The Ratings Game (The Mogul) (1984)

Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Gerrit Graham, Kevin McCarthy, Jayne Meadows ... see more  , Steve Allen , Army Archerd , Allyce Beasley , Peter Brocco , Barry Corbin , Robert Costanzo , Selma Diamond , Louise Dorsey , Michael Ensign , Michael Gallup , Nora Gaye , Louis Giambalvo , Huntz Hall , Stan Haze , Damon Hines , Basil Hoffman , Gela Jacobson , Ken Kimmins , Katie La Bourdette , Jeffrey Lampert , James LeGros , Russ Marin , John Megna , Susan Peretz , Bob Perlow , Michael Richards , Hal Riddle , Ron Rifkin , Joe Santos , Fred Scialla , Jerry Seinfeld , Mark L. Taylor , George Wendt , Lisle Wilson , Whitney Bain , Bruce Kimmel , Randall Miller , Vincent Schiavelli , Daniel Stern , Lee Ving , Gail Barle , Bernadette Birkett , Jacqueline Cassell , Jason Hervey , J.T. Solomon , Jerry Hoffman , Candi Brough , Randi Brough , Cisse Cameron , Randi Brooks , RONNY GRAHAM , Frank Sivero

Made for cable television, The Ratings Game was directed by Danny DeVito, who co-starred in the film with his wife Rhea Perlman. DeVito plays the owner of a New Jersey trucking firm who yearns for a t... read more elevison career. He offers several TV-series ideas to a receptive network programming head. On the verge of being fired, the network exec decides to have his revenge on his ex-bosses by selecting the very worst of DeVito's concepts. The "born to fail" series becomes a hit, and soon DeVito is the hottest programmer in the industry! More truthful than many of us are willing to admit, The Ratings Game premiered with astonishingly little fanfare over The Movie Channel cable service on December 15, 1984. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi