Must Kill TV (6 Nov. 1997)

When one of Dr. Sloan's patients, a major network's VP of program development, ignores his warnings by rushing back to stress-ridden pilot season after a heart-attack, he's not surprised to... See full summary »

Director:

Christopher Hibler

Writers:

Joyce Burditt (creator), Lee Goldberg,

Stars:

Dick Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell, Charlie Schlatter

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Dick Van Dyke	...	Dr. Mark Sloan
Victoria Rowell	...	Amanda Bentley-Livingston
Charlie Schlatter	...	Dr. Jesse Travis
Barry Van Dyke	...	Steve Sloan
John Aniston	...	Carlton Everest
Tom Gallop	...	Phil Zarkin
Michele Greene	...	Rachel Woodrall
Molly Hagan	...	Paige Jennings
Brenda Varda	...	Karen Danino
Fred Willard	...	Harry Fellows
Stephen J. Cannell	...	Jackson Burley
Erik Estrada	...	Himself
Peter Graves	...	Himself
Doug E. Doug	...	Himself - Cameo Appearance
Reginald VelJohnson	...	Himself - Cameo Appearance (as Reginald Vel Johnson)

Storyline

When one of Dr. Sloan's patients, a major network's VP of program development, ignores his warnings by rushing back to stress-ridden pilot season after a heart-attack, he's not surprised to hear the next kills her, until Amanda's autopsy shows her nitro-pills were substituted with placebo sugar. As Jesse is desperate not to have to spend his first (fishing) vacation in years with his father, who was never there for him, he successfully applies for a job in the studio's mail-room and thus gathers an insiders perspective which confirms the length of the list of suspects, which largely remains after he finds successor hung in her office, as the job mass-produces enemies: jealous and ambitious rivals, actors, producers and even loony fans for who her approval of a pilot or decision to scrap a show is vital. Yet after it turns out the first victim died from seeing a specially doctored vile version of a pilot she had already pre-approved, Mark figures out a less obvious culprit and the way ...

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 November 1997 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

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Trivia

The title refers to the "Must See TV" slogan used by NBC to advertise it's various nights of television in the 1990s which mainly consisted of sitcoms like "Friends".

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