Thursday, May 8, 2014

More TV Pilots

NBC is currently asking anybody and everybody for ideas for new TV shows. In addition to our previous creations, here are the ideas that we are submitting from no mustard only.

Lester
An antihero drama about a serial rapist. Lester is likeable because he only rapes other rapists. He gets away with it because he works for the Tampa police department as a semen expert.

Evan and Elle 
The show begins as two twins--Evan and Elle--are driving in a car and get in a fatal car wreck. They both die and await judgment in the after life. They are provided attorneys and given a chance to plead their case. Evan ends up getting into Heaven and Elle goes to Hell, but both are very close cases and it makes for a very popular case among all the angels and demons.
After the trial, Evan becomes a public defender for Heaven and Elle becomes the district attorney of Hell. Each episode, they are pitted against each other fighting for and against the salvation of some poor schmuck that just died. It's sort of like a legal procedural drama, but the stakes are way higher, and we get to learn the entire life story of each in 60 minutes. We also get glimpses into the lives of the spoiled Heaven-folk, and the poor souls in Hell that have to show up for mandatory torture rituals every day after lunch.

Jen X 
Thirteen year old Jennifer gives birth to her baby girl Little Jennifer. The grandmother and great grandmother are present. They are both named Jennifer too. Next door in the same hospital, the world's oldest woman (Old Jennifer!) is dying at 117 years old. Non one knows it because there were several intervening adoptions, but Little Jennifer can trace her family line back to Old woman. 
Basically, there are 10 generations of Jennifers that all gave birth at 13 years old.  Little Jennifer the tenth Jennifer, and thus takes the name Jen X. The show chronicles the lives of all 10 Jennifers, mostly through flashbacks.  It is a real feel good story about the power of single teenage moms. There is extra focus about the 39 year old, as she is from "gen x"

Transactions 
A legal drama about a law firm that only handles transnational issues. The show never sees a courtroom.  In one story line, a young associate desperately tries to account last minute for all the assets of a company as part of a huge merger.  In another, an old patent attorney has to call his client with unfortunate news regarding the client's audio cassette technology. And a soon to be made partner notices several critical omissions in a draft contract about his clients construction loan.

The Penises 
A kids cartoon on sprout about a family of cartoon penises named the "Johnsons".  Four year old Willie Johnson is always complaining about the burdens of being a four year old, and his parents (Rod and Phyllus) are always trying to keep him chipper. Posture is a big focus of the show, as the parents are always reminding the kids to stand straight and firm, and not to be limp.  Willie 's 13 year old brother Jimmy is worried about when he will grow, as the kids at school are always making fun of him because he is so small.
The Johnson's neighbors are a family of cartoon backsides named the Butts, and they really don't get along. The Butts are kind of slobs, leaving their trash around and always causing a stink.




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