TITLE: Sui Iuris
PROMPT: Fraternal twin sisters who have very different lives and seem like opposites in a lot of ways, but are extremely close and share some kind of secret; there is secret-related drama! and possibly also mortal peril! but the sisters stand by each other NO MATTER WHAT.

May or may not involve the supernatural/saving the world/persecution and corruption; the focus of the show is on the ways in which the sisters' mutual love always pulls them through.

Paranormal activity and funky powers may sound great in theory, but in practice, people are just as likely to use them to do nasty things as they are guns, knives, and toxic substances. When the police in Cincinnati find such a case, they hand it over to the experts.

Time travel, creepy cults, and Nathan Fillion

[THE PROMPT: (from [info]miss_s_b) Lesbian Vampire Killers. (lesbians who kill vampires)]

SYNOPSIS: Kit and Nadia are a perfectly ordinary young couple who aren't quite sure what they want in life. They've been together a few years and there have been ups and downs along the way, and recently it's been mostly downs – there's a big elephant in that room but neither of them talk about what happened two months ago, to anyone.

Then, one day, Nadia meets a man who nearly steers her away, and in the course of getting back together, the two girls find a new purpose in life they'd never dreamed of.

A caravan of alien spacecraft enter our solar system, and we can’t do anything but watch as they settle into orbit around Venus and begin to colonize the planet. Torn between hope and terror, humanity tries to communicate with creatures dubbed the Brisings. This enormous story is told mainly through its effect on Miri Isager, the discoverer of the spacecraft, whose life falls to pieces all around her as civilization threatens to do the same.

Dr. Akilah Rabati's gotten the assignment of a lifetime. After two hundred years of SETI work, chasing beacons across the galaxy to find the bones of yet another ruined civilization, Earth has finally found evidence that someone else is doing the same thing. The alien race -- which they're calling the Delta Culture -- has left a cache on Gliese 581c, and it's Akilah's job to dig it up, do some preliminary top-secret analysis, and take it home. Armed with her favorite research assistant, a killer pilot, and a fresh rejuvenation so that she can do her work with as young a body as necessary, she sets off on a six month tour.

Rana Ibrahim, 29, is a CIA operative... Moving from Dubai to the outskirts of Damascus, to Cairo to the occupied streets of Iraq, the show is a look at the Middle East as it has rarely been presented to Western audiences.

As Rana struggles to reconcile the needs of her bosses in the CIA, America's broader interests abroad and the reality in the field, her first priority is the safety of the officers she's in charge of. On this mission, her actions decide the fate of everyone around her.

And on the ninth year of the war, one more army was cast into the battle. The Hittite Empire, to which Troy had sometimes been a vassal, had now chosen to enter the fray.

But the ties of ally to ally, and of patron to vassal, are tenuous.

Hollywood S.T.A.R.S.
They're some of the biggest names in Young Hollywood, but they share one secret the tabloids have never learned: they're also members of STARS, the Special Talents And Resources Squad, dedicated to protecting the city from those who would destroy it.
But the greatest threat these heroes face may be getting back on set for their call times!

"BSG Prequel, not Caprica"

Earth based Doctor Who. Modern or Classic.
Mister Copper, an alien who has retired to Earth and was (more by luck than judgement) fairly rich (see Voyage of the Damned) decided to pass on the Doctor's kindness to others. To do so he set up the Mister Copper Foundation, which has been developing technology for use in the event of alien invasions (see The Stolen Earth) and helping deserving aliens and time travellers who don't want to invade, destroy the human race, etc. but find themselves stranded on Earth. It's pretty much the antithesis of Torchwood - except that every now and again less friendly aliens try to take advantage. Since the current director isn't an idiot there's an investigations branch, as well as medical and financial support for aliens that need it.

