Rejected TV shows I have pitched

vonFiedler

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You guys gotta be careful. I was the one who pitched Here Comes Honey Boo Boo as a joke and they actually took it.
 

Matthew

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Sam I Am

Sam D. falls into a coma when he is 12 years old. He wakes up 20-some years later. To find that his father had abandoned him, his mother, and his 7-year-old sister. Unfortunately, two-days later his mother dies in a car accident. Leaving Sam to raise his young sister despite his lack of education and general understanding of the world.
Would watch the shit out of this.
 
i'm actually putting these all on a tumblr
here are some more that i've come up with:

A Fungus Among Us
A family of protists wakes up one uneventful Sunday morning to find that a fifth member has unexpectedly joined the family.

Pope Fiction
Pope Benedict XIX writes beautifully detailed fantasy and sci-fi novels in his spare time. But can he maintain balance when the Atheist nation of New Canada declares war?

Chain Rule
An escapade of runaway slaves in 18th century America find that they have escaped one hell, only to run into another: the realm of the tyrannical Tea Cake, leader of the Underground Railroad.

Lonnie Lighto
Teenager Lonnie Lighto has a really good memory.
 

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All in the Family
This quirky reality show follows the real-life hijinks of modern-day Archie Bunker and family man, Charlie Manson.
 

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A Day from the Life
A hungover man checks his calendar to find that the night before has been removed, and he wants to find out what happened.

All About the Benjamins
Two men - roomates both named Benjamin who have known each other for twenty years - must learn to act, or they risk losing every cent they own.
 
The Anals of History
Join Rick Steves as he travels to the four corners of the world to learn the oddities and extremities human sexuality
 
Pants on Fire
Celebrity contestants are divided into two teams of three, and win points by guessing if the story a member of the opposing team is telling is true or false, all the while their lower half has been soaked in gasoline and set alight.
This already exists (Would I Lie to You) bar the latter part, which wouldn't even be funny like most of the others you've come up with.
 
Good Will Grunting

A good-hearted man named Will must deal with an incredibly rare and bizarre disease that causes him to grunt whenever a bowel movement occurs within a mile radius of his location.

Shank Redemption

A retired cop named Shank seeks redemption of that fateful night when everything went wrong at the bi-annual Spaghetti Social.

A Boy Named Link

A young elf has to cope with the knowledge that he exists in thirty different universes at once, sometimes multiple times in the same universe.
 
The history of Joe

A reality show that showcases the slow and gradual fall of a random person, as he's overcomed by madness, all generated by the fact that he's been followed around 24/7 by a camera crew but nobody around him believes him
 

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Homoland
Father Tom McCormack suspects that parishioner Andrew O'Neil, who has returned home after studying in San Francisco, has been turned gay.
Funny since I might go to school in San Francisco, so I can play the role as the Parishioner
 
Meat your Maker
A cooking show wherein the contestants must cook for their parents. But the mystery ingredients are all incredibly dangerous when prepared incorrectly ie. puffer fish, poisonous frogs.

Walking on Moonshine
Follows the lives of Jimmy, Travis and Tom; three boisterous young men who run an illegal homemade brewery throughout the US prohibition era.

Nails
A transsexual builder embraces his feminine side and helps his estranged sister open a beauty salon.

Current Sea
A disillusioned banker has a literal sea change and inadvertently discovers a shipwreck once piloted by his forefathers. He sets off on a treasure hunt around the Mediterranean Isles in search of the Father Gold.
 
Mountain Do
Couples compete on this game show hosted by Howie Mandel to see who can make love at the highest elevation.

Unit Circle
Unit Circle is a secret branch of the United States government comprised entirely of fat people.

How To Drag Your Train
Tobey Maguire stars in a show about a broken-down transit line’s only hope for returning to civilization in time for lunch.

Pope Fiction
Pope Benedict XIX writes beautifully detailed fantasy and sci-fi novels in his spare time. But can he maintain balance when the Atheist nation of New Canada declares war?
 

zorbees

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Jebus please tell us about Pope Fiction again on this page, I really need it a third time!
 
Man's Best Friend
After murdering his parents for their inheritance, an English gentleman must train his dog to help him hide the evidence from the nosy Belgian detective with a mustache.

Graveyard Shift
Not everything is as it seems in the life of museum guard Andrew Miller. Every night, all of the stuffed animals at the Clark County Museum of Natural History rise from the dead, and he is the only one who can put them down again.
 

zorbees

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Graveyard Shift
A TV documentary series a la Ice Road Truckers that focuses on a crew of men in their attempts to move local cemeteries away from residential areas while fending off zombies
GeneralSpoon we can't have two shows with the same name!
 
i put some of these up on twitter so i thought i'd share them

Mouse
A medical drama about Dr. Gregory Mouse who works in a veterinarian hospital where mice that are brought in mysteriously contract lupus

Two and a Half Mon
A sitcom about rich Jamaican Olympic sprinter Marley Harper, who is surprised one day when his brother Allen and his nephew Jacques move in after Allen's career as a bobsled coach fails

Criminal Rinds
A crime thriller about an innocent-looking fruit and vegetable store which is secretly a front for one of Sydney's largest mafia rings

Flee
A comedy about an unpopular high school girl who is caught with meth at school, leading her and her wacky group of friends to escape capture by the police, also they break into song for no reason

Barks and Recreation
A comedy about Leslie Knope and her job as a bureaucrat in the Animal Welfare department of her town

Cummunity
A porno set in a community college, where the dean is a serial rapist and a lot of group sex happens

Doctor Pho
An adventure series about a time-travelling Vietnamese chef and his companions, who discovers that he has the amazing power to regenerate beef broth from any time and place in history, as he fights off rival chefs who send robots after him

Mythlusters
A fantasy series about two men named Adam and Jamie as they travel the realm in search of wonderful beasts and magical creatures to confirm the old bar tales they hear about having sex with non-humans
 

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Nombres
Ace detective Carlos Hernandez discovers his talent for cryptology allows him to crack unsolved cases.

Lucha DoRe
Masks and music collide in this brilliant comedy of a Mexican wrestler turned music teacher who is down on his luck.

Bitchcraft
Sassy reality show that follows the cruel antics and rituals of elite high school sororities.

Loose
A new series about the antics of the Animal Liberation Front and the aftermath of their raids.

Alien Masonic Hitler
An expose series on History Channel chronicling the actual events of World War II.
 

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