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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I think we need to send them a petition on that one.
I bet Scott Bakula will be the lead role.
How about one with an intact, church-going normal family with a loving Mom & Dad and some sweet kids. The Dad could be a well respected community man and the patriarch of the clan, always looked to by the kids with respect and adoration. How about we name it “Father Knows Best”?
I’m gonna send them an idea about a bunch of sailors on a Westpac cruise.
Yep....
His sidekick ain’t to swift.
I dig the chick....
Bring back Pink Lady and Jeff.
‘Secret Squirrels’ Elaine Benis as POTUS, with her madcap boyfriend, David Putty, leading a group of drunken, sex-crazed SS agents.
I’ll watch that one. The audience will end up rooting for Bubba.
“What’s a Billion Dollars?” (Reality Show) Follow the agents of the EEA (Everything Enforcement Agency) as they search the Unites States of the Whole World (it’s in their charter) for The Red Menace. The nature of The Red Menace changes with each episode (or edict, if you prefer), but after the the twitching stops, the dust settles, and the paperwork for damages submitted...what’s a billion dollars in the name of Freedumb?
That sounds pretty awesome!
That I would watch.
bkmk
ROFL - Act of Love!!!
Sorry, your ideas are too crazy and would never be picked up
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“GUN FREE ZONE”
I’ll help you flesh out your proposal.
Gun Free Zone takes place in an urban public high school, where a bumbling unarmed security guard, a politically correct female school principal, and a beloved gay English teacher all join forces to attempt to keep school shootings to a minimum. Hilarity ensues when perps use automatic weapons throughout the dilapidated campus, mostly with bad aim. When Officer Bumtrodden catches up with them, it’s detention for at least a week. Principal Laquisha will have the bullies waxing cars in the parking lot as punishment, and Dear Old Mr. Bruce always finds the hidden motivation that has upset the shooter, and helps to talk him into a peaceful solution.
Theme song: “Pumped Up Kicks.”
How about a show about an honest god-fearing hard-working small businessman who owns a taxicab business, and who has a loving wife and a young daughter, whose best friends are an overweight, cigar-smoking, mentally-challenged womanizer and a lying, conniving hustler and crook? For good measure, throw in a domineering wife, a battle-axe mother-in-law and a crooked incompetent lawyer?
Oh, I forgot something. They’re all black.
Filter “hey man nice shot”
It's about a blue collar family who live in Queens, NY. The father is a construction worker who is building a new bridge that never seems to make any progress. The mother is a nurse at the local hospital. The oldest son works at a hotel in Manhattan. The daughter is married to a conservative who is going to college.
Hilarity ensues as we watch the hijinks as friends at the bridge crew deal with government regulations, the hospital sees a never-ending stream of ethnic characters complaining about their health care, the son is always scheming to get rich off of the hotel guests with his union buddies, and the son-in-law is trying to tell the family that they are nuts.
-PJ
how about none at all, sitcoms suck!
“How about one with an intact, church-going normal family with a loving Mom & Dad and some sweet kids. The Dad could be a well respected community man and the patriarch of the clan, always looked to by the kids with respect and adoration. How about we name it “Father Knows Best”?”
Oddly enough, those shows are only made today with balck characters (as they try to “fix” the black family with TV); shows with white characters feature everything BUT a traditional nuclear family. Years ago my wife used to watch “Friends” re-runs; of the three children in the show, NONE were born in a traditional family.
No wonder whites are disappearing; those inheriting the earth just want it more...
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