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Hingehead
Nov 24, 2013
"Hey this show is doing really good on the tuesday night timeslot. I know! Let's loving move it to the friday night's timeslot, surely an excellent schedule for the demographics that are out partying and getting banged at nightclubs! "


*Two months passes by*


"This show is not doing so good. It must sucks. We're canceling it! "

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Trip Larsen
Oct 4, 2006

My great-grandfather started Larsen Pork Products with little more than three pigs and a killing hammer. Today, I'm proud to say, we kill more pigs than pig hepatitis.
just when they're about to catch Dexter, we'll have Dexter get away

BONE DOG
Jun 7, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

social vegan posted:

wait what are we gonna do with all these predators after we catch them?

is it catch and release a predator because I don't want the animal rights activists on us they have Leonardo dicaprio now

ikanreed
Sep 25, 2009

I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!
Make sure they can still follow the plot if they want to step out of the room for 10 minutes.

Bro Dad
Mar 26, 2010


you know what audiences love? time travel

Missing Name
Jan 5, 2013


Oh poo poo, we haven't had an unlikely romance between two people who hate each other in this show yet.

Gaunab
Feb 13, 2012
LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL
People want mysterious shows like Lost.

ikanreed
Sep 25, 2009

I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!
We want audiences to be able to answer these questions at home and feel smart. Get me dumber contestants.

Bro Dad
Mar 26, 2010


an asian lead? ahahaahahaa

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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make the main character a cynical rear end in a top hat b/c it worked for house

Gaunab
Feb 13, 2012
LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL
You want an interracial couple that doesn't have a white man in it? Are you out of your loving mind?

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

lol you fags watch tv

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
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I know our channel is called The American Channel, but what if...get this...we show a Canadian show?

(2 years later, there is no American content on the channel)

BONE DOG
Jun 7, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
It's kind of survivor except for everyone has downs syndrome

Glorgnole
Oct 23, 2012

We're going to reboot the Terminator franchise, but get this: this time, Arnold's the good guy.

Al Nipper
May 7, 2008

by XyloJW
Hey so uh, anyone else only here cause of their rich dad?

Yeah? Everyone?

Cool let's do some blow.

Pepperoneedy
Apr 27, 2007

Rockin' it



What if...we have Elliott Gould play Mulaney's whacky gay neighbor? It'll be just like M*A*S*H!

Gaunab
Feb 13, 2012
LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL
Oy vey!

Bro Dad
Mar 26, 2010


seth meyers should have his own talk show

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

Gaunab posted:

You want an interracial couple that doesn't have a white man in it? Are you out of your loving mind?

Oh wait it's a black male and a generically brown woman? Ha OK good I thought you were loving with me for a minute 5here Shlomo

Gaunab
Feb 13, 2012
LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL
What you mean this show we're not advertising is getting horrible ratings? Just move the timeslot and the day.

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

Missing Name posted:

These guys want Firefly back, we should finally bring another season in.

Wait
Wait
Sci Fi is hotti right now correct

Let's do a shitload of super hero TV shows
Yeah let's
Do one about Batman, but before he was batman

In fact lets not even put batman in the show

Pimpcasso
Mar 13, 2002

VOLS BITCH
deadwood is awesome and people love it but the actors want to get paid


gently caress it

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

Don Tacorleone posted:

Wait
Wait
Sci Fi is hotti right now correct

Let's do a shitload of super hero TV shows
Yeah let's
Do one about Batman, but before he was batman

In fact lets not even put batman in the show

hmm i know detective shows are popular now so make sure it's like high school bullshit and no crime-solving ever

FrozenVent
May 1, 2009

The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.
The first season was great, let's make the second one about white dock workers.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Glorgnole posted:

"Well, there's twelve episodes ordered, and there's twelve monkeys. So every week, you'll catch a different monkey."

lol if you think a network in America would order 12 episodes

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

FrozenVent posted:

The first season was great, let's make the second one about white dock workers.

I KNOW YOU PLANNED FOR 6 EPISODES, YOU'VE SAID! AND I SAID THE NETWORK NEEDS 94 MORE!

The Dennis System
Aug 4, 2014

Nothing in Jurassic World is natural, we have always filled gaps in the genome with the DNA of other animals. And if the genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different. But you didn't ask for reality, you asked for more teeth.
So he's proactive, huh?

Oh, God, yes. We're talking about a totally outrageous paradigm.

dougdrums
Feb 25, 2005
CLIENT REQUESTED ELECTRONIC FUNDING RECEIPT (FUNDS NOW)

Gaunab posted:

I don't give a drat if it isn't "organic," this show needs it!

It's at the end of it's run anyways. Who's going to care!? Just keep everyone watching long enough so I can get a new 7 series.

site
Apr 6, 2007

Trans pride, Worldwide
Bitch
We already called the show how i met your mother. Maybe if we shove 5 extra seasons in the middle no one will care when it ends up being how i met your step mom?

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005
We need to appeal to the Gay demographic, get me Rip Taylor.

SirDan3k
Jan 6, 2001

Trust me, you are taking this a lot more seriously then I am.
The best judges of what the public really wants is the people wandering around in a mall during the middle of a weekday willing to give up four hours of their lives for a sandwich and a T-Shirt with our logo on it.

VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005
*applies for a job at Fox*

Cucking Mama
Sep 27, 2013

Gold Medalist, 2014 shit post olympics
tv execs are more on it than you guys give them credit for, I think

Universe Master
Jun 20, 2005

Darn Fine Pie

Jay Leno can easily carry a prime time audience every night.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
"Sure it was only designed for one season, but I really think we're leaving money on the table here if we don't stretch that into five more."

dougdrums
Feb 25, 2005
CLIENT REQUESTED ELECTRONIC FUNDING RECEIPT (FUNDS NOW)

Universe Master posted:

Jay Leno can easily carry a prime time audience every night.

Leno has more cars than me? What the gently caress. I made that shitpile of a man famous!

Nelson Mandingo
Mar 27, 2005




No. No. I'm sorry but audiences these days want reality tv, not a character driven piece. What do you think we are, HBO?

Cucking Mama
Sep 27, 2013

Gold Medalist, 2014 shit post olympics
I'm the tv exec and it's my job to make sure the shows on our channel enrich the audience and are critically beloved. no fast food tv here

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Oh Hell No
Oct 10, 2007

I've got the world on a string.


So we've wrapped up the central storyline, solved the big mystery, and finally got the lead and their interest together for good. Let's demand three more seasons!

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