Posted on 04/08/2014 6:33:56 PM PDT by SkyPilot
Got an idea for a sitcom? NBC wants to hear from you.
The broadcast network announced “an unprecedented effort to discover fresh comedic voices” on Tuesday by launching a national campaign offering aspiring comedy writers from around the country the chance to pitch their sitcom ideas.
“We are taking a bold, alternative approach in what we hope will uncover original comedy minds who are looking for a way to get into the television business,” said NBC entertainment president Jennifer Salke.
The initiative, dubbed “NBC Comedy Playground,” pledges to reach beyond the traditional talent labs of film schools and comedy clubs by giving everyday people the opportunity to submit ideas directly to the network.
NBC has enlisted a roster of well-known producers and actors to help them choose the winning concepts. The panel includes Aziz Ansari, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Mindy Kaling, Adam McKay, Seth Meyers, Mike Schur, Amy Poehler, and several others. “We love that an incredible A-list roster of producers, writers, and performers have jumped in to help us find that untapped talent,” Salke said.
Here’s how it works: Comedy writers will submit their idea via an NBC site set up for the contest (below). The network will choose up to 10 finalists. NBC will fund each finalist to produce a pilot presentation based on their pitch. The producer-actor advisory board, in consultation with NBC, will pick two winners from the 10. The winners, who will be paid, will have their show broadcast on NBC (a pilot plus up to four additional episodes, at the network’s discretion).
The crowd-sourcing concept is yet another way that the television development process is becoming increasingly democratized. Amazon previously broke the pilot season mold by putting all their pilots online for viewer voting.
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How about this one?
Nurse Mafia Princess
Plotline: A Septuagenarian grandmother with breast implants drives her large family crazy with her hair brained and cockamamie ideas and schemes. Features a weepy, gutless, lovable drunk male character in the role of the supposed head of the household and a Midwestern nephew know-it-all nicknamed "Paulie" who hates military veterans with a passion.
accomplices
How about one where the White, Protestant, Male is not the idiot...
Good comedy has a subversive element. Conservatives have taken that over. Mocking liberals would be hilarious.
“AIDS HOSPICE”
How about “Judge Levin” featuring Mark Levin?
Written into the script is the character "Beulah Nutbricker" - an aging Womyns Studies Professor who uses her own catch phrase of "What Difference Does it Make!?" during the most zany exchanges.
No jeopardy.
Members of the dem party answer in the form of a question and then change the answers to match theirs.
Reality series.
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How about a show about nothing? Oh, that’s already been done.
If you actually want to win this contest, be sure to include:
1. Homoes (as normal)
2. Mindless Leftism
3. Raunch
I noticed that Moochie is cast as Jethro, not Ellie May.
Hillary ensues
That’s almost too real.
Follow the hilarious adventures of Pedro and Rosita as they battle with the Border Patrol and the mobs at the welfare office. Life is not always a bowl of salsa when you're living on the run in the USA. 
They should go 100% enviro-nazi gay porn.
For the chiren, of course./s
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