Before things can be taken back to Global Dynamics they have to be discovered and investigated in the field. This is the job of the FIG (Forward Investigative Group) teams. Different personalities are attracted to FIG work, the cowboys, and the misfits, even from a town of misfits like Eureka. Unfortunately, often they cause more problems than they solve. A successful operation involves nobody losing an eye or blowing up the planet.

When Ian Prescott moves into 1451 Bellflower Road, he wants to start a new life after his recent divorce. The house came with a great price tag, but Ian soon finds out why. The previous homeowner, Paul Riley, was killed while he slept in his own bed. The authorities are still trying to solve the case, and Ian realizes they aren’t the only ones.

The staff of a dentist office in the Midwest.

You probably shouldn't judge them by the characters either.

Hana Greenwood, daughter of pharmaceutical giant Peter Greenwood, accidentally observes a meeting between her father and his assistant regarding the distribution of illegal street drugs. Disillusioned and angry she wants to find proof of her father's illegal practices and expose him to the authorities. She meets Michael, who reveals the truth - that her father is actually an ancient God from Greek mythology who has chosen to live in human form...

Michael attempts to recruit Hana into a small resistance group of angels stuck on Earth in human form to work from within the camp of a powerful being and help temper the effects of the Gods on society.

Ultimately Hana signs her father's contract and, at the end of the pilot episode, strikes a deal with Michael to be his informant in exchange for full disclosure on the resistance's plans.

Set four years after the events of the Bourne Ultimatum, Nicky Parsons has reinvented herself as Amelia Jones, Private Investigator. With her small staff she investigates the common place jobs of most PIs, while having a separate ongoing investigation into the Blackman Corporation - a conglomerate with on-the-surface ties to politics and big business.
Nicky finds information that links the Blackman Corporation to black market dealing, government conspiracies and cover-ups and experimental science facilities.

Jessie is a regular student at Greentree Valley High School. When she meets new transfer student Kira, she feels an instant connection, but it isn't long before she finds out the secret Kira's been hiding: she's an alien. Now, with the help of Jessie's brother Nate and classmate Erin, they're on a mission to help Kira find her way back home.

Breaking into top secret government laboratories and learning about an alien culture wasn't how Jessie expected to be spending her senior year. Neither was falling in love. But sometimes, even the best laid plans can go awry.

...Another sudden death makes the previous ones seem less like a coincidence. They’ve only been on this planet a few days, and all the best laid plans are going out the window. They brought the best professionals and scientists to create a new Earth, but they're starting to wonder if they should have brought an army. The show revolves around a group that should be spreading and growing, but instead is pulling in tight and becoming more suspicious, one step away from anarchy or being wiped out or (in the more cynical minds) both. Mysterious outside forces may just be a catalyst for conflict in this newly-born community, but they may be more than they seem as well...

In a time when most of Earth’s population has fled and taken to floating space stations and distant colonies, the oldest, biggest, and most densely populated station is Gemini. Carrying a population of roughly three million, quarters on Gemini are at a premium; the most opulent as well as the most desolate.

Consequentially, the police force that patrols Gemini’s thirty levels boasts the best of the best and the brightest of the brightest. Still, as with all large organizations, there are individuals who just don’t fit in comfortable niches. One of these individuals happens to be Anna Noor. Through luck and skill, Noor has landed herself the vaunted job of Detective Profiler (JG) in the Gemini Major Crimes section of the GDP. Brilliant but unorthodox, Noor is paired with the by-the-book Justin Damaris. Together, they work to protect the citizens of Gemini Station.

The Ekahrains waged war against the humans, destroying the established government and all of the long range ships.

Now, the remaining humans live in a lawless society. Many choose to hole up on their own planets, digging in to defend against the local wildlife and living in fear of the Ekahrians. The Ekahrians, when they choose to appear, destroy settlements and take human prisoners. No one knows what for because no one who has been taken has ever reappeared. For those who do venture out to trade, or just to find a better place to live, there are many dangers. Aside from the literal monsters that populate the galaxy, traders must also contend with pirates and other thieves. It's every man for himself.

