The America Channel: Program Lineup
OK, I admit it. I'm intrigued by the new cable TV network, The America Channel, introduced below. This idea could have some legs, although not for the same reasons that the creators envision.
Face it, there aren't a bunch of TV shows about Middle America because Middle America is, indeed, boring. I live in Middle America, and I like being boring. I'm more than happy to cede the ground-breaking, cutting-edge, out-on-a-limb, adrenaline-slurping lifestyle to the Two Coasts. They have the caffeinated beverages and mirror-fixated personalities to support it.
But, if the good folk in Orlando, Florida really want to get serious about putting together a quality network lineup, I think we should pitch in and do our best to help them. I think we should give them some solid, Middle America-originated programming ideas, and then turn 'em loose. For example, I'd like to see the following ideas fleshed out a little more:
- "LRPD Khaki" - Little Rock's finest fight crime throughout Pulaski County. Features occasional cameos by a certain influential local politician and her husband. [Will be accompanied by a Parental Guidance warning, as a result of said cameos.]
- "Acquaintances" - A wacky group of 20-somethings in Joplin, Missouri, wave at one another in the grocery store, and often cross paths in the mall. In the pilot, one of the main characters, Bill, thinks he spots Fred in the neighborhood barbershop, but it turns out to be someone else.
- "CSI Des Moines" - State-of-the-art science is brought to bear in the Heartland to solve perplexing crimes. In the pilot, electron microscopy is combined with good old common sense to bust a cow-tipping gang.
Well, that's a pretty lame attempt, but I'll bet you can do better! How about it? Got any programming ideas you'd like to pass along to the fledgling America Channel? I figure they can use all the help they can get.
Hey, I've participated in many of these solve-the-world's-problems extended coffee breaks at the local truck stop. No farmers, but plenty of ranchers and retired oilfield workers. It would make great TV!
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A Show About Nothing: a Seinfeld knock-off in the small town cafe where the camera, in a fixed position, documented the local farmers coming in for coffee and all that they talked about. Very funny. Trust me. It would alternate between the men's and ladie's tables.
Posted by: Julie Neidlinger at July 7, 2003 11:41 PM