The Networks ⬩ who came out on top?

vincentw · Post Post #150 (ISO) » Thu May 20, 2021 6:12 pm

StrangerCoug

has made a cast change:

★	Delusional Singer
⭗	1	1	1	0
★	Comedian Your Parents Like pay $1m, no upkeep cond: Show Genre is Sitcom
✓	2	4	1	1
✕	2	1	1	0

Over on

SCN

's

The Cubicle

, replacing the

Delusional Singer

is the

Comedian Your Parents Like

. Let's see how they'll cope in the ongoing Show.

The board stays intact:

Spoiler: The Board

Let's hear from

RIOT

this time.

Spoiler: Sirius9121's Network

Sirius9121

, it's your turn. You have (expired on 2021-05-23 12:12:00) to pick an action.

Sirius9121 · Post Post #151 (ISO) » Thu May 20, 2021 7:12 pm

Split season 'Found'

vincentw · Post Post #152 (ISO) » Thu May 20, 2021 7:50 pm

Sirius9121

has taken a Network card:

₦

Split Season

Use immediately.

Score Viewers for one of
your Shows, then age it.

9pm	Found pay $5m + $2m per Season 9pm ⬩ ⭮ 5 ⬩ Star + Ad + Any
⭗	9 / 7	14	10	1
★	Retired Athlete pay $1m, no upkeep
⭗	2	2	1	1
$	Promo B earn $1m + $3m / $2m per Season cond: pay $5m
✓	4	4	3	1
1 Any space available

RIOT

's

Found

is experiencing a

Split Season

. scoring it early. The network gains

⭗15

from its first Season, and the Show immediately moves to Season 2.

One Network card left:

Spoiler: The Board

Up next is

FLS

.

Spoiler: Felissan's Network

Felissan is in the grace period, she still has (expired on 2021-05-22 09:20:00) to confirm if she would like to continue. If I don't hear from her in time, I'll resolve her turn in (expired on 2021-05-22 13:50:00), opening her slot for replacements.

Felissan · Post Post #153 (ISO) » Thu May 20, 2021 10:03 pm

I'll replace out. Sorry about this.

vincentw · Post Post #154 (ISO) » Thu May 20, 2021 10:38 pm

That's alright. Thanks for being here for the first 3 Seasons!

Felissan's slot is now open for replacement.

PM me or reply in the thread if you'd like to replace in. You may give me a name and a shorthand for your network.
For this turn, I'll wait out the current deadline: (expired on 2021-05-22 13:50:00) before I resolve the turn automatically. I'll reset the timer if anyone replaces in.

vincentw · Post Post #155 (ISO) » Fri May 21, 2021 7:50 pm

I'll now resolve the current turn.

The priority for this turn is C > B > A > E > D > F, which calls for Ads first. There are no Shows with empty slots, so the Ads' conditions will be treated as unmet.

The Ad with the highest income is chosen.

$	Promo A earn $1m + $3m / $2m per Season cond: pay $5m
✓	3	5	4	1

The network now has

Promo A

in its Green Room, which also comes with a

$1m

landing bonus.
The priority will shift to B > A > E > D > C > F next turn.

First of the Ads:

Spoiler: The Board

Let's shift to

TPN

.

Spoiler: Farren's Network

Farren

, it's your turn. You have (expired on 2021-05-24 13:50:00) to submit your turn.

ISO · Post Post #156 (ISO) » Fri May 21, 2021 7:56 pm

I'll grab the

Audition

.

vincentw · Post Post #157 (ISO) » Fri May 21, 2021 8:30 pm

Farren

is taking the last Network card:

₦

Audition

Use immediately.

Draw a

Star

, keep it for free.

TPN

is holding an

Audition

. Let's see the lucky Star:

★	Medical Drama Mainstay pay $3m + $1m per Season
⭗	2	3	2	1

Medical Drama Mainstay

is now in TPN's Green Room. The $3m cost is waived.

