Showtime Picks Up The End Of Steve

Showtime has picked up the pilot The End of Steve, which stars Matthew Perry as an unhappy TV talk show host whose egomaniacal streak is tested when he’s stuck working on a daytime show out of Rochester, N.Y. Despite his bitterness, he does try to find professional and personal happiness, perhaps by seeking out the romantic company of the station’s morning show host. Perry, whose most recent TV credits include Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and the TNT TV movie The Ron Clark Story, wrote and produced the dark comedy with Rescue Me creator and Larry Sanders Show producer Peter Tolan.