A fun & slightly wacky novel about the people at a TV news station, and the crazy goings-on behind the scenes as the sacred "Sweeps Week" approaches. Gutteridge develops a cast of characters that seem truer to life than you might expect: the overworked & high-strung producer, the young but inexperienced male news anchor, the older female news anchor who is clinging to her job with everything she has, the devout (but attractive!) Christian female who talks about God like he's her best friend, and the reporter with a conscience... but wait, there's more!

There are literally enough characters to fill a TV station, but it all makes sense because everyone has their place. The 'major drama' of the novel is well handled, but I think the problem itself takes a bit of a backdrop to the people - in a good way.

It wasn't a spectacular novel, but different, well written, and pretty entertaining. I sat down and read it in one shot, so that has to say something! ( )

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Hugo and his coworkers at a news station are in a fight for better ratings. They think the solution is to change the look of their aging evening anchor. They send her to get a Botox treatment, but this backfires when her permant happy expression clashes with the tragic news she is delivering. This is just one of the things that is driving the boss, Hugo, to anti-anxiety medication. But then the station seems to get a break when Ray the reporter is attacked on the air. As events unfold, one person seems to keep her calm no matter how crazy things get. That person is Hayden Hazard, whose homeschooled Christian background sometimes grates against her coworkers. But she may be able to teach them a thing or two about what's really important. ( )