Heche appeared in the small-scale dramedy "Sexual Life" (2005), chronicling the modern romantic life and co-starring Azura Skye and Elizabeth Banks. The film was screened in the film festival circuit and received a television premiere. In 2006 Heche began work on her own series, "Men in Trees". In the show, she starred as a New York author, who after finding out her fiancé is cheating on her, moves to a small town in Alaska, which happens to be abundant with single men and few women. "Men in Trees" was cancelled in May 2008, after a season shortened by the writer's strike. During the airing of the show, Heche starred in the horror-comedy "Suffering Man's Charity" (2007), the romantic comedy "What Love Is" (2007), and the science-fiction thriller "Toxic Skies" (2008), all of which went little-seen by audiences.