Renee Cummings

  is a gossip columnist in Los Angeles.

Renee takes Paul Thurston's place as talk show host after he takes a job in New York. She attacks the guests and sets the members of the production staff against each other.

Later, Paul returns to Los Angeles, but KXLA cannot fire Renee. She and Paul both do the show while stepping all over each other. While on the air, Tabitha gives the "catty" gossip columnist the personality of a cat and the station gets rids of her.