Season 4, Episode 3

Family

A new arrival at the Hall threatens Agnes and Sheila's jobs while Gideon falls out with Emily. Sheila struggles looking after Constance and Jack helps Edwin overcome his fears.

No more Network cards, let's see the board:

Spoiler: The Board

Back to

SCN

we go. Deadline reduced to 24 hours.

Spoiler: StrangerCoug's Network

StrangerCoug

, it's your turn. You have (expired on 2021-05-23 14:30:00) to submit your turn.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #158 (ISO) » Sat May 22, 2021 4:08 am

Develop Tiny Pop Hypothesis for 9 PM starring the Grizzled Action Hero, sponsored by Illicit Illana's Illuminations

vincentw · Post Post #159 (ISO) » Sat May 22, 2021 6:05 am

StrangerCoug

is developing a new Show:

9pm	Tiny Pop Hypothesis pay $5m, no upkeep 8pm ⬩ ⭮ 5 ⬩ Star + Any
⭗	8 / 3	10	9	1
★	Grizzled Action Hero pay $5m + $1m / $0m per Season cond: Show Genre is Action
✓	5	4	4	1
✕	3	2	2	1
$	Illicit Illana's Illuminations earn $2m + $2m / $1m per Season cond: Show is at 10pm

Spoiler: Rerun

Tune in to

SCN

for a full hour of

Tiny Pop Hypothesis

, starring the

Grizzled Action Hero

and brought to you by

Illicit Illana's Illuminations

!
The Show costs

$5m

to develop. While it might suffer a bit from the time slot and cast choice, the old Show has proved lukewarm to the average household and change was very welcome. Furthermore, this Show gives positive income, with

$1m

from the Ad.
Meanwhile,

The Wacky TSA Agent

is heading to the Reruns, with the

Guy Who Shouts All the Time

going to the bottom of the deck.

One less Show available:

Spoiler: The Board

We call on

RIOT

for the next turn.

Spoiler: Sirius9121's Network

Sirius9121

, it's your turn. You have (expired on 2021-05-24 00:05:00) to submit your turn.

Sirius9121 · Post Post #160 (ISO) » Sat May 22, 2021 6:38 pm

gum ad

vincentw · Post Post #161 (ISO) » Sat May 22, 2021 8:20 pm

Sirius9121

is landing an Ad:

$

Gunmetal
Chewing Gum

earn $2m +

$2m / $0m

per Season
cond: have unused

Stars

Gunmetal Chewing Gum

is now in

RIOT

's Green Room, which comes with a

$2m

bonus.

One less Ad available:

Spoiler: The Board

It's time for

TV3

.

Spoiler: Player 3's Network

This is the 2nd turn after the replacement notice is out, so I'll allow 24 hours for anyone to replace in. The turn will be resolved in (expired on 2021-05-24 14:20:00).

vincentw · Post Post #162 (ISO) » Sun May 23, 2021 8:22 pm

Now resolving Player 3's turn.

The current priority is B > A > E > D > C > F, which corresponds to signing a Star.
There are no open slots in the line-up, so the conditions (if any) will be treated as unmet.

The Star with the highest combined Viewer count for its first 2 Seasons is chosen.

★	Dashing Lead pay $5m + $1m per Season
⭗	5	4	3	0

An expense of

$5m

is deducted from the balance. There are still $5m available to be used before the priority calls for a Drop and Budget. The priority now shifts to A > E > D > C > B > F.

Let's continue:

Spoiler: The Board

To wrap up the third Episode, we have

TPN

.

Spoiler: Farren's Network

Farren

, it's your turn. You have (expired on 2021-05-25 14:22:00) to pick an action.

ISO · Post Post #163 (ISO) » Mon May 24, 2021 6:21 am

Drop and Budget

. Take the Money.

