New HTG TV Rules Arrive for New Session

Here's the post that TV Dewd Czartim made concerning the upcoming session of HTG TV. Questions should be directed to the TV forum of the message board.

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Alright, I've done most of the groundwork for the OnDemand system, and I'm confident we can launch on November 1st assuming there are no major objections.

- TV will be once a week, every week with the exception of break months. - 3 break months a year (we'll decide the actual dates later, but hopefully schedule around times when htg is typically slow) - A network can air up to 3 episodes per week. - There are no penalties for missing a week - if a producer is late you can just push the episode a week back.

- There will be a monthly sheet similar to our current session sheets which will allow netheads to schedule ahead of time. - The sheet will have a schedule page which pulls data automatically from the mdb, so it'll look almost identical to the current schedule page except that it will A) scale w/ number of episodes B) not need an admin to input redundant info to create the schedule page.

- Twice a month there will be a voting page which will serve for both buzz voting and a 1-10 vote for each episode aired since the last voting period. - Voting will last a week. - Deadline for new shows to enter buzz will be the 14th and last day of every month. Voting will go up the following day.

- Ratings will be determined by Showpoints. - Showpoints formula will go unchanged with the exception that the Watch It Now votes will be the average from the 1-10 vote - To encourage consistent content, the est. average episode income will be tied to the number of episodes a network airs in the month. - Airing 1-3 episodes will make considerably less, but airing max will be a nice boost. - Average showpoints is added to the total, so airing higher quality shows will boost the profit per episode. - Looking at roughly 20m average gross per episode.

- A show's season can be 12 episodes max. You could still do a weekly show without delays, but after 12 the next season starts. - A show's season ends automatically if no episode has aired within 4 weeks -- break months don't count against it. - Alternatively, the NetHead can end a season whenever. - After a show's season ends, TS changes / cap boosts are determined (formulas tbd). - You need to buzz / repay cast for each new season.

- I think we'll get rid of Casting Central / one show per talent until production schedules go live or we come up with a better alternative. - Sets are assigned to a show at the start of a season, and cannot be changed until that show's season is over -- at which point it's available for reuse. - Things like showography and syndie go unchanged. - No more Upfronts, though I was considering doing things like Sweep weeks and other events. We'll worry about that later.