Showtime's Entertainment President Bob Green-blatt is on a mission: to transform the Viacom-owned channel into a prime time player. His blueprint is Huff, a textured new family drama chock full of boldface stars that debuts Nov. 7. Hank Azaria plays a troubled psychiatrist re-examining his life. Oliver Platt is his best friend, Blythe Danner his overbearing mom. The drama is a launch pad for Greenblatt, a former Fox Broadcasting exec and the producer who brought Six Feet Under to HBO. "We need to do extraordinary things," he insists. So together with Showtime Networks CEO Matt Blank, he's hunting for unusual, high-profile original shows to appeal to a broad, upscale audience, virtually every network's dream.
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