Bob McCarty Writes

More than a year ago, I hypothesized about ways television networks might modify some of their most popular programs and/or steal ideas from some of their competitor networks. For instance:

• I wrote a post, Game Show Concept Would Make Presidential Election Fun, about a show concept that coupled the once-popular ABC game show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, with the 2008 presidential election process as a means of possibly increasing voter turnout. It’s name? Who Wants to be President?
  

• I wrote a post, New Reality TV Shows on the Way, that included news about two new reality television shows that were rumored to be in production. The first, Crack-House Hunters, was a show HGTV was considering with hopes that it would attract more inner-city viewers. So You Think You Can Prance was a copycat of the Fox Network’s So You Think You Can Dance program being developed by the gay and lesbian channel LOGOS; and

• Finally, I reported NBC was expected to to make Al Gore a regular guest on its popular fat-shedding show, The Biggest Loser.

None of the above concepts took shape, so now I’m offering the new programming recommendations below to the folks at the major television networks:

• Al Gore should star in a new show that combines the popularity of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars with the popularity of a Nobel Prize- and Academy Award-winning former vice president. The name of the show? Dancing with the Biggest Loser;

• In an effort to boost her presidential bid after facing a stronger-than-expected challenge from Barack Obama, I think Hillary Clinton should make at least one guest appearance on an episode of ABC’s DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES; and

• In an attempt to renew cordial relations with them, I think Rudy Giuliani appear with his estranged children on a special episode of the CBS show, How I Met Your Mother. His episode, however, should be promoted as How I Met Your Stepmother.

If you like any of these ideas, contact the appropriate network and let them know.