Live at Five

Brandon Wilson anchors a television newscast that is regularly trounced by reruns of The Facts of Life. When a new producer, hell-bent on raising Channel 13's ratings, decides that his middle-class African-American anchor with a penthouse isn't "black" enough, he has a brainstorm: Brandon is to redefine himself by doing a series from a new home in the inner city. There Brandon meets Nita, who manages an apartment building while juggling three kids, night school, and a job. Brandon sees his move as a Faustian bargain that allows him to tell the stories of "real folks". But when the station demands something more sensational, Brandon and Nita find their loyalties caught up in a media circus that only Nita can tame.