Hey kiddies. It's your main man 'yle here, dishin you the hot industry scoop. In case all that "industry" "jargon" went over your "head," let me fill ya in: as you are probably aware, Progressive Boink was recently bought out by Ain't It Cool News. As part of the merger agreement, we all have to write in the style of their contributing writers. Heh. Moving on...
On a recent trip to Los Angeles, I took a number of studio tours. Disgusted by the trend-driven flux of the places (can you even believe they got rid of the Brideshead Revisited ride? Ugh. I truly pity the YouTube Generation. Don't know what ya got 'til it's gone.), I ambled around the lots and eventually found my way into the head offices of a major television network that will remain nameless out of legal considerations (namely: I consider my butt toast if I name 'em!). I was amazed to find this confidential document just lying around in the recycling bin, only partially shredded (reconstruction job courtesy of a certain Ky-guy's leet 'chop skills). "Hey, 'le, enough with the yappin'!" yer sayin'. Okay, okay. Here's the deal: this is a brainstorming sheet from a meeting of some very powerful network execs. Following the success of "24," "Lost," "Heroes," "Prison Break," "The Nine," "Daybreak," and "Ryan Caulfield: Year One," all the net' 'xecs have been scratching their collective noodles, cooking up the next big serialized drama hit. And here, thanks to your hookup, 'e (that is, er, your humble narrator), is the egg that laid the golden goose. Before your very eyes: television's next big hit.
