These films document productions that went horribly, hilariously, or tragically wrong. They are usually cautionary tales about ambition without boundaries.

Leo is a “joke doctor,” hired to fix dying sitcoms. Interviews with former showrunners describe him as a savant who could map humor like geometry. “He didn’t write jokes,” says a producer. “He wrote efficiency . He found the exact millisecond a laugh needed to land so the next line would hit harder.”