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There is no actress in television more gifted at comedy than Tea Leoni. To say nothing of poorly served Holland Taylor, another skilled holdover from the ABC series that introduced a sleazy celebrity tabloid named the Comet. Talk about humdrum comedy and creative bankruptcy. It appears the Comet is going almost legit. And only rarely is the leggy Leoni, meant to be the sun of the Comet, able to show off her distinctive, grandly gawky physical style amid a stultifying flat script that finds her making peace between Les and Camilla.

The show took place at the office of a tabloid news publication. Broke and without prospects for employment, after Leland blackballs her from respectable mainstream work, Nora seeks work at The Comet , a sleazy celebrity tabloid owned by Sir Rudolph Halley Tim Curry and run by ruthless Camilla Dane Holland Taylor. Darryl Sivad , a humorless African-American man always clad in dark sunglasses; and Stupid Dave Mark Roberts who is mentally handicapped. At home, Nora deals with deranged building manager Mr.