We need to make TV great again by implementing the following:
- At least one clip show episode per season
- Heavy-handed anti-drug plots and messages, preferrably featuring gangs that look like they’re from The Warriors selling crack
- “Very Special Episodes” about topical real-world issues like acid rain or stranger danger, ending with segments with the actors talking to the audience and making some kind of call to action
- Episodes that are built entirely around stock footage from recycled old films that the studio or production company owns
- Related to the last point, episodes that are built entirely around existing sets from the studio’s other productions, such as generic Western towns
I dunno if you've ever watched MacGuyver but the show goes from him doing super secret spy stuff in the first season to working in a youth center in the inner city and trying to stop a young Cuba Gooding Jr. from joining a gang by the fourth :data-laughing:
Early TNG and MacGyver were definitely some of the shows I was thinking of