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Wired Relays Moore's Thoughts On Series Potential And Reality TV
12/June/2009 02:09 AM Filed in: Articles
/ Series potential if enough people tune in
Initially conceived as a pilot for an ongoing series, network executives have not picked up the show for a continuing run. Moore says strong viewer response could persuade network execs to order a season’s worth of Virtuality episodes. “It depends on ratings, demographics, word of mouth,” he says. “Sometimes these things have a bigger life that blossoms after broadcast. If you get a buzz going, people wonder when it’s going to come out on DVD and so on. Decisions about where we might go with the underlying properties — it’s really hard to say right now. Mike and I do have a direction of where we would take the story after this.”
Converting to reality TV
Moore likes the extra dramatic complications that come into play as earthbound producers of the astronautic reality series play with the heads of the show “contestants,” but the producer admits he only recently became a fan of nonfiction TV. “I started off as a skeptic-slash-hater of reality TV, but last season my wife and I decided to give the Deadliest Catch a try and we were really taken with it,” he says. “That’s at the top of my list. I like Project Runway, I like Top Chef. I’ve been suckered in.” /
Full Article:
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/06/ron-moores-tv-movie-virtuality-takes-vr-to-outer-space/
Initially conceived as a pilot for an ongoing series, network executives have not picked up the show for a continuing run. Moore says strong viewer response could persuade network execs to order a season’s worth of Virtuality episodes. “It depends on ratings, demographics, word of mouth,” he says. “Sometimes these things have a bigger life that blossoms after broadcast. If you get a buzz going, people wonder when it’s going to come out on DVD and so on. Decisions about where we might go with the underlying properties — it’s really hard to say right now. Mike and I do have a direction of where we would take the story after this.”
Converting to reality TV
Moore likes the extra dramatic complications that come into play as earthbound producers of the astronautic reality series play with the heads of the show “contestants,” but the producer admits he only recently became a fan of nonfiction TV. “I started off as a skeptic-slash-hater of reality TV, but last season my wife and I decided to give the Deadliest Catch a try and we were really taken with it,” he says. “That’s at the top of my list. I like Project Runway, I like Top Chef. I’ve been suckered in.” /
Full Article:
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/06/ron-moores-tv-movie-virtuality-takes-vr-to-outer-space/
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