# Switching Channels (1988)

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**Runtime**: 105 min
**Genres**: Comedy
**Directed by**: Ted Kotcheff
**Written by**: Ben Hecht, Jonathan Reynolds, Charles MacArthur
**Starring**: Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson, George Newbern

> *There's a lot more going on around here than news, weather, and sports.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

It seems someone still has a thing for their ex. A TV news chief assigns his anchorwoman ex-wife a big story. Apparently romance is alive and well in local news.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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