A disorganized but dedicated group of soldiers use short range ships to fly between planets, attempting to help the settlers and keep peace however they can until rescue arrives from Earth. They’ve come to be known as Watchdogs.

A quiet retirement village is upturned when the threat of alien invasion spurs the residents to suspect one another of being an alien in disguise.

Lanna gave me: High Fantasy world. Naval Drama/adventure (she banned pirates and squid because she's a wench)

"So, regarding that "Create your fake TV Show" meme I started, someone just suggested to me that they would be interested in "a 'Thon where people actually, like, write their tv shows - like the novelization of their pilots or something." I would actually totally be willing to mod that, but I wanna know if there's interest.

I could do a 'thon, or a big bang type thing. (Minimum word count would be small, though. Like 10k or, alternatively, a Little Bang of 5K?)

Pimp this poll so that I know who's interested?"

The land is controlled by the mysterious and powerful King Hastur, whom no one has seen in recent memory. He rules from The Yellow Throne in the city of Carcosa (once called Ythill), on the shores of Lake Hali. Supposedly immortal, he has ruled the Empire of Carcosa for centuries. In recent memory, King Hastur has become less active, though no one knows why - commands and edicts are still issues. In this time, The various cults have also risen to power, displacing in some cases and corrupting in others, an age of science and reason.

Once the crown jewel of the scholarly Kingdom of Arkham, Miskatonic University is now seen by some as the last bastion of reason; though in reality most of the university has embraced the esoteric arts, seeing the science within the myth. Arkham joined the greater empire of Carcosa rather than be obliterated.

Currently an alternate version of the United States. In this show, it's the United Districts of America and the government is really different and it's Steampunk...

The show is set in Capital City, the capital city of the United Districts of America. The UDA became its own, independent country with a peaceful separation from England, as America was becoming too big to govern. They still have a very close relationship.

[profile] angelqueen04 gave me: 'aliens make contact with humans'

Naturally, I translated this into "CANADIAN POLITICAL ALIEN DRAMA"

30 years ago, scientists on Earth created a stable wormhole across the galaxy... Corporations and settlers flooded through to explore and colonise the area.

20 years later, the wormhole from Earth collapsed without explanation... In the sudden power vacuum, alliances formed and fractured. Today, just two years after the end of the war, the sector is slowly rebuilding...
The peace is tenuous and frail, but has brought new opportunities for those willing to operate in the wild space between borders. In this new territory, a former mining facility has become a haven for traders, pirates and smugglers alike. Thanks to its position and popularity, the once abandoned Echo Station has become a home to representatives of all three factions, jockeying for influence.

New to the station are the Phoenix and her crew, “independent contractors” who find themselves drawn into the webs of intrigue and conspiracy that fill the station.

Mustangcandi requested How about a TV show about a network of spies, all formerly FBI agents and soldiers, working for a secret government organization that provides intel to branches of the military as well as CIA, FBI, and all manner of intelligence seeking institutions... Danger, mystery, intrigue... and of course romance all mingle to create a hot new drama.

Gelbes Gilatier challenged me to make a show wherein there is A Star Wars series with real actors where Jedi are recurring characters at best.

History swerved left: Because the Louisiana Purchase was bargained down to end at the Mississippi River... Whether you call it a trading zone, an empire, or something else, the Commanche made a deal with the United States of America - territory status in line for full statehood once a few conditions are met. Foremost at the moment being to drop their Spanish Mexican allies like a hot potato.

Abruptly, Mexican troops stationed on the southern zone of Commanche territory found themselves trapped in a land that no longer desired their presence. Forced to leave, they could not simply march south, as the depots and many forts between them and home were now in Commanche hands. East was America. And the British were too far north to be any aid.

So west would be their destination. Alta California, their goal.

An hourlong drama with plenty of room for snark and heart, chronicling the triumphs, tragedies, and general misadventures of a struggling theatre in the not-so-trendy Lake Michigan resort town of Silver Falls.

