Tom Jeter is described in the pilot script as an "instantly likeable 30-something" and "someone who every man's wife can find an irrational reason to hate".
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15 Facts About Tom Jeter
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Tom Jeter is an evangelical Baptist and has recorded a successful album of spiritual music.
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Tom Jeter tells Tom that rather than being offended by "Crazy Christians", she was more upset about not being in the sketch.
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Tom Jeter feels limited by his skills as a comedic performer, unable to do "voices".
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Tom Jeter has two children he is putting through private school.
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Tom Jeter's power is dwindling and he is furious with the network for bowing down to the FCC and religious groups.
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Tom Jeter is referenced in various episodes, but appears only in the pilot.
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Tom Jeter is in charge of Standards and Practices and responsible for cutting a controversial sketch in "Pilot".
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Tom Jeter is considered a gossip on set; in "The Option Period", she leaked the news that Harriet was considering posing for a lingerie spread in a men's magazine, and Matt quipped that he didn't think there was such thing as the Internet, there was only "Jeannie telling people stuff".
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Tom Jeter is not a member of the "Big Three", but is recognized as the complement to Harriet Hayes, being the lead male impressionist in the cast.
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Tom Jeter has at least one recurring sketch, The Nicolas Cage Show, in which he plays the title character, and has portrayed Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller on the show.
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Tom Jeter is a rookie on the show and doesn't appear to have garnered much respect yet from the likes of the Big Three.
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Tom Jeter started dating Harriet after she sang the National Anthem at a Los Angeles Dodgers game.
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Tom Jeter reappears a few episodes later at the end of a dinner honoring Harriet and helps Matt back to the theater, where she reveals that she is newly engaged.
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Tom Jeter is currently directing a movie about The Rolling Stones and he cast Harriet to play Anita Pallenberg.
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