FOX's Anchorwoman, and the 1976 movie NETWORK: How are these two connected?

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On August 22, the FOX Network is airing a reality show called Anchorwoman; based on the show's plotline, it has the same connection to the plotline from the timeless movie classic from 1976 NETWORK:

 

On FOX's Reality Series: management at a station in Tyler, Texas is looking for a way to get more viewers; they hired a bikini model named Lauren Jones (former WWE diva); sex sells even more nowadays, and a CBS affiliate is using sex to increase viewership at the CBS-19 News.

 

in that classic movie: Howard Beale (played by the late-Peter Finch) going cuckoo-bananas on the evening news has increased ratings even more, and network executives want to exploit him even more with his own show, the Network News Hour.

 

How are these two connected? her bodacious body, and a small town station's efforts to use her sexiness to get more people watching; and Beale's meltdown on the UBS Evening News, which became a smash, and executives want to make it a bigger one...

 

Sexiness (Anchorwoman) and Mental Problems (Network): both ingredients to JUICE UP THE RATINGS, Network and Local!