The time is the late Victorian Era. One of the students of that college is Abraham Van Helsing, a gifted and altruistic young man who left his native Amsterdam some time ago in pursuit of the best medical learning. His closest friend and classmate is Jack Seward; another classmate and acquaintance is Jonathan Harker. Van Helsing and Harker are bachelors, but our pilot episode finds Seward a proud young husband and father, with beautiful wife Charlotte and little daughter Helena ("Lena" for short). The three young men are devoted students of a renowned doctor and teacher, Professor Philip Sinclair. The Professor is a very wise but often mysterious man, who has frequently hinted that he knows things more incredible than his students have ever imagined.
His dark secrets finally come to light when he calls the trio to him, and makes an unbelievable proposal. He wants them to come with him to the churchyard that night--to unearth and kill a vampire.

History and time are fluid, easily subject to manipulation. A secret group, known simply as ‘the Organization’, stands ready from the shadows to preserve the timeline in its true form, has been so for centuries. However, others also work to influence time and history for their own reasons. War over time and space is about to begin, and the fighters are those that history has pitied or forgotten…

It has only happened to a few dozen people worldwide (that we know about), but the change was so noticable, so prominent that nobody can ignore it.

The First Time is the life once lived, their lives up until the event, all the way until, when they were old and grey, the Second Time restored them to their youth. All so affected have retained their memories from before they became young once more.

While most of those affected are reeling from the degentrification, a few seize the initiative of what has happened - an action that puts them at loggerheads with their fellow affecteds.

It is the year 60 AD by the measure of a small Judean sect, and on the eastern edge of the Roman Empire is where the Immortal Ceirdwyn lives. War is not merely on the horizon, but is at the gates, and the question for her is not if to fight, but with which side.

A group of friends learn that they can avert a terrible event in future human history, but only by a series of smaller alterations throughout time. Each alteration either diminishes or increases the probability of that event occurring.

Outlands is set in the fading and dying downtown of an unnamed city in middle-America. The name comes from the fact that the federal government has been using it as a dumping ground for the supernatural witnesses that aren't supposed to exist, though most of them have been there since the program began, and some were there already.

The show's general premise is that the crew of the Marie Celeste, are interstellar scouts, exploring new worlds, seeking out sentient life, and dealing with the supernatural horrors that exist in the dark of space. They belong to a shadowy organization only known to as The Bureau. The 6 member Bureau team ply the stars, following the signs and portents of their Teela shaman, Sela. The Bureau's primary mission is to keep the citizens of the Commonwealth ignorant of the supernatural creatures that live along side of them. Which puts the team at odds with local law enforcement of member worlds. The crew of the Marie Celeste are also scouts and explore star systems scheduled for colonization, making sure that they are safe for the colonists.

Donor is the story of what happens to Chelsie Garrity as she scours the globe looking for the heart donor who saved her life when she was thirteen. It's also the story of Victor Goran, whose daughter was not so lucky when she was waiting for an operation. Wealthy, ruthless and more than a little obsessed with medical miracles, Goran tracks Chel across the globe, hoping that when she finds her donor, she'll lead him to more. Chel, in searching for her Donor, finds a whole pile of other people with extraordinary powers and sends back semi-coded messages to her friend Laura about them, all while dodging Alex, whom Goran has tasked with apprehending her.

They operate out of a non-descript building on the grounds of the Pearl Harbor military base in Hawaii. Their primary mission is to bring down a powerful international crime boss, and to use their expertise to retrieve information from parts of Asia. And to kick a lot of ass along the way.

The basic premise for this is a BIG budget live action series suggested very loosely by Yogi Bear. Each episode involves at least one crime, a problem for the team's vet, and some sort of "cute" incident such as a lost child, picnic lunch stolen by bears, etc. However, there is a darker story arc in keeping with modern crime shows such as CSI or Dexter, a conspiracy to destroy the park!