Use the Showrunner on

Cringe

.

vincentw · Post Post #164 (ISO) » Mon May 24, 2021 8:00 am

Farren

has decided to Drop and Budget, taking the money. As the first network to do so,

TPN

will gain

$10m

to be used in the next Season.
He'll be using his

Showrunner

card on

Cringe

when scoring.

Season 4, Episode 4

Troubled Waters

Lt. Columbo takes a trip to Acapulco, but finds himself on a new case when a used car dealer commits murder on the cruise ship.

Three networks remain in the game.

Spoiler: The Board

Beginning once again with

SCN

.

Spoiler: StrangerCoug's Network

StrangerCoug

, it's your turn. You have (expired on 2021-05-26 02:00:00) to pick an action.

StrangerCoug · Post Post #165 (ISO) » Mon May 24, 2021 9:58 am

Drop and budget, take the viewers

vincentw · Post Post #166 (ISO) » Mon May 24, 2021 3:00 pm

StrangerCoug has reached 168 hours on his time bank. His prod count is reduced to 1/2, rounded down to 0.

StrangerCoug

has decided to Drop and Budget, taking the Viewers. As the second network to do so,

SCN

will gain

⭗3

.

Two Drops in a row, what happens now?

Spoiler: The Board

Moving on with

RIOT

.

Spoiler: Sirius9121's Network

Sirius9121

, it's your turn. You have (expired on 2021-05-26 09:00:00) to pick an action.

Sirius9121 · Post Post #167 (ISO) » Mon May 24, 2021 7:04 pm

Will 'Felissan' drop out this round?

vincentw · Post Post #168 (ISO) » Mon May 24, 2021 7:29 pm

If no one is stopping Player 3 by the time their turn comes, they will develop a Show.

Sirius9121 · Post Post #169 (ISO) » Mon May 24, 2021 11:15 pm

In post 168, vincentw wrote:If no one is stopping Player 3 by the time their turn comes, they will develop a Show.

Can I have a list of their future 4 actions if this season doesn't end?

vincentw · Post Post #170 (ISO) » Tue May 25, 2021 3:19 am

Next turn, Player 3 will develop a Show. All the remaining Shows cost $5m, so they'll spend $5m regardless of what Show they end up with.

The turn after that, they'll see that they would have spent a total of $10m since the replacement notice opens, and will Drop and Budget. This does not take the priority into account, so it wouldn't shift.

Their first turn of the fifth Season will follow this priority: E > D > C > B > A > F.

Sirius9121 · Post Post #171 (ISO) » Tue May 25, 2021 3:50 am

Pluto's Ad.

vincentw · Post Post #172 (ISO) » Tue May 25, 2021 8:15 am

Sirius9121

goes for an Ad:

$

Crazy Pete's
Discount Plutonium

earn $2m +

$2m / $1m

per Season
cond: Show is at 10pm

Crazy Pete's Discount Plutonium

is now in

RIOT

's Green Room, scoring

$2m

.

One Ad remains on the board:

Spoiler: The Board

Back to

TV3

now.

Spoiler: Player 3's Network

This is the 3rd turn after the replacement notice is out, so I'll allow 24 hours for anyone to replace in. The turn will be resolved in (expired on 2021-05-27 02:15:00).
If a replacement is not found by then, I'll resolve future turns without waiting, but replacements would remain open.

vincentw · Post Post #173 (ISO) » Wed May 26, 2021 8:25 am

Now resolving Player 3's turn.

The current priority is A > E > D > C > B > F, which corresponds to developing a Show. TV3 hasn't developed a new Show this Season and there are options, so it will act on it.

The first part is picking which Show to be put into Rerun, which would be the one with the lowest combined Viewer count for this Season and the next:

9pm	An Hour of Shouting pay $2m, no upkeep 9pm ⬩ ⭮ 2 ⬩ Any
⭗	7 / 4	8	6	1
$	Hipster Gaming Consoles earn $1m per Season

An Hour of Shouting

goes to Reruns.

Hipster Gaming Consoles

is a Starter Ad and is discarded.

