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The Dead Show TV Channel

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A lot of times TV shows getting only marginal ratings go on hiatus, never to return. This almost happened to 'The Last Comic Standing', where the last episode happened to be the finale and the network dropped it before it was shown. Fortunately the Comedy Channel picked it up so we could see it. With other shows, like Fox's The Champ, we weren't so lucky. The remaining episodes were never shown.

Subscribers to the Dead Show TV Channel would never have to worry about being caught in a similar situation again. This channel would buy up the unused episodes of every cancelled series and let you choose when you want to watch them (the same way HBO has set it up so you can see reruns by episode number for its series). Since the networks don't intend to show the remaining episodes they might be willing to sell them for a pittance, especially if that pittance included promos for their new shows. Getting the product (unseen shows) cheap, and having a steady demand (the subscribers) should make this new channel profitable. The shows might have been cancelled because millions of people weren't watching them, but that doesn't mean a few hundred thousand wouldn't like to see the endings.

longshot9999, Mar 16 2005

Trio http://www.triotv.com/
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       celebrity 3D zombie golf
benfrost, Mar 17 2005
  

       Lunch with Steven J Cannell.
reensure, Mar 17 2005
  

       Damn, I was hoping for horror or the Grateful Dead.
jaksplat, Mar 17 2005
  

       I think this channel should then allow fans to make additional episodes and list them for viewing as well. They would vary in quality.
bungston, Mar 17 2005
  

       I was hoping this would feature actors like John Wayne, Dave Allen, Steve McQueen, Yul Brynner...
UnaBubba, Mar 17 2005
  

       I'm pretty sure this is baked as I've seen ads for a cable channel that does this -- though I can't immediately find it on Google   

       Yes, see link and search on Trio and Cable
theircompetitor, Mar 17 2005
  

       Tried link. The 'Brilliant But Cancelled' section is kind of what I had in mind only they've narrowed down their selection criteria way too much. The shows I'm thinking of could hardly be called brilliant.
longshot9999, Mar 17 2005
  

       BattleBots?
Mr Burns, Mar 17 2005
  

       El Dorado - This channel wouldn't show repeat episodes from shows that have been cancelled, it would only show episodes that had never aired.
longshot9999, Mar 17 2005
  


 

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