I’ve had an idea for a TV Network for the Brisbane area (could be a national network if it’s viable) for the last like - 10 years (thought of it when I was younger) and thought I’d explain it here to see what your thoughts on it are even though it’s completely fictional.
The network would be called SAMSET with the tagline “you’re all set with SAMSET.”
Main Channel: Sam
News Program of Daybreak (5am-7am) with the tagline “As the day breaks - so does news. Start your day informed”
On weekdays would have educational shows from 9am - 1pm under the banner of SamEDU
On weekends would have kids programs (some ideas for shows is a TV adapation of Nevermoor book series, Rainbow Magic TV series, Zac Power TV series, Original series about an animate sock called Sockman, Original series that’s like My Little Pony but they’re vampire horses - show named Vampire Pony, Show based on the Run game series, show based on the Geometry Dash game, show based on the Kaboom Kid books)
Would have a flagship bulletin at 6pm called Sam News
Would have a gaming news show at 5pm called RTX Gamers
Would have a game show at 5.30pm based on the game 20 Questions
Would have adult programs from 8.30pm under the banner Mature Laughs (ML)
Would have a league sports show weekends 12pm on Sam
Channel would closedown at midnight and reopen at 5am.
Secondary/Multichannel: SamTOTS
Would air children’s programs (think ABC Kids) and some show ideas are:
Where’s Wally TV show, show based on sylvanian families toys, Car & Co - tv show about toy cars, Legoville - tv show about a lego town, Legoville Superheroes - tv spin off of Legoville with superheroes, Puppeto - tv show about toy puppets/puppet show, The Gumnutties - tv show about animate gumnuts living life in the aussie bush, Original show called Starlight Academy about these creatures learning about the galaxy, Enid Blyton’s Tales - animated versions of Enid Blyton’s stories, Life In the Treehouse - animated series about the treehouse book series.
Would air kindergarten educational shows between 9am-11am under the SamEDU banner
Network closes down at 7.30pm and reopens at 5am
Third Channel/Multichannel: Sam BeME (formerly going to be called SamTEENS - but then ABC Me changed to entertains and consider this a dig at the poor children’s TV broadcasting for teens)
Would air tween/teen & family programming
Shows would be:
Subsurfers - tv show about subway surfers and would be animated, Dolphin Island - tv show based on dolphin island series, BSC TV - take the netflix babysitters club tv series, The School for Good & Evil.
Would also have a few Sam shows.
Would air movies on a friday night called “Sam BeME’s friday flicks”
Would air educational high school shows from 9am-1pm weekdays under the SamEDU banner
Would closedown at 9pm and reopen at 5am
Fourth Channel/Multichannel: Sam4
Would air repeats of shows across the SAMSET network
Would carry Sam shows if Sam has sports or other special broadcasting
Airs a repeat of the BeME friday flicks Saturday Mornings from 12pm
Airs adult programming under the banner of Mature Laughs from 9pm
Closedown at midnight and reopens at 5am
Radio Network:
SAMSET Radio Network (SRN)
The stations would be called: SRN [place/area name] [frequency]
Format would be like other stations (think hit/nova/triple M networks)
SAMSET could also have sports on weekends if it could get the money to secure some form of rights.
Overall, might follow kids programming too much but there’s a gap in the market for it with the closure of ABC ME and no other network really doing kids shows (9go! is basically adverts)
It could fit in the 80s LCN as last I looked nothing is there.
Feedback is also welcome.
I have far too many mockups on Canva & Notepad if you are somehow interested.
(yes - i’ve thought of all this for a fictional media network lol
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