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Post by JoeGuest on Mar 26, 2021 17:30:47 GMT
Other platforms that could be good to include, though appreciate you might not want to overload
Apple - med risk Amazon - med/ high risk Disney+ - low risk Hulu - med/high risk
If Nickelodeon is meant to be for family viewing, it's nice to have Disney + as another potential home
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Post by wpoland on Mar 26, 2021 19:05:47 GMT
I thought of something else that would play into the concept of creating a show, and I'd call it something like a ''risk level'' which will represent what kind of content a network would allow. If a network has a low-risk level then they would unlikely pick up the show if it has a lot of cussing, explicit love scenes, graphic violence, etc, and certain topics. You wouldn't catch one of these shows airing on FOX, ABC, or NBC... but on networks with a higher risk level for content like HBO and FX and maybe subscription ones like Netflix. You mentioned above that we can lose some of our freedom and with that in mind, there can be times where a network blocks us from adding certain topics and/or going above a certain point in cursing, violence, and love scenes dependent on their risk level. It could also be like Family Guy where cussing or whatever is in the script but the network bleeps and censors it when they air it. I would really like to add this, however I don't feel familiar enough with american networks to make a judgement here. Below you'll find a list of networks that will be in the game. Could you guys help me by separating them into low risk, medium risk and high risk? ABC AMC CBS Fox HBO NBC Netflix Nickelodeon PBS Showtime Starz SyFy The CW TNT I don't know if it will be of any use. But I have this curiosity about Amazon. The platform released the series by Nicolas Winding Refn Too Old to Die Young. When Amazon's people saw that the show was unlike anything previously done on TV, except maybe Twin Peaks Return, it stealthily pulled out of its promotion.
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Post by pbjtyme on Mar 27, 2021 2:39:19 GMT
I would really like to add this, however I don't feel familiar enough with american networks to make a judgement here. Below you'll find a list of networks that will be in the game. Could you guys help me by separating them into low risk, medium risk and high risk? ABC AMC CBS Fox HBO NBC Netflix Nickelodeon PBS Showtime Starz SyFy The CW TNT Of course! Off the bat, just about any channel that comes free-to-air and can be found on antenna television will almost always be low risk. ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, PBS, and The CW. And while Nickelodeon is a cable channel, like PBS, it's also a kid channel so it'll go here. Little to no cussing, absolutely no nudity, etc. I think an option for FOX to be able to censor some scenes would work nicely since they run a series of adult comedies where they add bleeps and blurs over a lot of things the writers want to do. SyFy and TNT are some great examples of medium risk cable networks and I'll also throw in FX as a honorable mention. There's more flexibility for cussing (nothing too crazy but more than free-to-air) and there is flexibility for nudity but, it's clothed and covered and often times the sex scenes can only be heard from the outside with no view of it. And then our higher risk, which is often called ''Premium Channels'' because you have to pay for these separately in a cable package, is where basically anything flies. HBO, Starz, Showtime, Netflix. Now one thing I do wanna say about Netflix (and any other service like them like Hulu) is that while they are higher risk, they don't always tend to take up on original shows with a whole lot of nudity (to my knowledge) so I personally see them in the middle of medium to high risk but realistically they would have higher risk flexibility. And that's it! I can also get a whole list of other networks and categorized them as well if you ever want to add more in the base game! Just realized I forgot about AMC, they'll be under medium
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Post by Admin on Mar 27, 2021 11:45:19 GMT
[/quote]Just realized I forgot about AMC, they'll be under medium[/quote]
Sure about the medium? The thing I associate most with AMC is The Walking Dead which had pretty explicit sex and lot's of gore and violence.
