Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams...The Television Journey of a Lifetime

Jim Cross's name should never have been in lights. He didn't come from money, didn't have all the right connections, and didn't have an Ivy League pedigree.

But what he did have was talent, good fortune, and perseverance-and those, in the end, made all the difference. Cross's journey tracks a most improbable success story-yet one that was perhaps always written in the stars, with its pinnacle showcase being the development and direction of one of the most successful and highly-rated syndicat...