TNT3 vs. ESPN6
My favorite online columnist, Bill Simmons is searching for an intern (which actually inspired my last newspaper column in which I describe the duties my intern would have).
Because he's a famous and poplular writer who probably gets thousands of emails a day, he actually got a response to his request for an intern and is in the process of narrowing the field down from 25.
For the prospective interns second test, they were required to submit their ideas for origional programming for ESPN6, the fictional channel Simmons hopes to one day opperate. However, I didn't realize this at the time of my previous blog entry in which I described (briefly) my idea for TNT3, the all Law & Order channel.
(Quick side note, my personal favorite moment of the entries was when one of the contestants wanted to call the new channel E6, or Nomar. That's funny.
However, after being inspired by the submissions of the potential interns (and really, I'm not above stealing a great idea and making it my own), I give you what TNT3 will look like when I'm in charge.
7 a.m. - As a way to inform those just waking up, we'll show whatever episode most closely mimicks the previous day's news events. Think of it as The Today Show only without Al Roker.
8 a.m. - A TNT3 orgional program featuring Chris Noth, Benjamin Bratt and Jesse L. Martin all playing Grand Theft Auto, trying to understand what it's like on the other side of the law.
9 a.m. - Noon - A live three-hour call-in show in which Roger Cossak and Greta Van Sustern are reunited to answer view calls about the legal stragey employed by by the District Attorney's office and the defense in various shows.
Noon - 2 p.m. - Here we show the Crossover episodes, including the ones involving Homicide.
2 p.m. - 6 p.m. - One episode from each of the Law and Order franchises (the origional, SVU, Criminal Intent and Trial by Jury)
7 p.m. - Another live call-in show, hosted by Ray Lewis and Jamal Lewis in which the athletes describe how their life would have been different had they watched L&O and learned how to evade detection.
8 p.m. - More TNT3 origional programming as we take an hourlong look at guest stars and other apperances by then-unknown actors who went on to become stars. Premire episode features Claire Daines.
9 p.m. - Viewers choice . . . It's likeTRL in which people call or cast their vote online for the episode they want to see . . . the catch, once an episode is shown, all the others must be shown again before it can be replayed.
10 p.m.- With the broadcast rules relaxed, we can feature our roundtable discussion of the ADA's and who we like more, Stephanie March, Jill Hennessy, or Angie Harmon.
11 p.m. - The Sam Waterston Legal Hour, where the actor takes your calls and talks about robot insurance.
Midnight - "Why didn't they . . ." A VH1-style hourlong show discussing ideas that should have happened related to L&O, but didn't. For example, "Why didn't they have a cross-over episode with Seinfeld, they're both in the same city."
1 a.m. - 7 a.m. - Fill this six hours with any of the closing in on 1,000 episodes of L&O.
Because he's a famous and poplular writer who probably gets thousands of emails a day, he actually got a response to his request for an intern and is in the process of narrowing the field down from 25.
For the prospective interns second test, they were required to submit their ideas for origional programming for ESPN6, the fictional channel Simmons hopes to one day opperate. However, I didn't realize this at the time of my previous blog entry in which I described (briefly) my idea for TNT3, the all Law & Order channel.
(Quick side note, my personal favorite moment of the entries was when one of the contestants wanted to call the new channel E6, or Nomar. That's funny.
However, after being inspired by the submissions of the potential interns (and really, I'm not above stealing a great idea and making it my own), I give you what TNT3 will look like when I'm in charge.
7 a.m. - As a way to inform those just waking up, we'll show whatever episode most closely mimicks the previous day's news events. Think of it as The Today Show only without Al Roker.
8 a.m. - A TNT3 orgional program featuring Chris Noth, Benjamin Bratt and Jesse L. Martin all playing Grand Theft Auto, trying to understand what it's like on the other side of the law.
9 a.m. - Noon - A live three-hour call-in show in which Roger Cossak and Greta Van Sustern are reunited to answer view calls about the legal stragey employed by by the District Attorney's office and the defense in various shows.
Noon - 2 p.m. - Here we show the Crossover episodes, including the ones involving Homicide.
2 p.m. - 6 p.m. - One episode from each of the Law and Order franchises (the origional, SVU, Criminal Intent and Trial by Jury)
7 p.m. - Another live call-in show, hosted by Ray Lewis and Jamal Lewis in which the athletes describe how their life would have been different had they watched L&O and learned how to evade detection.
8 p.m. - More TNT3 origional programming as we take an hourlong look at guest stars and other apperances by then-unknown actors who went on to become stars. Premire episode features Claire Daines.
9 p.m. - Viewers choice . . . It's likeTRL in which people call or cast their vote online for the episode they want to see . . . the catch, once an episode is shown, all the others must be shown again before it can be replayed.
10 p.m.- With the broadcast rules relaxed, we can feature our roundtable discussion of the ADA's and who we like more, Stephanie March, Jill Hennessy, or Angie Harmon.
11 p.m. - The Sam Waterston Legal Hour, where the actor takes your calls and talks about robot insurance.
Midnight - "Why didn't they . . ." A VH1-style hourlong show discussing ideas that should have happened related to L&O, but didn't. For example, "Why didn't they have a cross-over episode with Seinfeld, they're both in the same city."
1 a.m. - 7 a.m. - Fill this six hours with any of the closing in on 1,000 episodes of L&O.
posted by Luke at 12:48 AM
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