Fox TV Plans Commercial Spaceflight TV Drama

[mr. mark]

Should be an interesting watch. Wonder who they are drawing their inspiration from?
Source: http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/10/21/fox-plans-billionaire-space-race-tv-drama/

[Norm38]

I'd love to see some of the plot breakdown for this.  Satellite launches just aren't sexy enough for a general TV audience.  And Fox is the wrong network for anything remotely scientific and technical.  When people watch TV, they like to see other people doing exciting things.  So does that mean commercial crew?  Visits to ISS?  Or a space hotel?

I have no idea where they'd go with that, but it'd be quite interesting to see how the general public responds to the concept of a comercial LEO hotel with zero g sports and the like. 

[Halidon]

I'd love to see some of the plot breakdown for this.  Satellite launches just aren't sexy enough for a general TV audience.  And Fox is the wrong network for anything remotely scientific and technical.  When people watch TV, they like to see other people doing exciting things.  So does that mean commercial crew?  Visits to ISS?  Or a space hotel?

I have no idea where they'd go with that, but it'd be quite interesting to see how the general public responds to the concept of a comercial LEO hotel with zero g sports and the like.

I'm no fan of the direction FOX has taken some of its programming, but they have put new episodes of "Cosmos" out there.

[MATTBLAK]

Yeah, but... But... They cancelled 'Firefly'!!   If this new series is any good I don't fancy it's chances.

[bad_astra]

I'd love to see some of the plot breakdown for this.  Satellite launches just aren't sexy enough for a general TV audience.  And Fox is the wrong network for anything remotely scientific and technical.

What network was COSMOS recently on?

[averagespacejoe]

Yeah when people let there misguided political bias seep into this forum it makes for a sad show. If FOX is doing something to promote commercial spaceflight then we should at least in spirit support that. Trust me I don't watch MSNBC but if they had space specials I would make an exception.

[averagespacejoe]

If they do a dumb job of it then we should rightfully shun them

[RanulfC]

I'd love to see some of the plot breakdown for this.  Satellite launches just aren't sexy enough for a general TV audience.  And Fox is the wrong network for anything remotely scientific and technical.

What network was COSMOS recently on?

And on what network do most of the affiliates then spend another hour explaining why everything that was said on COSMOS is wrong, or misinterpreted?

Duality of mind ya know....

Randy

[Robert Thompson]

Home run if done in short format like Silicon Valley with HBO content restrictions.

[Prober]

Anything is better than Utopia 

[docmordrid]

I'd love to see some of the plot breakdown for this.  Satellite launches just aren't sexy enough for a general TV audience.  And Fox is the wrong network for anything remotely scientific and technical.

What network was COSMOS recently on?

And on what network do most of the affiliates then spend another hour explaining why everything that was said on COSMOS is wrong, or misinterpreted?

Duality of mind ya know....

Randy

Someone needs to learn the difference between Fox News and Fox Broadcasting. Different critters, with only one crossover program on Sunday morning.

But we digress.....

[MATTBLAK]

I'll give Fox News some space kudos: when the last few Shuttle launches and landings were happening and the first Space X Dragon flights were occuring - they were if my memory serves me correctly the only news networks to show live coverage?!

[ChefPat]

I'll bet on big corporation vs small startup run by old college buddies that don't get along anymore.

[sanman]

Aliens will make an appearance in the 4th season, after which it will be deemed to have jumped the shark.

[su27k]

We'd be very lucky if it makes to the 4th season...

[sanman]

Any word on who the cast will be?

I'm wagering that one of the main leads will have some variant of a British accent. 

Maybe Michael Rosenbaum, who played Lex Luthor on Smallville, could do an impression of Musk

[Elmar Moelzer]

Looking at the history of FOX science fiction TV shows, it will be cancelled after 2 episodes.