The creator of the hit sketch comedy series Saturday Night Tonight (a spoof of Saturday Night Live) named Sid Ross is strangled with his own tie and thrown down an elevator shaft. They come across suspects like volatile star Mickey Franks (Jaleel White) who was the verge of being fired from the show by Sid due to his mood swings, this week's guest host Danny Valentine (Gregory Harrison) who hosted the first episode, ex-con drug dealer Kurt Van Zant (Mark Rolston) who bankrolled the pilot episode and never saw a dime, Sid's widow Evelyn (Janice Kent), and studio page Chad (Dustin Ingram). The show must go on with singer Carly Rae Jepsen making an appearance as the episode's musical guest. Beckett ultimately must arrest the killer, the production company's CEO Gene Vogel (James Eckhouse), on live television during the "Model Cop" segment.