and swinging, and was the first British sitcom to portray a gay couple as non-camp, witty, intelligent and happy people. It also openly mocked the government, the ruling classes, and religion, and occasionally contained dark and dramatic storylines.
