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Back stabbing execs at a Canadian TV network stop at nothing to get ahead.

Rick Mercer travels around Canada giving a weekly satirical political commentary on the state of the country

Comedian Rick Mercer shows up Americans' near complete ignorance of Canada.

Walter Franklin, the star of Pyramid's hit family series, "Beaver Creek," dies. The company's stock plummets, which is the perfect opportunity for Richard to sink to his creative, Machiavellian depths.

After spending years in a psychiatric hospital, Alan's brother Frank arrives at Pyramid. When it turns out that he owns the company and cancels a much-anticipated company trip to the Banff Television Festival, Richard leads the Pyramid team in convincing him that he is still crazy.

Pyramid President Alan Roy learns that he'll receive a lifetime achievement award at the Gemini Awards. However, tuxedos and sequins do not guarantee a good time. Meanwhile, Raymond returns to the company with a good series idea, Richard oversteps his bounds and tides are turning at Pyramid Productions.

Pyramid wants to make a new "Beaver Creek" movie using the original star, Mandy, who's not thrilled with the prospect of returning since she accuses Pyramid of stealing her childhood.

Shirley Douglas ("Wind at My Back") guest stars as a right-wing American movie star appearing in a role on "Beaver Creek." While she demands to tape a public service announcement for the NRA on set, Alan schemes to blackmail the rest of the "Beaver Creek" cast to tape lucrative, yet highly embarrassing commercials for the Japanese market.

Jackie Burroughs debuts on "The Industry" as high-maintenance method actor Helga Lemper. While preparing for her role as the Christmas angel in the upcoming "Beaver Creek Christmas Special," the network demands a few changes. Suddenly, the production is a Valentine's Day special. Richard must figure out a way to meet the network's demands while convincing Helga to stay on the project.

Alan wants to find out why Ann-Marie MacDonald, best-selling author, award-winning playwright and television personality, has turned down his overture to join the Pyramid family. Richard, Veronica and Victor take turns giving their version of why the deal went awry, but only Ann-Marie knows the real reason.

When the ever-so-dense star of "The Sword of Damacles" fails to produce a contracted book for the German market, Richard and Veronica crack open a bottle of tequila and write the book for him. When it's hailed as the simple man's "Art of War," "Damacles" comes to a startling conclusion. Not only does he play a god on television, he is a god in real life.

Alan and Richard jump into a bidding war for a hot literary property. Alan will do anything to stop his major competitor from getting the rights to the prestigious book. Alan and Richard don artsy sweaters and head to the hippest literary event of the season hosted by Evan Solomon.

Alan takes on the role of management guru and corporate buzz words pollute the Pyramid offices. Through the "Success Through Failure" management philosophy, Richard is expected to merge "Kung Fu" with "Beaver Creek."

With absolutely no warning, the Pyramid staff finds themselves traveling to a corporate retreat in the country. Even the modicum of survival skills these office dwellers possess proves useless when they find themselves held hostage by Langley, an overgrown, hyperactive camp counselor-turned-motivational expert.

President Alan Roy plans to reorganize Pyramid Productions by putting Victor Sela in charge of both film and television divisions. This is bad news for new Head of Television Richard Strong or for Senior Production Advisor Veronica Miller. Office politics makes very strange bedfellows.

It's Sweeps Week and Pyramid lures fading diva Dian Del Largo to the set of "Beaver Creek." Redefining the phrase "high maintenance," Dian serves tantrums and abuse as appetizers, with hallucinations and a complete mental breakdown as the main course. When ratings are at stake, Richard has no choice but to make a last-resort call. Master diva wrangler Gino Empry is brought in to save the day.

Victor's plans to cash in on the children's merchandising game are thwarted when Pyramid's children's TV icon, Captain McGee, is caught in a tabloid scandal. Meanwhile, Alan is about to land a major sale for "Beaver Creek." A delusional German buyer is under the impression that "Beaver Creek" is like "Dawson's Creek," only edgier.

Ignoring Veronica's pleas for a meeting, the staff is dismissed for the afternoon as Wanda and Lisa are taken out for an extended liquid lunch.

Alan worries about the morale at Pyramid, so he hires William and Susan Doyle to produce a video to boost it. He instructs them not to tell Veronica, Richard or Victor what they are doing as it will only arouse their suspicions.

A flaky New Age religion brainwashes and blackmails the gang at Pyramid when a former writer claims he created the profitable "Sword of Damacles" series. Alan refuses to settle, fearing that every writer that he has ripped off in the past will come out of the woodwork with their hands out. Victor infiltrates the cult, only to fall under the spell of its enchanting and charismatic leader.

Alan wreaks havoc on the set of "Beaver Creek" while in hot pursuit of investment money from Harold Putman at a charity golf tournament hosted by Peter Gzowski.

With Alan leading the newly formed Pyramid/Prodigy, any concerns about merging these two distinct corporate cultures are dealt with quickly. Meanwhile, Richard and Victor play good cop/bad cop with the sole Prodigy television executive. Little do they know that this exec has yet to reveal his ace in the hole. He's Kiefer Sutherland's brother-in-law and Kiefer wants to do TV.

Pyramid Productions lets the bubbly flow, for they have just ordered more episodes of "The Sword of Damacles." But Richard Strong won't be happy until his fortunes change and he can become something more than just a lowly script reader at Pyramid. While Richard plots, Pyramid President Alan Roy and Senior Production Advisor Veronica Miller try to soothe the damaged ego of the "Damacles" star.

When Pyramid's dreadful reality series "Roomies" is about to be canceled, Richard is forced to make the show more outrageous and hip. The line between truth and fiction is blurred when Victor, Alan and Veronica join "Roomies" star Criz on the show.

Richard Strong is put in charge of an undercover cop show ordered by an American network. When the deal sours, Richard must fix the problem and punish the guilty.