Reality Show Ideas

[jeff black]

"Emotional and very heartwarming" is daytime TV, not prime time. So you're really failing to sell this one to me. Maybe you could work on a more "audience-effective" (to quote the vernacular) title as well? Or perhaps combining your show with Madame Z's? -->

Killer Bimbos vs. Hungry Bums ... because something like has much greater appeal for the target demographic, I feel.

Oh but Alex... You have to understand, People are all about the heartwarming moments.

I disagree that it is daytime. It wouldn't be all heartwarming anyways. The "less fortunate" would always have something to say that had an element of comedy to it. People are suckers for that stuff around 8pm. Look at Supernanny, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, The Bachelor even. All had moments of emotional building. There is always tears, and these shows are ALL on the 8-9pm timeslots.

Now, I was not attempting to make a new idea, but merely branching off Madame Z's idea of helping those that haven't been helped, or may need a pick me up.
I really liked this part "taking ONE to Their favorite restaurant, or place and talking about whatever they want- life, family, how they got there, whatever. There's a group of people who probably haven't been shown much kindness for a while. It would be a feel good show

The Title, Also works IMO. In Someone's Shoes.. tells the veiwer that the show is a take from the "walk a mile in someone's shoes"" quote. People get to learn about and experience different walks of life. They could eventually enter other religions, races, and sexualities.

It's gonna be big dude.

 

[D_alex8]

Look at Supernanny, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, The Bachelor even.

I refuse to.

The Title, Also works IMO. In Someone's Shoes..

Unless your target audience is made up of foot fetishists, you might just as well call it Bland Programming, because at least there'd be truth-in-advertizing then.

People get to learn about and experience different walks of life. They could eventually enter other religions, races, and sexualities.

...while the other 92% of viewers have switched over to watch the football, a soap, some porn on cable, or else have placed the Magnum .44 into their mouth and are waiting to pull the trigger .. just as soon as the local TV News team arrives to film the whole event.

 

[AussieSchlongDomination]

Husbands To Haters: 4 couples are Locked in a luxury hotel, where the wifes of each couple are tempted by various male prostitutes/strippers and attractive hotel staff ( i.e. the pool boy)

A test of dedication, and the restraint of the husbands some may get violent.


24 hour watch on the internet cameras everywhere so no sex is not captured

 

[jeff black]

****Low Blow ALERT***

You think I should call it something ridiculous like,

Gay Vampire, or The life of a Teenage, Cross Dressing, Three-Headed Mutant?

Not everyone is in favour of those titles, Alex just as, not everyone likes heartfelt shows involving people getting sad or exposing parts of their lives that are vulnerable to the world. I understand that.

However, you can't deny that the Shows I mentioned earlier have/had great ratings. I am not looking for a 12 season runner, I was just looking for a one or two season idea, that would give people a weekly reminder that their lives aren't so bad.

People will watch too, they are suckers for the heartfelt tales, and people would tune in just to see the new person each week, in different locations etc.

Yes, some would change the channel to Porn or a movie, or a repeat episode of FRIENDS, BUT, people would still watch... and I am betting a bunch of people, especially if it was picked up by NBC, and aired on Monday nights (which are lacking these days).

 

[chrisung]

Since a hit show now consists of less than 1% of viewers, I think if you only lose 92% and keep 8, you've got something beyond the producers wildest fantasys.

My only thought (and it's a quibble) on the idea is that their "favorite" restaurant might be a little limiting. Some might want to go to a place they couldn't/wouldn't go otherwise and that should be allowed too. Just a thought.

This is something PBS could get behind.

 

[jeff black]

Husbands To Haters: 4 couples are Locked in a luxury hotel, where the wifes of each couple are tempted by various male prostitutes/strippers and attractive hotel staff ( i.e. the pool boy)

A test of dedication, and the restraint of the husbands some may get violent.


24 hour watch on the internet cameras everywhere so no sex is not captured

They called this Temptation Island buddy

 

[D_alex8]

Since a hit show now consists of less than 1% of viewers, I think if you only lose 92% and keep 8, you've got something beyond the producers wildest fantasys.

Let me rephrase with clarity: you lose 92% of the original tune-in audience for that program to other stations.

And, low-blow boy Jeff (and frankly, you've offered me a low-blow often enough)... much as I appreciate your little homage to some of the 1960s gay pulp titles I've been sporting as my avatar... the subject matter here was reality TV, and I've merely been trying to offer you a few ironic responses in the mode of a clichéd tv exec (of whom you can find several thousand between Cahuenga and Wilshire alone).

 

[jeff black]

Let me rephrase with clarity: you lose 92% of the original tune-in audience for that program to other stations.

And, low-blow boy Jeff (and frankly, you've offered me a low-blow often enough)... much as I appreciate your little homage to some of the 1960s gay pulp titles I've been sporting as my avatar... the subject matter here was reality TV, and I've merely been trying to offer you a few ironic responses in the mode of a clichéd tv exec (of whom you can find several thousand between Cahuenga and Wilshire alone).