Second, the Show to be placed. When looking at the Show with the highest combined Viewer count for its first two Seasons, there's a tie. Since their costs are the same, priority goes to the one listed first:

9pm	Quiver pay $5m + $1m per Season 9pm ⬩ ⭮ 5 ⬩ Star + Any
⭗	9 / 6	11	7	1

Quiver

will occupy the 9pm slot.

The last matter is attaching. Only a Star is required to get the Show running. Out of the two Stars, one fails a condition and one doesn't even have any to begin with.

★	Dashing Lead pay $5m + $1m per Season
⭗	5	4	3	0

And so it is decided:

Quiver

on 9pm with the

Dashing Lead

. The Show costs

$5m

and an additional

$2m

of upkeep.

The priority next turn shifts to E > D > C > B > A > F, but not before the forced Drop and Budget after spending $10m under automatic playing, happening next turn.

Season 4, Episode 5

Game Over

As the family and Darkanian shoot Jamal's campaign commercial, Darkanian injures himself, causing his boyfriend Greg to come "out" to the rescue. Meanwhile, Stacy and Tasha believe their mother, Jaunita, is having an affair, and decide to hire Kita as their private investigator.

Don't mind the Episode title, there's still a whole Season ahead!

Spoiler: The Board

Let's have

RIOT

next.

Spoiler: Sirius9121's Network

Sirius9121

, it's your turn. You have (expired on 2021-05-28 02:25:00) to pick an action.

Sirius9121 · Post Post #174 (ISO) » Wed May 26, 2021 12:21 pm

NCISI Scranton with the Reality Show Vote Collector and cheap Plutonium at 10PM

Xpm	Broken Worse pay $5m, no upkeep 10pm ⬩ ⭮ 5 ⬩ Star + Any
⭗	6 / 1	9	15	0

Xpm	Doctor What pay $5m + $2m per Season 8pm ⬩ ⭮ 5 ⬩ Star + Any
⭗	7 / 5	10	7	1

Xpm	The Limping Treated and Released pay $5m + $2m per Season 10pm ⬩ ⭮ 5 ⬩ Star + Any
⭗	7 / 5	11	9	2

RIOT	Relatively Interesting Online Television
Viewers	⭗79	Money	$22m
Income	$7m	Upkeep	$8m

8pm	American Samurai Worrier pay $2m + $3m per Season 9pm ⬩ ⭮ 2 ⬩ Ad + Ad
⭗	10 / 9	12	8	3
$	Punxsutawney Pizza and Subs earn $1m per Season
1 Ad space available

Xpm	NCISICBMOMGOMG: Scranton pay $5m + $1m per Season 10pm ⬩ ⭮ 5 ⬩ Star + Ad + Any
⭗	10 / 7	13	10	3

Xpm	Tiny Pop Hypothesis pay $5m, no upkeep 8pm ⬩ ⭮ 5 ⬩ Star + Any
⭗	8 / 3	10	9	1

★	Career Stuntman pay $1m, no upkeep cond: Show Genre is Action
✓	2	3	2	1
✕	1	2	1	0

★	Science-Fiction Legend pay $5m + $1m / $0m per Season cond: Show Genre is Sci-Fi
✓	4	5	3	1
✕	2	3	3	1

10pm	SportsEdges pay $2m + $3m per Season 8pm ⬩ ⭮ 2 ⬩ Any + Ad
⭗	8 / 7	10	6	3
★	Talent Show Winner
⭗	1	1	1	0
$	American Beers earn $1m + $3m / $1m per Season cond: Show Genre is Sports

★	Reality Show Vote Collector pay $1m, no upkeep cond: Reality (fills Ad slot)
✓	3	3	2	1
✕	1	1	1	0

8pm	Criminal Mindfulness pay $5m + $1m per Season 8pm ⬩ ⭮ 3 ⬩ Star + Ad
⭗	8 / 5	10	6	1
★	That Weird-Looking Star pay $3m + $1m per Season
⭗	3	2	2	1
$	PlaqueBlaster Toothpaste earn $2m + $2m / $0m per Season cond: Show is in preferred time