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Post by pbjtyme on Mar 27, 2021 14:50:22 GMT
Just realized I forgot about AMC, they'll be under medium[/quote] Sure about the medium? The thing I associate most with AMC is The Walking Dead which had pretty explicit sex and lot's of gore and violence.[/quote] Definitely. Amongst TWD fans, AMC is notorious for their censorship of the show and it wasn't till the eight season where TWD finally dropped an F-bomb. With that in mind, AMC could technically be high risk if we look at the earlier seasons of TWD but, in recent years, they've chosen to avoid frontal and excessive nudity, goregalores, and excessive cussing. It's fair play wherever you want to put them, but based off their business decisions and recent seasons, I think medium risk is just right for them
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Post by JoeGuest on Mar 27, 2021 15:43:19 GMT
Would you not say FX is high risk with American Horror Story and the Ryan Murphy shows? It's comparable to HBO for me in recent years
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Post by pbjtyme on Mar 27, 2021 16:05:03 GMT
Would you not say FX is high risk with American Horror Story and the Ryan Murphy shows? It's comparable to HBO for me in recent years I would still say they definitely take a medium risk approach. I've mostly been watching Snowfall and from what I remember from AHS, there's nothing in it that could really prompt me to compare it with anything from HBO. FX shows hardly have any nudity and have their fair share in cuss words, and some gore here and there but compared to HBO? I don't see them anywhere near that kind of risk level
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Post by cybertimelord on Mar 27, 2021 23:40:35 GMT
I had a thought that for TV shows obviously need a head writer but will there be options to hire different writers for each episode because there will be other writers working on other episodes the head writer will do the series openers finales and a few episodes between all that
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Post by Admin on Mar 28, 2021 9:16:02 GMT
I had a thought that for TV shows obviously need a head writer but will there be options to hire different writers for each episode because there will be other writers working on other episodes the head writer will do the series openers finales and a few episodes between all that Hiring a writer for each episode would become very annoying very fast. The way it works right now is that you hire a showrunner and then set the budget for the writing room: you can choose the number and qualification of the writing staff, and both the size and the balance of the team (you want a good mix of experienced writer and more junior members) combined the the skill and experience of the showrunner will determine the the quality of the writing. I would like to add special events, though, where you get the opportunity to hire a well-known writer or director for an episode for a quality boost.
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Post by JoeGuest on Mar 28, 2021 17:27:31 GMT
I had a thought that for TV shows obviously need a head writer but will there be options to hire different writers for each episode because there will be other writers working on other episodes the head writer will do the series openers finales and a few episodes between all that Hiring a writer for each episode would become very annoying very fast. The way it works right now is that you hire a showrunner and then set the budget for the writing room: you can choose the number and qualification of the writing staff, and both the size and the balance of the team (you want a good mix of experienced writer and more junior members) combined the the skill and experience of the showrunner will determine the the quality of the writing. I would like to add special events, though, where you get the opportunity to hire a well-known writer or director for an episode for a quality boost. I love this approach! Especially with the database of writers, they are all sort of showrunner level
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Post by JoeGuest on Mar 28, 2021 17:28:26 GMT
How will the renewal process work? Is it a set stage you find out if you're renewed or any any point? Then we can shop around the series if it's not renewed?
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Post by cybertimelord on Mar 29, 2021 15:12:59 GMT
some TV shows get made by 1 network then become either a collab with another network or sell it on completely e.g Torchwood was initially a BBC show but then for its 4th series it was a collab between BBC and Starz will there be any option like that available?
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Post by Admin on Mar 30, 2021 8:06:09 GMT
How will the renewal process work? Is it a set stage you find out if you're renewed or any any point? Then we can shop around the series if it's not renewed? Not 100% certain about that part, since I haven't written the code yet but I would say you find out 2 or 3 weeks before the last episode airs if the network wants another season. If they cancel the show you'll definitely get the chance to try another network (or show it on your own streaming network if you have one). No. That would require very big changes in the code and not add much to the gameplay. Remember I'm just one gal and I have a deadline to get the tv show feature done.
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Post by JoeGuest on Mar 30, 2021 12:09:00 GMT
Will there be situations where lots of networks want your show?
Can you then go for biggest budget?
Maybe some networks will guarantee two seasons?
Not sure how much work this adds to coding but could be good flavours.
Network shows don't really win awards in real life anymore -- This Is Us has been an anomaly.
So going with Netflix, HBO, Amazon, FX, AMC etc are more likely to bring prestige/ silverware?
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Post by pbjtyme on Mar 30, 2021 17:19:14 GMT
Maybe some networks will guarantee two seasons? I like this, but I think the player should have a pretty high reputation before the network considers a guaranteed amount of seasons.
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