TV shows you want to exist, but don't

Star Trek series set between Star Trek VI and Star Trek The Next Generation, focusing on either the Enterprise-B or perhaps the Excelsior. "The Next Generation" is, ultimately, a misnomer. If we regarded the TOS crew as the "first" generation, then the Enterprise-B crew would, in fact, be the "next" generation. And it would've greater opportunity for TOS appearances/cameos. After all, De Forest Kelly, Leonard Nimoy, and James Doohan's guest spots were all highly acclaimed.

Yeah, I never did get why they skipped 3 generations with that.

Dude, there needs to be a sitcom starring Jesus, Buddha, Aisha (one of Muhammed's wives, since I'm kind of a fan of Islam and don't want to actually portray the Prophet onscreen; I like being offensive, but I'm not a troll), Confucius, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Abraham, Joseph Smith, and L Ron Hubbard living together as room mates. Richard Dawkins would be their cranky next-door neighbour. Wacky hijinks would ensue.

Oddly, the show would NOT be a deliberately offensive South Park-esque Dead Baby Comedy. All the characters would be treated with some form of respect. By 'respect', I mean that all of them will be the target for jokes, and no one will get singled out for longer than a single episode at a time.

I would watch that.

Also, Yahweh would show up every now and then as a King of All Cosmos type guy. One scene would have Him playing dice with Einstein.

Phillip Coulson: Agent of SHIELD. As described in its own post, earlier.

A show about a british vigilante who is trying to find and take revenge on the mob boss who killed his parents.

The more I watch Stargate SG-1, the more I realize that the show in that universe I really want to see is a Sandbaggers-style bureaucratic drama about the boundaries of the Masquerade.

Xavier

The life events of this character before he formed the X-men would be great for adaption. They should make changes such as him And Magneto working together with their powers longer but it would work well. He's be disabled fighting Lucifer in the first or second season finale. Charles has villans and love interests to be form the basis of a good show if done well.

A show based on the Taltos books, directed by Joss Whedon and packed full of his signature wit, which closely matches the wit in the actual books. I think it would translate well: a Hitman with a Heart working for the mob, friends with members of a race he claims to hate and constantly finding himself in way over his head fighting both ancient cosmic evils and your run-of-the-mill greedy criminals.

Edit: I agree with Firefly part two. So, so much.

edited 17th Apr '11 9:20:31 PM by OnTheOtherHandle

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96 Lives

A colonist in early America is able to cheat death when a witch doctor cures him. However, he is left with a curse that allows him to die 100 times. After living four entire lifetimes (dying in accidents mostly), he decides that he has become tired of living and despite to attempt suicide. Again. And again. And again. And often in bizarre ways.

Basically, it would be Groundhog Day but much, much darker.

A show that parodies fans and fanbase reactions full-time, on the side of the writer and the watcher.

I'd love to see that. Maybe there could be a TV Tropes expy. Definitely a FF.net expy and a tumblr expy.

A sitcom where the main character is stuck in a "Groundhog Day" Loop and every episode is the same day. It'd be a Bait-and-Switch, as the pilot would set up a normal sitcom... but then the first episode would have the main character wake up on the same day and wonder what's going on. Starting second season, there are huge time skips between episodes.

They already have the Big Bang Theory, making fun of passion-geeks. Why can't we have a sitcom parodying rabid fans? (I know this would get totally lame after awhile, so one season only, but it would be cool to see all of TV Tropes' fandom tropes come into play. Die for Our Ship, etc. Sane fans vs. Crazy fans, Fan Dumb, etc)

Teen pregnancy seems to be a popular subject in teen shows and historical dramas are a big trend right now. Decades ago, there were homes for pregnant girls/unwed mothers. I think it could be interesting to have a tv show set in one of them.

I love the idea of the religious figures living together. Could pagan gods like Zeus and Odin make guest appearances?

edited 13th Feb '13 1:39:40 AM by Waterlily

"Dude, there needs to be a sitcom starring Jesus, Buddha, Aisha (one of Muhammed's wives, since I'm kind of a fan of Islam and don't want to actually portray the Prophet onscreen; I like being offensive, but I'm not a troll), Confucius, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Abraham, Joseph Smith, and L Ron Hubbard living together as room mates. Richard Dawkins would be their cranky next-door neighbour. Wacky hijinks would ensue. Oddly, the show would NOT be a deliberately offensive South Park-esque Dead Baby Comedy. All the characters would be treated with some form of respect. By 'respect', I mean that all of them will be the target for jokes, and no one will get singled out for longer than a single episode at a time."

Could Muhammed be The Ghost (as in the others characters talk about him a lot but he's never seen)? Or would that still be offensive to Muslims?

I would love if After Hours, the webseries from Some Random Guy/Gal about Marvel/DC action figures were a regular series.

I second a lot of the ideas. You guys are creative.

• The sitcom with religious figures. I would watch that. Though my cranky neighbour of choice would be probably The Hitch. However, I'm not sure which actor might pull him off.
• The show with hardcore fandom members. Self-Insert Fic and Perverse Sexual Lust would be two concepts I would love to see.
• Firefly, season 2. So much!
• New Star Trek show. However, my idea would be a sequel to DS9 and Voy. Just a new nice crew exploring universe. Guest stars from TNG era optional.

Other random ideas:

• Horatio Hornblower: A couple of new Made-for-TV movies would be awesome. The mini-series should have never been cancelled. The actors are still very good-looking, and they have always been willing to do this show. A fangirl can dream, right?
• Reboot of Hornblower, either as a film franchise or another tv miniseries. Though to top the Ioan Gruffudd version of would be tough. However, there are too many anti-heroes running about in current fiction. Viewers sometimes want genuinely good guys, you now. Hornblower and co. are officers from the Royal British Navy of Regency era. It doesn't get better than that.
• Something X Filesque, though I am not sure how that should be done. Either something with a similar premise, or something in that universe, perhaps with a new pair of agents, with lots of guest stars coming from the original. (Though when I think of it, dark shows with a pair of investigators who have UST are now beaten to death.)
• A good Jane Austen adaptation. As a series, not Mini Series. It should actually follow the book and be faithful to its characters. Mansfield Park, Persuasion or Emma would do.

edited 25th Mar '13 10:36:26 AM by XFllo

1. A surrealist slice of life show, something with the atmosphere of Kafka On the Shore.

2. The Neil Gaiman Theater. They did something with Ray Bradbury where they adapted each of his short stories into an episode for a show called "The Ray Bradbury Theater.". They should do the same with Gaiman's stories (hopefully with a higher budget than BBC did with Neverwhere)

I'd like to see a Batman series, one that included Robin, done for HBO. Done well, I think it could be really cool (of course, anything done well would be really cool, but you get what I mean).

On the religious figures sitcom I would definitely not make Muhammad a regular. Having him as the Ghost could work. On other possibility would be to have him make an occasional on screen appearance, but have his face hidden behind various objects (at least once by a large open flame as a reference to how he is sometimes depicted visual).

A Shadowrun TV series. They could make it about a small team of runners, taking various jobs while pursuing their own goals.

-An Aqua Teen Hunger Force style show about a pirate, a cowboy, and a ninja all living together.

- A sitcom about three cloned men living together

- A Battle of The Network Stars style show only as an MMA tournament

- A gameshow called "It Counts" where contestants take turns hitting each other in the nads.