Which I saw from the beginning Alex. I was just attempting to sell my point to a guy. I used the "low blow" only to establish a point that some people's opinion's differ from others... my opinion of crap, is your opinion of gold etc.:biggrin1:

 

[D_alex8]

my opinion of crap, is your opinion of gold etc.:biggrin1:

Well, you know what they say, dahlink: at first glance, caviar and rat-droppings look incredibly similar. It's only when you bite into them that you discover the difference. :smile:

 

[jeff black]

Well, you know what they say, dahlink: at first glance, caviar and rat-droppings look incredibly similar. It's only when you bite into them that you discover the difference. :smile:

Well Played Alex, and you know my weakness for caviar.....

 

[inkubus963]

How about Take a Hooker To Lunch? Julianna and I talked about doing this for a while, this brought back the idea. How about finding a street hooker, paying her what she normally charges for an hour, and taking her to her favorite restaurant and talking about whatever she wants- her life, family, how she got there, whatever. There's a group of people who probably haven't been shown much kindness for a while. It would be a feel good show.

Hijack!

My turn to make you jealous, Madame Z. My sister called me to have a talk with my 12 year-old niece, she was determined to "date" some 18 year-old loser. Legal issues against him notwithstanding (I dealt with those later), I took a 'Scared Straight' approach, and took my niece to a slum, and picked up one of the women who approached. We drove around for a while, and I asked her to tell her story of how she wound up in the situation she was in. Turns out, she was initially abandoned by her boyfriend when she became pregnant, and we all know the rest. The best thing that came out of this was her turning to my niece and telling her straight on that the best thing she could do was kick the loser to the curb, and get her education, and when she could take care of herself, she could have her pick of men. My niece has since totally cleaned up her act.

Un-hijack!!

 

[madame_zora]

Hijack!

My turn to make you jealous, Madame Z. My sister called me to have a talk with my 12 year-old niece, she was determined to "date" some 18 year-old loser. Legal issues against him notwithstanding (I dealt with those later), I took a 'Scared Straight' approach, and took my niece to a slum, and picked up one of the women who approached. We drove around for a while, and I asked her to tell her story of how she wound up in the situation she was in. Turns out, she was initially abandoned by her boyfriend when she became pregnant, and we all know the rest. The best thing that came out of this was her turning to my niece and telling her straight on that the best thing she could do was kick the loser to the curb, and get her education, and when she could take care of herself, she could have her pick of men. My niece has since totally cleaned up her act.

Un-hijack!!

Oh my god, that is hot+sexy! What a fantastic way to make an impression on a young mind. Did you catch that folks? Harping on kids bores the shit out of them and they don't believe you anyway. Paint a picture- use the real world as your canvas.

I bow to you my friend.

 

[D_Elijah_MorganWood]

(stop me if this has already been done)
QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT HOUSE:
Of course, a few young gay guys do a makeover on a conservatively decorated, Middle America show. Another show with a payoff.

 

[inkubus963]

How about Living in Your Own World, where Joe or Jane Troll is plucked from their normal existence, and taken to a private island where whatever they THINK is their perfect world is created. See how long it will take them to be bored to tears when all they have surrounding them are there own selfish, one-dimensional wants.

 

[inkubus963]

I bow to you my friend.

Thanks. I have a birds & bees talk coming up with my nephew. I have no idea how I'm going to top myself....

 

[Shelby]

Queer Factor - (ppv only) alledgedly straight guys & gals are challenged to perform increasingly gay stunts for points & money.

 

[ceg1526]

...(of whom you can find several thousand between Cahuenga and Wilshire alone).

Wilshire runs east-west, Cahuenga runs north-south, and the two don't intersect. A better line would be "of whom you can find several thousand between Hollywood and Sunset" or "between noon and three at the Polo Club."

Take care

Ceg

 

[D_alex8]

Wilshire runs east-west, Cahuenga runs north-south, and the two don't intersect. A better line would be "of whom you can find several thousand between Hollywood and Sunset" or "between noon and three at the Polo Club."

Tsk, and these would be the same souls who not only produced but gave an Oscar nomination to Krakatoa, East of Java ... when any high school atlas would have shown them it's to the west. It's about time someone took some revenge on Hollywood's geography for that little faux pas.

In other news: did some people miss out on the directive that states I'm not to be corrected in public? :biggrin1:

 

[ceg1526]

Playing the TV exec role to the hilt Alex? We all make mistakes. I should have said Polo Lounge, rather than Polo Club. It's an honest mistake; I don't twirl in those circles.

Changing topic a bit, on 9/11 we were trying to figure out where you'd put a plane into Los Angeles to do the most damage. We finally decided on Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in Beverly Hills. Turns out the Number One Terrorist Target in Los Angeles County is (the envelope please) Universal City's CityWalk.

Take care

Ceg

 

[madame_zora]

I have no idea how I'm going to top myself....

Wow, you're big enough to fuck your own ass?