To research into one of her upcoming movie roles, Bette takes a job as a waitress at a sleazy diner, at first Bette is not very good at actually being a waitress which leads to her almost being fired, so Bette soon learns the trick of the trade and starts giving out advice to her fellow employees and the customers who eat at the diner
Mishaps abound, including the loss of a borrowed diamond earring, as Bette gets ready to attend the Grammy Awards.
Roy and Bette's plans for a romantic evening are ruined by. . .well, everyone. So Roy decides to whisk his wife away for an evening in Paris -- but flight delays cause them to be stuck at the airport with an assortment of weirdos who they were supposed to share the flight with.
Bette sets out to help Rose with a report on women in business by designing her own clothing line and selling it on QVC.
Bette takes Connie out to find her a date, and the two finally realize things could be worse -- she could end up with one of the losers they encounter.
Bette fails to make People magazine's list of ""The 50 Hottest People in Hollywood"" and realizes she needs to come up with a clever career gimmick. A high-powered, trendy publicist concocts the perfect comeback plan for her, but all doesn't go as planned.
Bette is asked to participate in Oprah's book club but, because of her hectic schedule, never has time to actually read the book she is to discuss on television.
Bette gets laryngitis after pushing herself too hard but refuses to admit to Roy that he was right when he suggested that she take it easy.
When Bette forgets to thank Roy in a speech after she won an award she works hard to win another one. She ends up as Woman Of the Year for an airline.
Bette is a CBS television show which premiered on October 11, 2000, and was the debut of the entertainer Bette Midler in a lead TV series role. A "one-season wonder", 16 episodes were aired on CBS, with its final telecast on March 7, 2001. Eighteen episodes in total were produced, with the final two broadcast on HDTV simulcasting and in foreign markets. Bette was created by Jeffrey Lane, with Midler serving as one of the executive producers.