Great News
Getting along with office colleagues can be rough, but working with your mom? That's a whole different story, and it's the headline for Katie Wendelson (Briga Heelan, "Ground Floor," "Undateable Live"), a smart, ambitious news producer at "The Breakdown," a national cable news show that shoots in Secaucus, NJ.
- Metascore67
- 2017-2018
- 2 seasons
- NBC
- Comedy
- TV-14
Getting along with office colleagues can be rough, but working with your mom? That's a whole different story, and it's the headline for Katie Wendelson (Briga Heelan, "Ground Floor," "Undateable Live"), a smart, ambitious news producer at "The Breakdown," a national cable news show that shoots in Secaucus, NJ.
Season 2 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2017 - 2018
Episode 1
Boardroom Bitch
Thu, Sep 28, 2017 21 mins
A tough business lady becomes the new boss of "The Breakdown" with plans to bring it up to date.
Episode 2
Squad Feud
Thu, Oct 5, 2017 21 mins
Diana (guest star Tina Fey) sets Katie (Briga Heelan) off on a mission to take the job at the station that she wants, but when Katie tries to be executive producer for the day, she soon realizes that Greg (Adam Campbell) has it much harder than she realized. Meanwhile, Carol (Andrea Martin) uses Greg and Katie's workplace competition as an opportunity to push the two of them together. After Diana insults Portia (Nicole Richie) on a women in business panel, Portia declares a "squad feud" that forces their two very different worlds together. Chris Parnell guest stars as Gerald, Diana's Chief of Staff.
Episode 3
Honeypot!
Thu, Oct 12, 2017 21 mins
Diana (guest star Tina Fey) has been promoted again, this time to the head of the corporation that owns MMN, but before she leaves she finds herself embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal. This leaves Katie (Briga Heelan) unsure who to believe her mentor or her friends in the office. Carol (Andrea Martin) becomes head intern and struggles to prove to the other interns, and herself, that she deserves the job.
Episode 4
Award Show
Thu, Oct 19, 2017 21 mins
For the first time in years, "The Breakdown" has been nominated for an American Journalism Award. Katie (Briga Heelan) is looking forward to spending the night as a peer with the very reporters she has admired her whole life. Fearing her mother will ruin it, Katie tries to stop Carol (Andrea Martin) from attending but is unsuccessful when Carol secures a position as a seat filler. Katie is stuck babysitting her mom all night but gets distracted by Jeremy (guest star Reid Scott), a handsome New York Times reporter who looks down on cable news. Chuck (John Michael Higgins) is excited to reunite with all of his old anchormen friends, especially Len Archer (guest star Christopher McDonald), an idol of Chuck's who is receiving a lifetime achievement award.
Episode 5
Night of the Living Screen
Thu, Oct 26, 2017 21 mins
Katie (Briga Heelan) realizes that while she has been working her way up at MMN, her friends, including Jessica (guest star Cecily Strong), have been getting married, having kids, and buying houses in New Jersey. Feeling pressure to impress them on Instagram with the hip New York City lifestyle that she has chosen instead, she lucks into going to a very cool Halloween party with Portia (Nicole Richie). Meanwhile, Chuck (John Michael Higgins) has been asked to use a new smart screen on the show, and in an attempt to get out of this seemingly impossible task, tries to convince Carol (Andrea Martin) that it is possessed.
Episode 6
Pool Show
Thu, Nov 2, 2017 21 mins
Jeremy (guest star Reid Scott) invites Katie (Briga Heelan) to do some "real reporting" and go on a stakeout with him. Carol (Andrea Martin) is suspicious and kidnaps Greg (Adam Campbell) to stake out the stakeout. The two discover that it may not be all business between Jeremy and Katie. Chuck (John Michael Higgins) meets Carvell (guest star Rashad Jennings), who is Portia's (Nicole Richie) fiancé, and the two of them form an unlikely friendship.
Episode 7
A Christmas Carol Wendelson
Thu, Dec 21, 2017 21 mins
Carol brings her over-the-top holiday cheer to the office, where she is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Katie volunteers to babysit Chuck's son.
Episode 8
Sensitivity Training
Thu, Dec 21, 2017 21 mins
Carol and Chuck resist when the staff is required to attend "sensitivity training". Portia suspects Katie's new relationship is less than perfect.
Episode 9
Love Is Dead
Thu, Dec 28, 2017 21 mins
Despite learning that her parents' 70-year marriage is breaking up, Carol is determined to dispel Katie's newfound notion that love is dead. Meanwhile, Chuck and Justin vie for the attention of a coffee-shop barista.
Episode 10
Catfight
Thu, Jan 4, 2018 21 mins
Carol invites Greg's girlfriend Cat to the office, hoping to spark jealousy in Katie and get her to admit she has feelings for Greg. Plus, Chuck accidentally becomes a favorite of the alt-right community.
Episode 11
Competing Offer
Thu, Jan 11, 2018 21 mins
Chuck leads the staff in a grandiose scheme to foil a litigious billionaire. Greg and Katie must spend the night together working on a story.
Episode 12
The Fast Track
Thu, Jan 18, 2018 21 mins
Carol is excited about her new position at "Morning Wined Up", but is disappointed that her job has less responsibility than she hoped; Katie reluctantly joins forces with Chuck to bring down the billionaire suing "The Breakdown".
Episode 13
Early Retirement
Thu, Jan 25, 2018 21 mins
Diana St. Tropaz returns to tell the staff of "The Breakdown" that Fenton Pelt will drop the lawsuit if Chuck delivers a humiliating on-air apology and resigns from news forever.
