# The Truman Show: the TV series

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 14, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truman-show-the-tv-series/686080 "2014-04-14T13:18:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truman-show-the-tv-series/686080/1 "2014-04-14T13:18:06Z")

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So, apparently a Truman Show TV series is in development at Paramount. Not sure if it’s a good idea, but the Lost thread got me thinking. Could this be made to work as a mystery show like Lost, except that the audience knows the answer but the main character doesn’t? Unlike Lost, there is no chance that things won’t be tied up neatly- after all, the final solution is known. The real question is how Truman will figure it out.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truman-show-the-tv-series/686080/2 "2014-04-14T14:46:44Z")

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You can’t go back to Truman under the dome. That’s been done and resolved. What you could do is a series with Truman trying to adjust to the outside. Think about it – a world-famous celebrity with absolutely no concept of how real life works.

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truman-show-the-tv-series/686080/3 "2014-04-14T15:28:01Z")

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> [@kunilou](#):
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> You can’t go back to Truman under the dome. That’s been done and resolved. What you could do is a series with Truman trying to adjust to the outside. Think about it – a world-famous celebrity with absolutely no concept of how real life works.

Sure you can. There’s been a number of shows based on movies that were done and resolved. Without Googling, Logan’s Run, M_A_S\*H, and The Courtship of Eddie’s Father come to mind. With a little research, you could probably come up with a lot more.

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-truman-show-the-tv-series/686080/4 "2014-04-14T19:36:48Z")

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> [@kunilou](#):
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> Think about it – a world-famous celebrity with absolutely no concept of how real life works.

I think we have enough of those already.