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Oh, and no SyFy Channel or FOX. This show would be dead after 13 episodes if either channel picked this up.
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There was once this television show. You may remember it, although it is fairly obscure, called "The Twilight Zone". It was successful enough to spawn a mediocre rip-off show, "The Outer Limits".
What was interesting about these shows is that each episode stood alone, and told a self contained story about the weird and implausible. There were no recurring characters, no standing cast. Just the TV equivalent of a short story.
AND THEY WERE GOOD.
*ahem*
If one approaches "Global Frequency" from that standpoint, one is likely to produce a successful, if cultish, show. Obviously, slavishly obeying the source material is a mistake, but at the same time, changing the format of the source material is a bigger mistake. Keep the format, change the stories to fit within the 45 minute timeslot. Let Miranda Zero be our Rod Serling, and let Aleph be the audience's stand-in- she's our point-of-view character.
Focus on getting hot writing talent and up-and-coming acting talent to build the episodes. Take some risks.
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Sadly, the main reason we don't get more anthology shows (especially sci-fi ones) is that it's cost-prohibitive to come up with different actors, sets, and FX every week. That, and TV executives think we're all too stupid to understand a show that doesn't have a "star" or "character continuity."
It's far easier to film another sitcom about nasal-voiced idiots who never leave their living room.
Of course, if they remained close to the previous Global Frequency pilot, you'd have 4 main characters, and a reusable "hub" set, so it wouldn't be any more of an anthology series than Dollhouse, Warehouse 13, or Fringe.
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Only thus, may we receive true television enlightenment.
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I would totally get cable, just for that.
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Not so much on the Michelle Forbes tho. She kicked ass on the leaked pilot, but True Blood has ruined her for me for a little while...
You know, we get the viewing public used to some Warren Ellis, maybe we can get Transmetropolitan next...
(seems unlikely :-)
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//They basically nailed their Hunter Thompson parody in Venture Bros.
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Hopefully with the moderate success of Fringe and Supernatural they'll actually give this show the chance it deserves!
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I'll be honest; half the reason I want this series is so I can get a nice clip of someone saying "You're on the frequency" for my phone's ringtone.
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I think it would be great to throw in big stars every so often, it won't happen, but I can dream
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Personally, I'd be gutted if they did away with the new-main-character-per-story format -it's the core concept! Even if they had to adapt it so that it was a new main character per story arc or per season, rather than per episode, they shouldn't adjust it too much. If they need characters to focus on, give us more info on Zero and Aleph!