Darren Flare is an Emmy Award-winning, slightly dim newscaster, who is about to stumble on the story of the decade: the capture of the FBI's most wanted terrorist, the Imam Abdul Mohammed Zaleeka.

Major Flake, a frenetic French cereal mascot, and his grim sidekick, Sparkles, must find a way to sell their rather unappealing Major Flake cereal before their boss, Sylvia Soggy, pulls the breakfast treat from store shelves.

Drama engulfs the household of Edith Ann and her family during the holidays.