Synopsis: The Institute is a drama set in Victorian-era England, focusing on a small group of vampire hunters who live and work within The Institute of Vampire Dispersal & Elimination. Together they strive to get rid of vampires completely, but are soon waylaid by the claims of one vampire that not all vampires are evil, and not everything is what it seems. Their once black and white world is soon colored in shades of gray, and will never be the same again.

The main story arc is as follows. On a quiet campus in Maine, several ghosts have been disturbed, due to renovations in the building where the principle ghost died. He is the first to "wake up", and as he slowly reawakens, he begins to impinge upon the Sherlock Holmes Student Society on campus. He begs them to help him solve his own murder, so that he may finally rest. As the season progresses, the other ghosts begin to emerge. Each of them has their own secrets, and their own version of how Ben died. One of them is the murderer. And that ghost will do almost anything to keep the secret a secret. The Sherlock Holmes Society must wrestle both their own lives, and the mystery before them.

Right Place, Wrong Time a dark comedy action story of a time traveling historian who ends up in East Germany, involved with people who are more important to the stream of time than they initially seem.

The Department is an agency run by time travelers, to supervise time travelers, and to keep the universe from getting confused...or so says Tad Shaunnessey when he is asked where he used to work. He will also tell you that his time machine stopped working, stranding himself and his partner at this juncture of this avenue of time.

Until helps comes to get them, they're solving cases with the police - and, at times, in a race against the police to catch those responsible.

Show Premise: The Vail Clinic is a highly regarded orthopedic surgery and treatment center in Colorado. Established in 1999 by former college football standout Bradford James along with his friend and business partner Stone Gentry. This group of medical professionals finds that their expertise extends far beyond broken bones and torn ACLs. Forced to mend not only the busted limbs of the professional athletes they treat, often the staff finds they fulfill the role of confidant, miracle worker, or the hand of justice. Dermot Mulroney heads an exceptional cast as, Dr. Bradford James, former USC (University of Southern California), quarterback whose professional football dreams were doused by a tragic New Year's Bowl Game injury. Will time and patience practiced by these hands heal all wounds?

Disavow
Show Premise: When a new threat looms in America, the Central Intelligence Agency assembles a team to take on an international syndicate that might be responsible for several terrorist attacks and a growing death toll. Former special operative, Edward Harrison [Reed Diamond], is forced into a position to oversee this group of agents as they battle their way through a landmine of trust and betrayal, assuming aliases and carrying out long-term undercover operations. All operatives know one fact going in: the CIA will sacrifice and disavow any of them to secure its interests. [original source of meme]

Synopsis: Gotham is a procedural/drama set around the characters of the DCU Batman universe. After some cataclysmic events (earthquake/plague/declared a 'no man's land and abandoned for a year) that resulted in Gotham being nearly destroyed, most of the 'Super Villains' either dead or MIA. Batman, Gotham's vigilante 'hero' is also missing, last seen during a horrific and seemingly fatal fight that resulted in The Joker's ultimate death. Left behind is a family, missing its defacto leader, a police department struggling to cope with outside help, and the vicious and opportunistic organized crime circuit that is taking over the 'costumed freak' vacuum.

[livejournal.com profile] melyanna assigned me space pirates. Which is awesome, of course, and evil, because I'm sitting here clapping my hands with glee at the ideas I've come up with. Though I want you to know how difficult it was for me not to cast this whole thing with Stargate actors.

No Sheep for You: a heartwarming family drama set in New Zealand. Jackie Dorsay's niece comes to live with her in a small town where she owns a bed and breakfast on a sheep farm. As she attempts to help her niece cope with the loss of her parents, she finds herself reforging familial bonds and maybe even finding romance again.

The Background: Stargate: Asgard Embassy (SGE for short), is the second spin-off series in the popular Stargate franchise. For information on the previous shows, please see the appropriate overviews: Stargate SG-1(SG1) and Stargate Atlantis (SGA).

[I want to watch this so badly.]