Made in the USA
OK, here's a good idea for a reality show: Made in the USA. The idea is that you assemble judges who review inventors' idea for the next big thing. A one-year contract with the Home Shopping Network is the prize.
Six teams of two develop their product from prototype to market-ready, and the television viewing audience gets to vote as well. The three resident judges include Karim Rashid, some guy who's supposed to be a consumer culture expert, Joy Mangano of HSN itself, and Nolan Bushnell, the guy who founded Atari, Chuck E. Cheese and most recently, uWink Inc.
Guest experts include HSN's head of QA, the head of a PR firm, an inventor who created the SuperSoaker, a top sales exec, a designer and others.
Why is it that the asshats who created The Littlest Groom or The Swan couldn't have greenlit this instead?
There are a million ways it could be completely bolloxed, but I'll be watching it on USA on September 14.