What would you program?

[newarenanow]

I'd probably want:

Chuck
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
The Simpsons
The Walking Dead
Always Sunny
The League
New Girl
Boy Meets World
The King of Queens
The Man Show
The Xfiles
The Osbournes
Growing Pains
Who's the Boss
Family Ties
That 70s Show
Captain N
Saved By the Bell
Super Mario Super Show
Root Sports (for Pens and Pirates)
NFL Network (and Steelers)
ESPN
ESPN2
ESPNU
Pop Up Video
Behind the Music (ones about bands, not the crappy new ones about Neo and Mary J Blige).

[ville5]

Not sure of programming, but there'd definitely be a movie on everyday with either Tea Leoni or Natalie Portman in it.

[redwill]

The Simpsons

Forgot about that, too. I'd definitely squeeze it in.

[mac5155]

Hmmm....I wonder what explains all of those infomercials and shopping channels?

You never saw the cash4gold south park episode?

[tifosi77]

Policies of my network

1. Everything is shown uncensored. It's on cable, the FCC can't regulate it, so I won't either
2. Every show/Movie will be played without commercials.
3. After every show/movie the equivalent of 10 mins of commercials per every normal half hour of show will be played. A countdown clock will be shown in the bottom right of the screen letting people know how much more time of commercials there are and what is coming next.
This means a show that is ~22 mins will be followed by 10 mins of commercials. A movie that is 2 hours long will be followed by 40 mins of commercials.

Other than that I don't know exactly what my programming would be.

Good luck getting advertisers to buy into that.

If I'm not mistaken, that's sort of how TV used to air. All the commercials were front- or back-loaded so that all the ads ran in one block either at the beginning of the show or at the end. It also wasn't uncommon to see shows sponsored by a company that would have the stars of the show shilling the product for five minutes before the episode began.

[mac5155]

Policies of my network

1. Everything is shown uncensored. It's on cable, the FCC can't regulate it, so I won't either
2. Every show/Movie will be played without commercials.
3. After every show/movie the equivalent of 10 mins of commercials per every normal half hour of show will be played. A countdown clock will be shown in the bottom right of the screen letting people know how much more time of commercials there are and what is coming next.
This means a show that is ~22 mins will be followed by 10 mins of commercials. A movie that is 2 hours long will be followed by 40 mins of commercials.

Other than that I don't know exactly what my programming would be.

Good luck getting advertisers to buy into that.

If I'm not mistaken, that's sort of how TV used to air. All the commercials were front- or back-loaded so that all the ads ran in one block either at the beginning of the show or at the end. It also wasn't uncommon to see shows sponsored by a company that would have the stars of the show shilling the product for five minutes before the episode began.

Every time I watch kids shows with my fiancees niece and nephew I feel like the ads run this way too.. But they are usually ads for other shows, not actual products

[MWB]

Monday: The Wire season 1
Tuesday: The Wire season 2
Wednesday: The Wire season 3
Thursday: The Wire season 4
Friday: The Wire season 5
Repeat weekly
Weekends: Arrested Development and current dramas (Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Justified, Americans, SoA)
Holidays: Modern Family, Cheers, Seinfeld, WKRP, Curb
Pens games as scheduled.

[pittsoccer33]

[Willie Kool]

An average weekday on KOOL-TV :

5:00 - 6:00 - Sunrise Earth
6:00 - 7:00 - MLP FiM
7:00 - 9:00 - Looney Tunes
9:00 - 9:30 - Petticoat Junction
9:30 - 10:00 - Green Acres
10:00 - 12:00 - MST3K
12:00 - 1:00 - All In The Family
1:00 - 1:30 - Sanford and Son
1:30 - 2:00 - Hogan's Heroes
2:00 - 3:00 - M*A*S*H
3:00 - 4:00 - Star Trek
4:00 - 5:00 - Star Trek: The Next Generation
5:00 - 5:30 - Simpsons
5:30 - 6:00 - South Park
6:00 - 7:00 - Kung Fu
7:00 - 10:00 - Penguins Hockey or a classic movie
10:00 - 11:00 - Tour Of Duty
11:00 - 12:00 - HBO / Showtime series - Game of Thrones, Deadwood, etc.
12:00 - 5:00 - Jools Holland and a Best of the Kate Upton cam show

[Rylan]

Policies of my network

1. Everything is shown uncensored. It's on cable, the FCC can't regulate it, so I won't either
2. Every show/Movie will be played without commercials.
3. After every show/movie the equivalent of 10 mins of commercials per every normal half hour of show will be played. A countdown clock will be shown in the bottom right of the screen letting people know how much more time of commercials there are and what is coming next.
This means a show that is ~22 mins will be followed by 10 mins of commercials. A movie that is 2 hours long will be followed by 40 mins of commercials.

Other than that I don't know exactly what my programming would be.

Good luck getting advertisers to buy into that.

If I'm not mistaken, that's sort of how TV used to air. All the commercials were front- or back-loaded so that all the ads ran in one block either at the beginning of the show or at the end. It also wasn't uncommon to see shows sponsored by a company that would have the stars of the show shilling the product for five minutes before the episode began.

Every time I watch kids shows with my fiancees niece and nephew I feel like the ads run this way too.. But they are usually ads for other shows, not actual products

Only allowed so much products ads per hour of children's tv per US law to protect minors.

[FreeCandy44]

I'd probably want:

Chuck
How I Met Your Mother
The Office
The Simpsons
The Walking Dead
Always Sunny
The League
New Girl
Boy Meets World
The King of Queens
The Man Show
The Xfiles
The Osbournes
Growing Pains
Who's the Boss
Family Ties
That 70s Show
Captain N
Saved By the Bell
Super Mario Super Show
Root Sports (for Pens and Pirates)
NFL Network (and Steelers)
ESPN
ESPN2
ESPNU
Pop Up Video
Behind the Music (ones about bands, not the crappy new ones about Neo and Mary J Blige).

Go Nan! Throw in Scrubs, Chip and Dales Rescue Rangers, and Wilfred.

[Lt. Dish]

If someone's keeping a running list, would you consider the following, respectfully submitted for your review:

Saturday Gojira movie matinee
Friday Night Frights: Twilight Zone/Night Gallery/Outer Limits/Tales from the Dark Side/Dark Shadows
The Rockford Files
Absolutely Fabulous
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Masterpiece Mystery
Masterpiece Classic
Freaks and Geeks
Monty Python's Flying Circus (sorry if it's been listed)
The Avengers (Diana Rigg version)
Picket Fences
The Bob Newhart Show (with Suzanne Pleshette)
I Love Lucy
Magnum P. I.
Hill Street Blues
My So-Called Life
News Radio

to mentions of M*A*S*H, Hitchcock movies, Arrested Development, and In Search Of

And, of course, Pens, Bucs, Steelers, "classic" Pittsburgh Spirit games would be a hoot.

[CERV96]

All reality all the time the adverisments and ratings alone would make millions. I hate reality tv and refuse to watch it with the exception of sports if some categorize that as reality. Obviosly, I am going for money here. If it was personal I really don't know.

[redwill]

No love for QI?

If you don't know what it is, YouTube it. IMO, you'll be happy for the next month or so.