It seems to me that networks keep killing off the best shows (farscape, futurama,...) in favor of brainless reality and cop shows. I don't blame them for that, they are just doing what they believe is in thier companies best interest, but it got me thinking.
Would it be possible to buy the show? If their are enough people, and they really like the show, how much money would we have to raise to pull something like that off? PBS already works under a model like this (hey maybe we could get them to pick it up). Granted it is a different beast completley but you have to admit it is an interesting idea. You could raise the money in several different ways, donation, you could sell a sort of "stock" in a show, or you could front money and then get money back from advertisment.
I was just curious if anyone had some thought on the feasibilty of this pipedream.
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It seems to me that networks keep killing off the best shows (farscape, futurama, ...) in favor of brainless reality and cop shows. I don't blame them for that, they are just doing what they believe is in thier companies best interest, but it got me thinking.
Would it be possible to buy the show? If their are enough people, and they really like the show, how much money would we have to raise to pull something like that off? PBS already works under a model like this (hey maybe we could get them to pick it up). Granted it is a different beast completley but you have to admit it is an interesting idea. You could raise the money in several different ways, donation, you could sell a sort of "stock" in a show, or you could front money and then get money back from advertisment.
I was just curious if anyone had some thought on the feasibilty of this pipedream.