Danger

John Frankenheimer liked to say that this was the most aptly-named show on television; he insisted that by the time he began working on it as an Assistant Director, the network was mostly assigning segments to directors they wanted to fire. The idea was that the pressure of work would cause these directors to either come up with inferior work which would be used as an excuse for dismissal, or else force them to resign. He also claimed he was sometimes bribed by these directors to do most of their work for them, so that they would look good to their bosses. Eventually, or so he told many interviewers, one director became hysterical during the live broadcast and Frankenheimer had to knock him out and take over the full handling of the show to prevent catastrophe. This led to his being promoted to full-time director at age 24.

Referenced in 'Network': The World and Words of Paddy Chayefsky (2006)