The Changing Room

Margaret Bard

Welcome to the Changing Room-where lives are transformed,hearts are broken,and careers are made or destroyed-all in the time it takes to switch TV channels... For ambitious young producer Julia Hudlow assembling the cast of her first ever network IV show-a sitcom that follows the fortunes of a revolutionary beauty salon named the Changing Room-is a fantasy come true. But she quickly discovers her stars-from every woman's heart-throb Brandon Tate to housewife-turned- overnight-star Debra Jo Fawcett to child actress Melissa McKimmie-are all too palpably flesh and blood: volatile,vulnerable and with personal crises that spill into their on-screen lives. And,as the show climbs the ratings and Julia struggles to juggle the demands of her marriage with the pressures and behind-the-scenes passions of her show,she quickly realises that swimming in the sea of sharks that is network TV you can find yourself being eaten alive…