Vic De Salvo, with the help of Francine, a girl working for the TV ratings system, manipulates the data of the audience watching his program of a small channel. Thus he converts himself into a star of the small screen.
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- ርልዪረJune 24, 2026Danny devito is vic, trying to sell his script for a tv series to anyone, but no takers. Until he meets francine, who is played by the real mrs. Devito, rhea perlman. Vic gets his show on the air, but it's going to get pulled unless he can bring up the ratings. And francine just happens to work for the tv ratings company. She knows just how to scam the ratings, but wants no part of it. Can vic use her knowledge to bump up the show ratings while keeping his relationship intact? A little over the top, but to be fair, there wasn't a lot of security on computers in 1984! A funny bit where the president of the network fires employees by playing one, long, pre-recorded vhs tape, as they file into his office, one by one. Another funny gag where vic has his chauffeur drive when he and francine ride in bumper cars at the amusement park. It's fun. So many tiny little cameos with about half of hollywood! Take a minute and look at that cast list! Even some golden television oldies, like steve allen, jayne meadows, and huntz hall. Hall was in the bowery boys... he only did a couple more things after this. And of course, george wendt, rhea's co-star from cheers is in here. Fun adventure, if you just buy into the whole premise. Directed by devito himself.
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The Ratings Game was released on December 15, 1984.
The Ratings Game was directed by Danny DeVito.
The Ratings Game has a runtime of 1h 42m.
The Ratings Game was produced by David Jablin.
Vic De Salvo, with the help of Francine, a girl working for the TV ratings system, manipulates the data of the audience watching his program of a small channel. Thus he converts himself into a star of the small screen.
The key characters in The Ratings Game are Vic De Salvo (Danny DeVito), Francine Kester (Rhea Perlman), Parker Braithwaite (Gerrit Graham).
The Ratings Game is rated Not Rated.
The Ratings Game is a Comedy, Romance, TV Movie film.
The Ratings Game has an audience rating of 4.1 out of 10.