How To Make NBC’s Loss Your Gain

NBC ’s previous night slaughter / shamble may have been a packaging black middle for the spreader , public douche bag outing for Jay Leno and humiliating public execution forConan O’Brien , but that does n’t imply it ’s not an chance for you , wannabe broadcaster .

The dropping of Jay Leno ’s five - nights - a - week meridian time chat show imply that NBC suddenly had five hours a week to find programming for , which means that they ’re definitely open to ideas . That openness explains the eighteen pilots they ’re presently considering , as well asnetwork primetime chairwoman Angela Bromstad say that there is a “ very good chance ” that Heroes will be renew for a 5th season despite poor ratings . We ’re not saying that NBC would be a ambition employer – We ’re still sensitive with them for scrub Kings , andcontinually reducing the yet - to - be - broadcast Day One , after all – but the fact remains that , right now ? They call for unexampled ideas . So here ’s a quick guide on how to make your new pitch more attractive to the peacock butterfly web :

Play Down The Sci - Fi

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It tap us last workweek that Chuck runs on the same idea of Dollhouse . Before you start throw chairwoman and foretell us heretic , consider that both shows sport fundamental characters whose brains have been “ upgraded ” through the use of concern engineering science imprinting them with new acquisition sets . Only one of these appearance , however , reason that the use of this technology pass to an base road of prostitution and the full collapse of culture as we bonk it ; the other has cool Bond riffs and Fight Club being re - enact in the back of an electronics store . Why ? Because NBC show are about people , not abstract ideas that head a show to get canceled after two curt , elusive season ! Do n’t believe us ? believe how many fourth dimension Heroes has promised to get back to relatable human stories instead of going superherobatshitcrazy . NBC has no problem with skill fiction , as long as you keep it down over there . On the other hand …

wager Up The Comedy

What ’s the one thing that NBC does right ? Its Thursday even drollery personal line of credit up , which broadly speaking skews younger and smarter than the rest of its programming . How do show like community of interests and 30Rock manage to get away with everything they do ? We would n’t be surprised to find that connection executives back off from drollery because they ’re unsure what makes something funny . check that that your show has some unattackable comedic ingredient . We intimate a bumbling crony with a shady accent . That always works .

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Make It A Procedural

NBC bang a good adjective . They have three Law & Orders , two aesculapian dramas ( Including one uncanceled just this very class when they realized they had nothing to replace it with – That ’s how needy they are for your ideas , multitude ) and still conk at the very mention of their much beloved er . If you desire your show to have a upright jump with the powers that be , verify that there ’s something about it that imply both what ’d happen if someone dialed 911 and that the form are easily replaceable because , really , the show is all about the story and the mount . Anyone who ’s reading this mighty now and thinking “ Space Hospital With Comedic Senior Doctor Who sound Like The Swedish Chef Off The Muppets , But It ’s Really All About The Patients , Not The Space Or The Future Medicine , ” back off . That ’s the theme that ’s going to make everyone here at this website very ample , okay ? We have a pitch group meeting first thing Monday .

Make It A Reboot

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It ’s hard to contend that the net that greenlit reboots for both Bionic Woman and Knight Rider does n’t have a go at it the value of a brand name name just oozing with nostalgia , so why not help your tar by retrofitting it with the title of an one-time show?We give you some proposition a couple of years ago , but that does n’t stand for that there aren’tthere are n’t hundreds of other options out therefor you to choose to brush off and bedazzle nervous executive director with . Personally , we ca n’t waitress for someone to come in up with a spirited , realistic SF take on Blossom . Come to call up of it , maybe she could be an emergency room science doctor in a place infirmary …

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Most significantly , though ,

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Do n’t Give Up

NBC does n’t always know what ’s good for it ( See : “ Getting free of Conan ” ) . Even Chuck , now doing well in its third time of year , was almost canceled during the summer . The cancellation of Kings and whatever - the - hell on earth - is - going - on with Day One adds to the feel that the connection does n’t always know what the serious affair for it is , but the survival despite all odds of Heroes should give you some promise that , once you convince NBC of your worth , your chances of winner go up significantly . Now , go brainstorm some thought and remember : They ’ll have to fill those five hr with something , so why not your something ?

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