Board Thread:Pitches/@comment-4146635-20140719172258

Hey guys! Okay so I want to pitch a new idea! I know that some of you have said a million times that we shouldn't acquire shows but just hear me out.

So I was thinking we could acquire the show, The Next Step! So I heard about this show yesterday online and I looked it up some more and then I found the first episode and LOVED it! So I watched the second episode and then I ended up to five episodes in a row and then I watched a sixth one before I went to bed. It's really good! So it's a Canadian teen drama series shot in a reality show style. It follows the lives of The Next Step Studio A-Troupe dancers while they practice and prepare to compete at regionals. Emily is the stuck up dance captain and she is in this clicky group called the "E-Girls." In the first episode, when they first audition for A-Troupe, a new girl, Michelle comes in and Emily gives her a hard time. The E-Girls don't like Michelle really only because they're jealous of her. A whole bunch of other stuff happens and there's a whole bunch of other characters. It's such a good show, you can watch the first episode here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/580299#i0,p0,d0 I'll admit the first 3 minutes are kinda like "What?" but just keep watching. And btw just so you know, it's not supposed to be a reality show, it's a drama series shot in a reality show format, some people think it seems too rehearsed but it's supposed to be that way. :P Ok so here are reasons why I really want to acquire this show. 1) It's a teen drama. It's all appropriate stuff and we never really have had this kind of thing on the channel before. 2) It's never aired in the US before. It only airs in Canada so Wiki Channel could be the first channel to air it in the US. 3) It's a dance show and the dancing is sooo good! We haven't had a dance show like this before and it'd be really cool to have that! 4) All of the actors are Canadian and they're likely not to clash with the actors we have here. They won't really take away look-a-like oppurtunities. 5) I think it'd be cool to acquire a show. I know it's not our own original idea but I think it'd be cool if we did something like this!

So yeah, I hope you guys are on board with this! :) If we do this, I was thinking that maybe we could air it on a weeknight! :) Thanks for reading! 