# You have been given your own TV show - now what? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644 "2019-12-10T13:28:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644/21 "2019-12-12T02:08:34Z")
“_Timeless Children’s Tales From Franz Bonaparta_—[Hosted by Brother Theodore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oORn4Mbox7E).” That, or for the grownups, the anthology series “Hardcore German Dungeon Porn With The Actors Expertly Deepfaked With Various Political and Religious Leaders”…check out our hour-long pilot “Starring” Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-Un, and a caricature of Prophet Mohammed, _“Drei Jungen, 1 Kolostomie”_! ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644/22 "2019-12-12T03:20:36Z")
A dark comedy series of misadventures set in the Weekend at Bernie’s world. It would star de-aged Jonathan Silverman, Andrew McCarthy, and Terry Kiser. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644/23 "2019-12-12T04:37:30Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > IRL, I write books and stories for children. I’d make them into an anthology series. (Probably cartoons. I have relatives who are professional animators.) Why are you wasting time here? You need to get scripts to your relatives! > [@Fugazi](#): > > I would hire Joss Whedon to do something. Whatever the hell he wanted. Would he get along with John Finnemore and Wes Anderson? Let’s get all our heroes on board… Me, I’d just gather my goin’-out-for-breakfast friends, and brainstorm crazy crap. If budget was no limit, we’d spend it all every episode. It’d be like Ernie Kovacs, throwing [stuff](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvizNivHVUw) together at the last minute, and trying stuff that hasn’t been done yet. (Oh, you want me to tell you what we’d do? Well, pony up. We don’t get brilliant for free) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644/24 "2019-12-12T04:55:07Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > I’d just recreate [Scrapheap Challenge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapheap_Challenge) hosted by Adam Savage. [Way ahead of you](https://twitter.com/donttrythis/statuses/1144837588542300161). I’d make a sitcom about a Community Theatre putting on their plays. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644/25 "2019-12-12T05:09:33Z")
I like the real life true only news show idea. I would make sure there were no commercial breaks though. I would like to make a mini-series following my own family during the depression so some time travel would have to be involved. I love history so more historical dramas. Also would like to see an expanded version of “How it’s Made”. Factories fascinate me. Not huge factories but mundane stuff like how matches are made or sheets or especially mass production of stuff like Christmas ornaments for instance. In China. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644/26 "2019-12-12T14:07:22Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > I would direct remakes of any of the shows with actors named in the [miscasting thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=883783). I think most people would be strangely compelled to watch - like a traffic accident. So Willy Wonka would be played by Danny Trejo, but it would be played totally straight, as if the directors and producers sincerely thought Mr. Trejo’s acting skills made him a good pick for the role. Everyone else in the production would be cast adequately, but the main character on the show each week would be comically miscast. I… I would stand in line to see this. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644/27 "2019-12-12T15:15:50Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I call up Tina Fey and let her know she’s got a new project. Heh. Have you seen her Allstate insurance ad?: [tina fey insruance ad - Search Videos](https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tina+fey+insruance+ad&view=detail&mid=DA7B985146BDDABC537DDA7B985146BDDABC537D&FORM=VIRE) ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644/28 "2019-12-12T16:50:53Z")
The TV show I’ve been pitching is called “American Made” the idea is the host (preferably me) goes to a different craft producer each week to learn how they do what they do. Similar to Dirty Jobs but instead of getting filthy it would seeing how people make cheese, or trains or whatever. Due to my background we’d do at least one episode each season on booze and there would probably be one or two food episodes per season but the other 10 would focus on unusual things people are making like pens or clothing (or components like wool and dye) or getting into blacksmithing and founderies. ETA: The other thing I just pitched was a Thanksgiving crossover between Moonshiners and Diesel Brothers where we convert a 500 gallon still to a truck mounted deep fryer that can fry 50 30-pound turkeye at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644/29 "2019-12-13T04:41:16Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > I would hire Joss Whedon to do something. Whatever the hell he wanted. Whedon has a new show coming soon: > **[The Nevers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nevers)** > > The Nevers is an American science fiction drama television series created by Joss Whedon for HBO. The series is produced by HBO and Mutant Enemy Productions, with executive producers including Whedon, Philippa Goslett, Doug Petrie, Jane Espenson, Ilene S. Landress, and Bernadette Caulfield. The series premiered on April 11, 2021. The first season consists of 12 episodes, split into two six-episode parts. In December 2022, the series was canceled before the back six had aired and pulled from the... ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644/30 "2019-12-14T02:56:53Z")
A great looking mini series of the Eric Frank Russell novella, “And Then There Were None.” Open to suggestions for casting! ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644/31 "2019-12-14T04:05:49Z")
I’m gonna need a wacky neighbor. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644/32 "2019-12-16T02:38:12Z")
My home state of Kentucky is almost never portrayed positively in fiction. I struggle to think of examples that don’t annoy the hell out of me. So I would set my show there, and I would go out of my way to avoid the lazy stereotypes and tiresome cheap shots. There would be no illiterate hicks. There would be no sassy Southern belles. There would be no moonshine. It would, in many ways, be a show that could just as easily take place in any other state in the country, except the characters would have a significant passion for college basketball. And I might throw in some horse racing for a little extra local flavor. Kentucky, for once, would get a fair shake. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644/33 "2019-12-16T04:20:47Z")
I would also go to HBO and we’d do a Forever War mini-series exactly as it appears in my head and the book. And again…I would get called several ‘ists’ and ‘phobes’. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644/34 "2019-12-16T07:33:20Z")
I would do an interview show where some crazy up-and-coming comedian would interview the souls of recently departed celebrities. I would think that most of the interviewees would only talk about one thing. They would complain about the accomodations they find they are living in. Nothing but complaints and whining. After all, wherever they are is almost certainly the one place where everyone would be treated alike and dead celebs would definitely be unhappy about that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-given-your-own-tv-show-now-what/844644.md?page=1)