VINTAGE FILM Network

When a news anchorman (Finch) is given two weeks’ notice because of poor ratings, he does something unusual to attract more viewers: he looks into the camera and says he will kill himself on live television in the coming days. Enter the director of programming (Dunaway), who plays a bit of hardball to keep America glued to the set long enough to get her next promotion. Still a brilliant satire, it’s only sad so many real networks seem to have adopted it as a straightforward how-to guide.