David Weiss has been hired as a new employee at IBS, a struggling television network, by the owner, Red Lansing. David's optimism is at odds with his more viciously competitive colleagues: Paul Weffler, president of the network, who is hoping to turn IBS around but can be quite clueless; Lindsay Urich, vice president of comedy development, who can turn a simple "hello" into a sexual harassment suit; Joanne Walker, vice president of programming, who only started as an assistant five months ago; and Mike McClarren, senior vice president of programming, who is extremely ambitious in his desire to get ahead in the industry.