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Originally Posted by Dillon Compton
I would like to see a channel follow one or two teams through a season, reality TV style (TLC, perhaps?). The show would air weekly and would document the trials and tribulations the teams experience in their quest to build a robot. Funding issues, unexpected failures, and tense design meetings; these things make for great television. The regionals attended would be filmed and summarized (perhaps a special two hour program would be aired, with highlights, matches, and images of pitcrews etc...). This would all lead up to limited or full coverage of nationals; they could make it a two-day special event, and invite speakers to speak in interim periods or low action times (Dean Kamen, national WFA winners, Dave Lavery, Woody, etc...).
I think that the weekly show for 6 weeks will help establish a viewing base that will attract people to the "big event"- this will increase viewership and perhaps make it even moderately worth while for the station.
Discovery or TLC are probably our best bets.
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This is what I want to see. The weekly reality TV show style is perfect for FIRST. They can film the entire season and air it all afterwards, leaving them plenty of time to edit and figure out what's interesting to show. I think they would be able to get a decent audience on a channel like Discovery.