John Titor, Call Your Agent: Destruction of United States on National TV
From The Drudge Report
...ABC alone has at least two would-be shows set in post-apocalyptic America ("Resistance" and "Red & Blue") while Gavin Polone and Bruce Wagner are teaming for the comfy-sounding plague drama "Four Horsemen" at CBS (which also is developing "Jericho," about life in a small town after America is destroyed).
Says Fox exec VP Craig Erwich: "The creative community appears to be really inspired this year," he says. "It was an exciting time to be buying. I came away pretty encouraged about network TV."
I can't tell if they're trying to follow up on the X-Files, recycle the stuff from late-night conspiracy talk radio into the mainstream (which they seem to try to do on a roughly 18 month or so cycle), or a little bit of both.
Anyone who wants to read reasonably well done books in this genre would do well with start with S. M. Stirling's 'Protector' series, or his earlier 'Island in the Sea of Time' series. |
Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2005-11-28 |