johnnyhongkong says…

This is classic good news/bad news.

Good news first:

Last we heard from the pilot, he had flown off to FOX network. After being told he was fat, then having to starve and lose weight, some scary pre-flight/pre-fight issues temporarily got in the way of his departure but he finally made it off the runway and landed at the network.

I left this plot thread because FOX said no a few days before the strike started. Or rather, they didn’t say no, it just passed the date when they said they would say anything and that if we didn’t hear by then, we could safely assume that we were ass out.

Then the strike hit and the pilot was grounded.

But since the strike, the pilot was quickly put in the air, landed at FOX Television and in a bit of irony, they fell in love with it.

We had a “meeting.” They gave me water! And like totally told me how much they loved the script. it was like being told at a PTA meeting that your kid is smart and well liked. I didn’t raise the stinky kid!

From what I understand, if they can get a network to love it as much as they do, we might have a show made.

!!!

The script was sent out to four real, brand name cable networks with the FOX TV stamp of approval.

Now for the bad news:

One of them, one of the big three, passed. It was not unexpected - in our meeting at Fox, we were told to expect a “no” from them because our show is not the kind of show they want to make. They’re into making shows that grab headlines. They liked the writing, though. Cold comfort.

Whatevs. This is just a temporary setback because I heard that Barack Obama has his fingers crossed for us because he loves the pilot too and promises that he will do everything in his power to make our show happen.

Even so, keep your fingers crossed too.