Broadcasting My Life

[JulieSomoski]

"Broadcasting My Life"

30-minute multicamera sitcom

Premise: A woman (SAM) in her late twenties is a reporter/editorialist for the Boston Globe, a fictional newspaper. She has to go through life with her 2 coreporters (WILL AND MELONY) giving her grief, advise, and romance, and her mother (CHRISTINE) always getting in the way of things after she moves in with her, always seeming unsatisfied with Sam. Sam's sister (STEPH) on the other hand announces that she's pregnant in the pilot episode, causing Sam to want to have a baby as well. She always wants her coworkers to take her seriously and have a good date once in awhile.

In the third season, Sam, Will, and Melony quit there job trying to find work. They finally audition for investigative reporters for a brand new Evening News Show, and land the jobs, meeting new people along the way. Sam finally finds the love of her life, and also finds out she's pregnant in the fourth season. For the rest of the series, Sam raises the baby on her own when her boyfriend leaves her, with Christine eventually moving out to make room for the baby.

Similar to "Murphy Brown," every episode of the series features at least 1 minute of a classic Motown or Soul song, with that song also being the title of the episode. Such songs are ones by Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, etc.

Characters:

Sam Latone - main character
Steph Latone - sister, married, 2 children (one on the way)
Christine Latone - mother of girls, widowed, old-fashioned, a busybody
Will Chaden - coreporter, offers advice, has a "crush" on Sam
Melony Staffel - coreporter, selfcentered, arrogant, evolves throughout series
Maxine and Richard Plirk - Sam's neighbors, live in the apartment next to her, a bit nosy and stubborn at tunes


Season 1 (13 episodes, September-December)

1.1 "Nowhere to Run"
Pilot - Part 1

Sam lands a very important editorial, whiler her mother continues to be bothersome, and her sister announces she's pregnant, which doesn't go over well with Christine.

1.2 "Baby Love"
Pilot - Part 2

Christine is upset about her daughter having a child, and tells Sam about her own struggles as a mother, while Sam is jealou herself about Steph having a baby, especially when she wants one of her own.

1.3 "Devil With a Blue Dress"

The entire cast gets stuck in an elevator when a blue dress seems to bring bad luck.

1.4 "Heat Wave"

It's October and 90 degrees! When Sam lands an interview for her next story, it seems to be a bust until a clue gives her a huge lead.

1.5 "Since You've Been Gone"
(By Aretha Franklin, not Kelly Clarkson)

Sam's old boyfriend of 2 years is back, and he wants to rekindle their relationship, but she has other plans.

1.6 "I Heard it Through the Grapevine"

A rumor is going around the office that Sam is pregnant, but when her Mom hears about it, she objects.

1.7 "Chain of Fools"

When Liz, Sam's secretary, is out for a few weeks, Sam desperately needs another secretary, so she holds auditions for a new one.

1.8 "Son of a Preacher Man"

Sam's date's father joins them to dinner, who just happens to be a minister at the local church Sam lies about going to.

1.9 "Dr. Feelgood" - Part 1

Steph's doctor becomes her new boyfriend, but when there's a chance something might be wrong with the baby, he's afraid to tell her, so goes to Sam instead.

1.10 "Dr. Feelgood" - Part 2

Sam finds out the news, and soon tells everyone else about it, except Steph. When Steph finally hears about it, she's a wreck, with Christine overreacting once more.

1.11 "Soul Man"

Sam's new story makes her find out what goes on in a man's head when interviewing different men in her office, revealing a troubling thought in Will's head. (The first episode Will reveals he might have feelings for Sam)

1.12 "Got to Be There"

Sam keeps getting interrupted when she's on her way to her new date. When she finally makes it to the restaurant, her date has already left.

1.13 "Mama Said" - Hour Long Episode

It's Christmas, and christine is in need of money to buy everyone a great gift, so she asks Sam for a loan. Sam gets angry, and soon tells her to find a job instead of budding into her life, which leads to Christine moving out of Sam's apartment.

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I am begging you to please comment on the series, and tell me why you like it, and how it could use more. I'll try to post more episodes as soon as I think of them ! :D

[blondie44]

I find it to be a pretty good sitcom. Only real thing I would add is well perhaps, adding an actor/actress to the characters, so we can get a good mental image of each of them. Personally, I would recommend Sam's character being played by Sara Rue (Less Than Perfect), Steph's character being played by Christina Applegate (Married With Children, Jesse), Christine's character being played by Candice Bergin (Murphy Brown), Will's character being played by Sean Maguire (The Class), and Melony's character being played by Andrea Parker (Less Than Perfect). Just a few suggestions, take 'em or leave 'em. Its up to you. :) keep up good work.

[JulieSomoski]

You know, it's funny, because immediately when I thought of Christine's character, I thought of Candice Bergen. It seems to be the kind of uptight, perfect actor I need. Anyways, thanks for the suggestions. I"m still working on more episodes, and even a script for the Pilot episode, and I hope to post soon!

