Ok, so, incase you haven’t already heard, Fox and Myspace are teaming up to make a contest to make the next great TV show. Here’s the linkage for details.
Just incase you’re too lazy to click that linkage button (and shame on you if you are), the basis is this: come up with a tv show, make a 5-7 minute pilot/scene/trailer for it, and enter it in the contest. Deadline is Nov. 1. After that, Myspace users get a couple weeks to rate each series idea. The top 12 voted entries will be the semi-finalists. Myspace users will comment the top 12 and ask questions. The top 12 make video responces to the comments and questions. People at Fox will then judge those 12. Top 6 are finalists, and get flown to LA in January to pitch their show ideas to Fox execs. 2 winners get $25,000 and a development deal with Fox to make their show a reality!
I had some problems coming up with ideas that could be turned into a tv show. Coming up with a 2-hour idea? Sure! Coming up with a 22+hour idea? That’s a little more tricky. BUT, I’ve been racking my brain ALL DAY and have come up with 6 ideas that MIGHT be good to fill out to at least a full season of hour-long episodes. I like all 6 ideas (of course, I came up with them!), but there’s one in particular that I REALLY like the best.
One of the things being judged is marketability… so I obviously need an idea that a bunch of people will actually WANT to watch! So, I’m posting the 7 ideas on here for all of you to vote on. I’m not going to tell you which is my favorite… because I want to see if the one I like the best is the one everyone else likes the best too.
So without further ado, here’s my 6 tv show ideas. I’ve included their titles, the premise (what the over all show is about), and the concept (what the show will be like… kindof how “Smallville” is “Justice League” meets “Dawson’s Creek”, or “American Idol” is “Starsearch” with a bigger voting radius.). So read all 6 show ideas, and tell me which you’d ACTUALLY watch. If you think they all suck ass, say so. I want total honesty.
“Book Worms”
PREMISE: A group of teenagers discover a mystic book. Using it, they are able to travel into any story from any book they read. This ecclectic groups adventures takes them to worlds laid out in horror, sci-fi, romance, fantasy, and history. When your homework can take you to any world of your choice, who needs a vacation?!
CONCEPT: “Sliders” meets “The Jersey”
“Lawrence Flannery: Paranormal Hunter”
PREMISE: Meet Lawrence. He’s a detective of the paranormal. His agency knows what goes bump in the night, and he’s here to make it stop. His adventures take him up against vampires, werewolves, ghosts, zombies, mummies, demons, witches, and every other creepy creature imaginable. Just don’t call him Larry. He hates that.
CONCEPT: “Angel” meets “Supernatural”
“What Is Suave?”
PREMISE: A group of misfit teens (a fat kid, a poindexter, a skater, a way-too-young-for-high-school genius, and a hot girl on the football team) go through all the trials of high school together (first dates, bullies, drugs, driving, parties, etc.). They may not be the cool kids, but then, what is cool anyway?
CONCEPT: “Dawson’s Creek” meets “Freaks & Geeks”
“The Seer”
PREMISE: Greg Hanson comes from a long lineage of psychics, all of them female. So naturally, his sister is a successful fortune teller where as he is a news reporter. Then, one day, he has a vision of the near future. He thinks nothing of it, until the vision comes true 40 minutes later. Believing it to be coincidence, he leaves it alone, until he has another vision. This time, he decides to check it out, and 40 minutes later barely stops the tragedy from occuring. He confides in his sister and discovers that she’s been bluffing about having a gift all this time, it’s him who has the power. He uses his 40-minute-in-the-future visions along with his newspaper contacts to stop tragedies from occuring.
CONCEPT: “Medium” meets “24″ (each episode with exception of the first will take place in real-time)
“Invisifriend”
PREMISE: Franklin wakes up in an alley wearing a nice suit. He can’t remember anything about himself other than the name “Franklin”. He wanders around, looking for help. Not only does he find no help, but it seems nobody can see or hear him. That is, until he comes to an Elementary school, where he is seen and heard by 7-year old Danny. Not long after his encounter with the boy, a mysterious stranger confronts Franklin telling him that, in theory, ONLY Danny can see and hear Franklin. “So, I’m like, what? His gaurdian angel?” Franklin asks. Answer: “More like… his invisible friend.” Franklin must help Danny and himself on their adventures (both together and separately), including keeping Danny out of trouble, and solving the mystery of who Franklin really is… or was.
CONCEPT: “Heart & Soul” meets “The Invisible”
“Vigilante”
PREMISE: Ol’ Del was once Central City’s premiere costumed crime fighter. That was more than 40 years ago. Since then, crime has been almost wiped out and weapons abolished. Until the sudden and unforeseen appearance of The Jade Dragon Syndicate, a terrorist mafia group wanting to bring things back to the old ways. Del makes a feeble attempt to dawn his mask and tights to stop the gang, but at nearly 80 years old, he’s no match for them. But his grandson is, and takes up the new mantle of Central City’s costumed hero: Vigilante.
CONCEPT: “Batman Begins” meets “The Untouchables”
So there you have it. My tv show ideas. Now, if I DON’T win this contest to turn one of these into a Fox tv show, I will still write feature scripts for each. BUT, which one do you guys think would make a KILLER tv show on Fox next fall? I have my favorite of the bunch. Which is yours?
