So as some of you may know, my internship is at NBC and my job entails creating, writing, and producing a 5-episode mini-series that will air on television. My first day isn’t until tomorrow, but in the mean time, I’ve come up with the pitch below. Please feel free to give me feedback either via comments on here, in person, or e-mail. Thanks for your thoughts!
NBC Interns Pitch
The American youth will be captivated in this refreshingly new mini-series by five of their peers who have ambition like America has never witnessed before. Five students with five stories and five dreams with only 1 thing in common: AMBITION. One: pre-med who founds an NGO, Two: An aspiring musician who develops a new genre of music. Three: A college newspaper editor who launches a new magazine. Four: A business major who starts his/her own company. Five: A comedian who entertains the ill and poor. These five students bring together their ambitions to change the world.
Their journey will be documented in an intense five episode mini-series that is balanced out by the witty humor that keeps the viewers laughing throughout. Unlike any other show in history, this journey culminates in a real-life event in Washington, D.C. in August. The event will be a concert that the musician and comedian will perform at that will raise funds for the NGO, be advertised for by the journalist, and be supported by investors that the business-major will seek collaboration with. Furthermore, this series will allow viewers to get involved in a way beyond any other show. The viewers will be able to follow and participate in the students’ efforts via their website, blog, and twitter. For example, a website such as www.ambition.org will supplement the show and will provide an online platform for all five students’ causes as well as ways for the American public to support them (via participation, donations, etc.)
In addition to portraying the American youth in a positive way, this show will encourage and inspire others to follow their own ambitions as well. Void of traditional elements such as judges, voting-off, competitions, and the crude use of vulgarity to sensationalize the programming, AMBITION is revolutionary.
NBC has a long history of firsts, from establishing the nation’s first permanent radio network to the Today show which became the first network early morning news show in American history to being the first network to offer full-length prime-time television shows on-demand to play on mobile phones. Thus, it is only fitting for NBC to be the first network to launch a new type of television: real-life based multi-media entertainment… with a cause.
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