Ready For TV Yet?

[Chaos204]

Originally Posted by STORMCENTRE

Well good point, how about a series, following lets say 2-3 teams as they go from start to finish to competition....literaly follow every move so viewers learn about FIRST, the ethics, they get interested, oh and then...on the day of competition perhaps show it live or tape it and run it live to tape a but later that day or whatever.....

The "series" eposiodes of following teams would have to be interspersed with game/action video as well. As for commmercials? well....what better advertisers to hit up for commercial sponsorships of that kind of show than colleges, universities and high tech firms, automotive firms....talk about a target audience.

I think we are on to something

If we can figure out a way to get as many teams involved as possible it would be amazing PR for all of FIRST including individual teams.

plus there wouldn't be a problem with attracting an audience because all of first would be watching. Imagine being able to say "Hay i saw that guy at Nationals!"

Is anyone out there familiar with pitching shows to networks?

[Alexa Stott]

I agree with everyone who says that a TLC/Discovery channel "reality" show where they follow a team around for an entire season. Like someone pointed out earlier, most people don't really know what goes into building a robot. If it was just the competitions being aired, it would get repetitive. But if someone can sit down to watch it and say, "Oh, look, it's team ___. They've been throught a lot of trouble this year. I wonder how things will turn out for them," it would most likely keep people hooked.

Also, like someone else mentioned, people sit down and watch their favorite teams/players for sports all the time. If someone can do that with robotics, it would make it more appealing to others.