Ideas

What about no tv.
Helps your brain to stay active
Tommy

Actor 1
Oh my dear I love you so much
Actor 2
The stock are rising like the hell
Actor 1
You’re so tender and caring
Actor 2
Do you mind, twin towers just fell down.
Stop this romantic talking, let’s watch NBC
Actor 1
Oh I just love the way you listen to me
Tommy

This might seriously hurt syndication (re-runs) which are a major revenue stream. You'd have to make the show's plot interesting/funny/whatever to stand on its own in order to not be dated as soon as the news cycle was over.

I'm stunned every time I turn on NYPD Blue (or whatever) to hear their writers capitalize on whatever fear is churning through the states that week. Might be terrorism, might be prisoner abuse, but assuredly is meant to spike the ratings by advertising the latest thing happening in the news.

Well micco, there wouldn't be any re-runs for a year or two, but in a 10-20 years, re-runs would be like historical documents and you'll be able to show episodes on history classes... :):):)

Hopefully it would be set up in such a way that you could actually learn about the news instead of using the news as part of the punch line. Because if someone was out of the loop (maybe their internet access was down) on the day's big news stories then jokes would just roll right over their head.

I could see an internet following for this. Take a story from the national or international press and make a youTube video for it.

I can't see this working. I admit I do not own a tv so I might be out of touch, however when people watch most shows they seem to be into escapist fantasy. Or just "veggin out". They don't want to think about what is going on in the world. That is what news feeds are for.

Listen: That Britney Spears freak who crawled under his bed sheets crying his eyes out over people making fun of his beloved pop idol is ALL OVER THE NEWS. I used caps to signify my seething disgust. When you put the Reality TV fad together with the popularity of YouTube, a single reality emerges: TV Series are no longer the property of Television.

If you want to make a reality show, pick up a camera, find a couple talented friends who can pretend to act, and start filming! Your first episode is going to be crap and I promise not to like it. The more you stick to it the more people will see your idea, leading to a better chance of landing a major network appearance than simply sitting on your script.

Now can we please all meet up outside NBC studios and kick the crap out of that Britney freak before he makes it onto anymore daytime talk shows? CAPITAL LETTERS!!!

oh cRitter, don't be so jealous ;)

This is great