Switching Channels (1988)
Popularity4/5
12-month trend
12-month trend
Monthly article views
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2025-09 to 2026-08
Directors
Ted Kotcheff
Cast
Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Henry Gibson, George Newbern
The story
John L. "Sully" Sullivan, IV, is the news director of Satellite News Network (SNN), a Chicago-based TV cable news station. Christy Colleran, his best reporter and ex-wife, goes on vacation, where she falls in love with Blaine Bingham, the owner of a sporting goods company.
Genres
Komödie, comedy of remarriage, romantic comedy film
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