[JulieSomoski]

Here are season 2 and 3 episodes (finally):

Season 2:

2.1 "Set me Free"

Will, Meloney, and Sam end up in jail after they go to a strip bar to try to break a story on illegal, underaged prostitutes.

2.2 "Why do Fools Fall in Love?"

Meloney needs anotehr couple for her double date, and Will and Sam agree to help her out, even though they agree that it is just a 'friendly get-together'.

2.3 "Signed, Sealed, Delivered"

When Sam receives a fax about an unlegal drug trade, she goesdown with Will and Meloney to investigate it. The next week, after the story has been published, the office is taken under hostage, unless Sam writes a follow-up in the next issue.

2.4 "I'll Be There"

Steph and her husband, and the Plirks, agree to come over for dinner, while Meloney and Will babysit Steph's kids at the office, and things for both don't go too well.

2.5 "Tears of a Clown"

Sam interviews a clown, who reveals her's about his life since his family hasn't talked to him since he became a clown, so Same gives him a job as her personal assistant.

2.6 "I Say a Little Prayer for You"

Sam's assignment is to do a story on the death of a famous Mobster, who just turns out to be her father, although he has been dead for 5 years. After Sam, Steph, and Christine go to the funeral, they realize it really is their father, who has just been "missing" for the last 5 years.

2.7 "Papa was a Rolling Stone"

After the funeral, Sam, Steph, and Christine find debts left by their father worth over $100, 000, and a gambling bill in thousands of dollars, so they try to get everything worked out, but more thigns unravel from there.

2.8 "I Wouldn't Change the Man he Is"

Meloney's dream man turns out to be married, but when Meloney sleeps with him unknowingly, she feels betrayed, and locks herself in her office for days, so everyone else tries to get her out of her depression.

2.9 "Please, Mr. Postman"

When Sam begins an affair with her apartment's mailman, she keeps it a secret from everyone else, since she feels embarassed.

2.10 "Ever Changing Times"

Sam, Steph, and Christine go back to their old paratment to look back on old times, and reminisce about their life as children, which brings up unwanted feelings about their childhood.

2.11 "Uptight"

Everyone in the office agrees that Sam can be a bit uptight at times, especially when stuck with a hard story, so she turns loose the next day, which makes everyone else miss her old self.

2.12 "You Really got a Hold on me"

When George gets fired, Sam, Will, and Meloney devise a plan to tget their new boss fired and George back, which gets Sam fired. So, it's Meloney who fights for both of them, which makes Sam look at Meloney in a whole new way

2.13 "Dream Lover"

Sam dreams that Meloney and Will make passionate love, but it's bothering her because she felt it should have been her and not Meloney, so she goes to over 5 psychologists to have it checked out, even though 4 of them laugh at her.

2.14 "Will You Love me Tomorrow?"

Steph confesses she and her husband are having marital proglems, so Sam goes over to talk to Steph's husband, which ends with a kiss, which Sam says was just a friendly kiss.

2.15 "It's a Man's World"

When Sam joins Will and his friends in a poker game, Will loses and has to be Sam's and Meloney's slave for a day.

2.16 "Surrender"

When Sam's story about a mugger escaping jail, it put's her Mom's life in danger after the mugger takes her hostage, so Sam has to face integrity and decide whether or not she wants to go on with the story.

2.17 "Remember me"

When Sam goes to her 10 year high school reunion, she finds her old flame who begins to date again, and that makes Will a bit jealous.

2.18 "I Want You Back"

Christine gets on Sam's nerves for the last time, making Sam move in with the Plirks. When Melony needs a place to stay, Christine lets her move in with her, which makes Sam jealous, wanting to move back in her old apartment.

2.19 "Upside Down"

Sam wants to know what it's like to be a mother, and Steph wants to know what it's like to have Sam's job, so they switch places for a day.

2.20 "He's a Rebel"

Sam's date is a great one, until she learns he's an ex-convict. He tells her he's turned over a new leaf, but she doesn't believe him, which gets him offended.

2.21 "What's Going on?"

Meloney, Will, and Sam have not gotten a good story in weeks, and when George announces there's be some cut backs in the office, they think they will be the firsts to go.

2.22 "Respect"

In the season finale, Meloney, Will, and Sam have survived the cutbacks by just a short margin, but are now getting payed almost half of what they were. When stories are getting less and less, and the newspaper now going under at the end of the year, the 3 decide to quit now instead of waiting until December to be fired.

[JulieSomoski]

Season 3:

3.1 "I Will Survive" - Part 1

Meloney and Will join Sam, just a week after they've quit, wondering waht they're going to do. This worries Sam that her friendship with the other 2 will end, and since her rent is raising, she runs into a lot of money problems.