10pm	Pulleyage pay $5m, no upkeep 10pm ⬩ ⭮ 3 ⬩ Star + Ad
⭗	7 / 2	10	7	1
★	Intense Dramatic Actor pay $3m + $1m / $0m per Season cond: Show Genre is Drama
✓	4	3	4	1
✕	3	1	2	1
$	Reflux Orange Juice earn $2m + $2m / $1m per Season cond: Show is at 9pm

★	Square-Jawed Actor pay $5m + $1m / $0m per Season cond: Show Genre is Drama
✓	3	5	5	1
✕	1	3	3	1

8pm	You Reek, Augh pay $3m + $2m per Season 8pm ⬩ ⭮ 3 ⬩ Star + Ad
⭗	6 / 4	8	7	1
★	Soap Opera Star pay $1m, no upkeep cond: Show Genre is Drama
✓	3	2	2	1
✕	2	1	1	0
$	Luxury Spacecraft earn $1m + $3m / $1m per Season cond: Show Genre is Sports

Order	Network	Choose…
1st	?	$10m	⭗5
2nd	?	$8m	⭗3
3rd	?	$4m	⭗1
4th	?	$2m

Reruns	⭮
Once Upon an Enzyme	3
Rerun Viewers	3

Archives
Shopping Bag Review Hour
Know That Rash!
Breath Mints Around the Globe
Very Charismatic Explosions

9pm	Communist-y pay $5m, no upkeep 9pm ⬩ ⭮ 3 ⬩ Star + Any
⭗	6 / 1	9	6	1
★	Satirical News Anchor pay $3m + $1m per Season
⭗	2	3	2	1
$	Yeti Yachts earn $1m + $3m / $1m per Season cond: Show Genre is Sports

10pm	Cringe pay $5m + $2m per Season 10pm ⬩ ⭮ 3 ⬩ Star + Ad
⭗	7 / 5	10	8	2
★	Celebrity Chef pay $1m, no upkeep
⭗	2	3	0	0
$	Emergency Trousers Ltd. earn $3m + $1m per Season

8pm	The Cubicle pay $5m, no upkeep 8pm ⬩ ⭮ 3 ⬩ Star + Ad
⭗	9 / 4	10	8	1
★	Comedian Your Parents Like pay $1m, no upkeep cond: Show Genre is Sitcom
✓	2	4	1	1
✕	2	1	1	0
$	Persnickety Pizza earn $2m + $2m / $1m per Season cond: Show is at 9pm

9pm	The Wacky TSA Agent pay $1m, no upkeep 9pm ⬩ ⭮ 2 ⬩ Star
⭗	8 / 5	6	1	1
★	Guy Who Shouts All the Time pay $3m + $1m per Season
⭗	3	3	1	1

10pm	North Lawn pay $3m, no upkeep 10pm ⬩ ⭮ 3 ⬩ Star + Ad
⭗	6 / 1	7	8	1
★	Femme Fatale pay $3m + $1m per Season
⭗	3	2	2	1
$	Finnoula's Fairly-Fragrant Fish earn $3m + $1m per Season

★	Cult Sci-Fi Actor pay $3m + $1m / $0m per Season cond: Show Genre is Sci-Fi
✓	4	4	3	1
✕	2	2	2	0

★	Grizzled Action Hero pay $5m + $1m / $0m per Season cond: Show Genre is Action
✓	5	4	4	1
✕	3	2	2	1

9pm	Found pay $5m + $2m per Season 9pm ⬩ ⭮ 5 ⬩ Star + Ad + Any
⭗	9 / 7	14	10	1
★	Retired Athlete pay $1m, no upkeep
⭗	2	2	1	1
$	Promo B earn $1m + $3m / $2m per Season cond: pay $5m
✓	4	4	3	1
1 Any space available