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The amusing trials of the executive staff of a television network.

Of all the talk shows, there's only one show that doesn't hesitate to take up such serious issues as teenage prostitution, aliens from outer space or breast implants in the Dick Dietrick style.

Dr. Baker, a plastic surgeon and his family are the subject of a documentary being made by a young filmmaker who has moved in with them and tapes their every move, with hilarious results.

A hard-drinking New York tabloid reporter enlists journalism students to aid his investigations, using resourceful but sometimes unethical methods to get scoops.

The Hoop Life is a show based on the lives of professional basketball players off the court. It is centered around the fictional UBA (United Basketball Association) and it follows the lives of three players from one of the teams, The New England Knights - Greg Marr, Marvin Buxton, and high school phenom Curtis Thorpe. You see the characters and how they react to the money, the pressure, and the subsequent fame. Dan Lauria rounds out the main cast as the head coach of the Knights, Leonard Fero.

Backchat was the FX original hosted by Jeff Probst, in which Probst answered questions about the network, the shows that ran on the network, the other original shows on the network, and other hosts on the network. It was a half hour show with viewer mail, via U.S. Mail and e-mail, and there were phone calls where people asked questions. They had the letter of the day segment, and in the later episodes, they had postcards sent in from viewers.