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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 805725" data-attributes="member: 3649">Premise: You are the owner of an independent production company and have managed to sell an hour-long original SF- or fantasy-themed live-action drama show to cable. Now you have to cast and write it! You have a budget of roughly $2 million an episode, which will give you production capabilities roughly equal to the late lamented Firefly. 1. Who are your protagonists?2. Who are your villains?3. What do the heroes do every week?4. Who do you cast (you haven't got the budget for A-list talent; make do)?5. What is the central premise of the show?6. What's the name of the show?7. Other: is the show episodic (like Sliders; one show rarely has anything to do with the other; each episode is self-contained), semi-episodic (Stargate; episodes frequently make reference to other episodes, but it's pretty easy to pick up on; things that happen in one episode have effects in later episdoes ), or completely serial (Babylon 5; overarching themes, more 'arc' episodes than not). Anything else you can think of.Example:Shadows of The SunWed 8:00 Showtime; semi-EpisodicStars Tir: Gael García Bernal (Julio Zapata, Y Tu Mama Tambien)The Master: Luis Guzman  (Traffic])Lord Xathos: Xander Berkeley (24])Tir is a young swordsman in the desert city of Kharan, the sole student of the mysterious Master, a swordsman who has fallen on hard times since his formerly illustrious family was disgraced and destroyed by the sorcerer Lord Xathos. Tir and The Master try to foil Xathos' ambitions to rule Kharan while staying one step ahead of the evil wizards mind-controlled thugs.</blockquote>

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