Dear SyFy

Dannyalcatraz

Dannyalcatraz

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If you're going to axe shows because they're too pricey- as you have with Eureka please do us the favor of NOT replacing them with ultra-low budget quasi-paranormal reality shows, or worse- like more wrestling.

Instead, I would like to propose you "go Hollywood" and plagiarize...errrr..."reimagine" old successful formulaic (and thus, inexpensive) TV shows with a more Sci-fi, horror, pulp, superhero or fantastic slant.

For example, consider The Dukes of Hazard: many seasons, one expensive car, 6 rustic sets and some farmland to drive on. Cheap action series. Why not remake this as The Dukes of Alhazred? Plot: some good ole boys (minor knights) in medieval Europe fighting to keep some Moorish invaders (led by Bas Hadji) from using the Necronomicon to unleash creatures from beyond time & space into the world in a misguided attempt to use them as shock troops.

I'm sure others here have ideas of equal merit- go ahead and post them so that fat-cat SyFy execs can see them!
 

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Dr. Geisel, Paranormal Investigator.

Set in WWII Europe.

"All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!"

“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”

"In the places I go there are things that I see
That I never could spell if I stopped with the Z
I'm telling you this because you're one of my friends
My alphabet starts where your alphabet ends."
 

Dannyalcatraz said:
If you're going to axe shows because they're too pricey- as you have with Eureka please do us the favor of NOT replacing them with ultra-low budget quasi-paranormal reality shows, or worse- like more wrestling.
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They could have a scifi talk show with authors, film makers, etc. That's cheap to do and fills four or five hours a week. Like the Tonight Show, only they could call it the Tomorrow Show.
 


I'd settle for SyFy just rerunning in prime time some of the old classics instead once again - Kolchak: The Night Stalker (original), Dark Shadows, Six Million Dollar Man, all Star Trek series, Space 1999, The Prisoner, Buck Rogers, etc. etc. etc.

But don't mess with Haven, Warehouse 13 or Alphas! B-)
 

Tried to find - Kolchak: The Night Stalker (original)- on hulu and got this:

No videos match your search for show:"Kolchak: The Night Stalker" type:episode.

Please try your search again with a different search term.

Gah! i have been trying to find this forever
 


How about taking some of the old, dirt-cheap schlocky movies they can show for a pittance anyway, and add a snarky commentary track that pokes fun at just how dire they are.

To really stretch the budget, you could add maybe one cheaply-dressed set to use as part of some kind of framing device, that provides some weak semblance of a justification for the format and lets you get to know and empathise with the guys doing the snarky commentary.

If that all seems too implausible to work, just keep telling yourself it's just a show, and try to relax.
 

They could get into urban fantasy, letting them use modern existing sets, regular extras, and some moderate use of chroma key and CGI.

people with extraordinary powers just trying to hold down a regular job and share an appartment because they're FrIENDS.
 

Here's a cheap one:

run annual contests for 45 minute home made sci-fi/horror/fantasy movies.

Air the best 12 as a season.

So literally, your fans supply you with content to air.

Winning shows would get some money prizes, maybe an interview for the end of season behind the scenes filler episode.
 

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