1. Every year....at least one-hundred to two-hundred 'pilots' are done, and 98-percent fail. I'd like to see some network go and pull out a hundred of these failures (since 1960), and go rework the failed pilot in this modern era. New review, new actors, new strategy.
2. I'd like to see some pioneer reality series called 1888, where you put four modern families in a 1888 landscape for six months. You have to wear the authentic clothing....shop at the general store....sleep in a marginally heated cabin, and entertain at the 1888 level.
3. I'd like to see a Ernest Hemingway comedy set up in Key West....1928-period. A bar, some intellectual guests coming and going, and alcohol flowing while illegal.
4. I'd like to see a 20-something-year-old junior reporter given one question, and sent out each week to ask that question of regular people, for a 30-minute show. We might learn what real people think.
5. I'd like to see a network created called 1930s-1940s, where only movies of that era are shown. Maybe around 7 PM....run a 30 newscast of that day in 1936, or 1946.....done in B/W of course, reading off a WaPo or NY Times articles.
6. I'd like to see a reality show where some urban family is sent to a highly rural area for six months, and a very rural family is sent off to NY City for the same period. Talk about shock for 30 minutes each week.
7. Create a 20-episode series to talk about the twenty biggest scandals of the 1900 to 1920 era. Two-hour pieces, with historians explaining in detail how each incident started and ended.
8. Do a six-hour mini-series on how an American was drafted in 1917, and sent off to France.
9. Recreate Sanford and Son, with Jamie Foxx playing Fred. Give Fred a chance to reflect and be serious once in a while showing his wit.
10. Do a five-hour mini-documentary piece on the 1927 Yankees.
