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21 July 2010

#202 Send program proposals to a TV channel

Some shows make you think that it is still 1967. Others make you wish it was.

Some shows make you think that it is still 1967. Others make you wish it was.

Some days I feel like picking up my TV and throwing it out the window. If it weren’t for us having a lot of cats in the yard that could get hurt from the splintering shards of screen, I probably would have done it already. For some reason, I usually get the impulse when the TV is showing some crap program like 2 & 1/2 Men, Paradise Hotel, or Sing-along at Skansen. I don’t know why. There isn’t an obvious connection between them but then again I haven’t sat down on the couch long enough to properly analyze them.

But as always with criticism I like it to be constructive. It’s pointless to complain about something without having a suggestion on how to improve or replace it. To just sit and whine makes one become a grumpy old man and I don’t want to be a grumpy old man. Instead, I use my creativity to write down what I would like to see on TV instead of dumb blondes with silicone tits, stupid Americans called Charlie Sheen or stupid Sing-along programs that don’t give me a thing. I began by asking myself the question:

WHAT WOULD I LIKE TO SEE ON TV?
HOW WOULD THE PROGRAMME LOOK?
WHO WOULD PRODUCE THE PROGRAMME?

It’s a good start. Instead of focusing on what I want to make go away, I focus my energy on what I want to add. Medicine instead of poking the wound. Soil instead of the hole. Then there’s a thousand ways to go from there. Which road would you choose?

There are those who sit at production companies and TV channels and who are just literally waiting for creative people to send in suggestions for new gems. Why couldn’t you be the one to think of the next fantastic idea for a TV program? It can’t be worse than the crap that’s on now, right?

Submit your ideas to info@365saker.se and we’ll help each other to develop and send them to production companies and television networks.

Required time: 
1 day or less
Cost: 
Less than €50
Cons: 
It can be difficult to know what needs to be included in a program proposal. Get in touch via email and you will get constructive criticism and a little help along the way.
Pros: 
You control a medium that needs as many sharp minds and intelligent suggestions as it can get.