3.2 "I Will Survive" - Part 2

with Sam having money problems and no job yet, she fears she'll have to look for a new apartment with lower rent, which worries Christine who will also have to look for a new place to live. Will and Meloney, also having money problems of their own, decide to move into the same apartment as Sam and Christine. Meloney lives with Sam, and Will agrees to move in with the Plirks, just wanting to stay close to Sam.

3.3 "The Way You Do the Things You Do"

Meloney is getting on Sam's nerves moping around the house all day, so the 2 go out to look for a job, with no good luck.

3.4 "It's in his Kiss"

Sam begins dating a nice guy, which makes Will jealous. When Christine meets him for the first time, she feels something isn't right with him, which makes Sam mad.

3.5 "My Guy"

When Sam and Adam are on a date, Sam realizes she's very serious about their relationship, but she doesn't think Adam is entirely yet.

3.6 "Ain't too Proud to Beg"

With Meloney, Sam, and Christine all without a job, and 2 think about going back to beg for their old jobs after they hear the Boston Globe is now doing much better than before, but they don't want to looks too petty.

3.7 "Stop! In the Name of Love"

When Steph see's how happy Sam and Adam are, she begins to fall for Adam herself, putting her marriage even more on the rocks.

3.8 "I Can't Help Myself"

Chad and Steph are going to couple's therapy, so the Plirks, and Sam and Adam, join them. Christine, Meloney, and Will stay home watching Steph's 2 children, and Will tells both of them that he might have feelings for Sam.

3.9 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"

Sam feels she needs to change the direction of her life, after she finds out Will has feelings for her from Christine, her relationship is on hold, and she has no job, so she goes on a mountain hike to think things over.

3.10 "I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You" - Part 1

Sam feels she's in love with Adam, but she isn't sure he loves her back, so Sam and Meloney break into Adam's apartment to looks for some clues of his private life. When Adam comes home and see's them, he gets angry and walks out on Sam, who was going to tell him she loves him.

3.11 "Baby I love You" - Part 2

Adam won't return Sam's phone calls, so after awhile, Sam gives up, and faces the fact that their relationship is over. She tells Christine how she was going to tell him she loved him, Will comes to Sam and he tells her he loves her. This makes Sam wonder if she can ever have a relationship with Will after Adam finally comes over and tells her he loves her. More confused than ever, Will decides to go to Sam and tell her he never meant what he said, so Sam and Adam get back together.

3.12 "Call me"

When the phone at Sam's apartment is broken, Meloney says she'll fix it. When Sam and Christine get home, the entire apartment is in shambles.

3.13 "Sixteen Candles"

Sam's turning 28, and misses her high school days, so to cheer her up, everyone tells their stories about their high school lives.

3.14 "Denise"

Adam decides to tell Sam about Denise, the girl he first did it with. It just turns out that Denise was Stephanie, who was only 16 at the time.

3.15 "Just my Imagination"

Sam, Will, and Meloney begin looking for a serious job. They find auditions for a new syndicated evening news show, so all 3 audition and get the jobs, but to get the jobs, they had to pretend like they didn't know each other.

3.16 "Hello Stranger"

The 3 Meet their new coworkers: the news anchor, who was a newly divorced man and very unhappy, and the show's producer, an older woman who turned out to be very annoying and also wanted everybody to get to work.

3.17 "Can't it Wait Until Tomorrow?"

"Investigation Report" launches live that night, and Sam's interview for the episode turns into a disaster on the air, so she gets upset and doesn't show up at work the next morning.

3.18 "A Lover's Question"

Sam feels her relationship with Adam is drifting even farther apart, so she hires her secretary, a busty-twenty-something to hit on him, as a test of their love.

3.19 "Get it Right"

After the weekly office meeting the day after the broadcast, Sam decides to look for her own story to impress Julie, the new producer, but finds nothing, so has to resist to Julie's boring report she had for Sam.

3.20 "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"

With money coming in finally and room running out, Melony and Will decide it's time to move out, which brings out everyone's emotions, until they both find an apartment acorss the street, while Sam feels weird just living with her Mom again.

3.21 "Save the Last Dance for Me"

Richard and Maxine see the flame going out in their marriage, so he takes her out to dinner and dancing, only to see Will, Sam, and Steph folowing them, being nosy.

3.22 "One Fine Day"

When Sam's day is going great, Christine shows up at the office, telling everyone what to do and where to go. When she begins to do this everyday, Sam is fed up with it, and tells her to back off.

3.23 "You Can't Hurry Love" - Part 1

Sam and Adam finally talk about marriage, but when Sam finds out she's pregnant, she doesn't know how to take it, and no one else does either.

3.24 "You Can't Hurry Love" - Part 2

When she finally tells Adam she's pregnant, they both decide the right thing to do would be to get married, but not right away. Sam doesn't know how this will affect her new job on the air, or how much her life is going to change after this point.