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1. Alright, to try for a good solid network drama, I've thrown together a Chicago setting, solid case-of-the-week legal procedural battles that underscore long-running personal plotlines, and actors including Julianna Margulies, Archie Panjabi, Josh Charles, and Christine Baranski. What drama have I made?
2. Let's amp up the violence and start with a dash of New York City murder mystery, overlay a season-long legal dramatic arc, and let's keep up the girl power with female leads played by Glenn Close and Rose Byrne. For supporting players let's snag Zeljko Ivanek and Tate Donovan, among others. Which show did I come up with?
3. Let's make a more procedural show, starting with a medical case-of-the-week structure. After that let's toss in a Sherlock Holmes adaptation element and a New Jersey setting, as well as lead performances from Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard, and a rotating cast of supporting characters. What show have I just created?
4. Enough law and medicine, I have some other settings and structures lying around, so let's start with a White House setting and a whole cast of fast-talking and fast-walking staffers. For the President, let's take Martin Sheen, and for his staff, let's start with Alison Janney, Bradley Whitford, and Dule Hill, among others. Which drama is this?
5. Let's start with an LA setting and a dramatic counting clock that keeps us on track! Then let's toss in a counter-terrorism angle, and Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub as two main characters. Which high-concept drama have I made?
6. Picking up a Miami setting, an offbeat dark-comic legal procedural vibe, and Michael C. Hall for the serial killer star, I'm almost done constructing a premium cable show. Let's polish it off with supporting turns from Jennifer Carpenter and Julie Benz. Which show have I created?
7. Let's see if I have any other settings - how about a Yorkshire estate in the early 20th century? Let's throw in a soap-operatic family plot and lots of sparkling comic relief, and then a cast including Hugh Bonneville, Michelle Dockery, and supporting actress Maggie Smith. Which drama of the rich and British is this?
8. Oh, I found another New York setting, this one a little older; it looks like it's from the 1960s. Let's incorporate an advertising agency with several partners, themes of racism and sexism, and a deeply mysterious and cold central character. For cast, let's take John Hamm, January Jones, and Elizabeth Moss, among others. Which drama is this?
9. Now let's go to a possibly-deserted island in the South Pacific for our setting, and throw in copious supernatural and science fiction elements. Let's use a big ensemble cast and long-running mysteries. Seeing as I'm building these in my garage, let's take a big pile of smoke and make a monster out of it for the show too! Which show is this?
10. Let's head to a Vegas setting now, and throw in an episodic case-of-the-week setup with crime lab scientists picking through physical evidence (usually of murders) to solve the case. Let's go with an ensemble cast again, starting with William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger. Which procedural have I DIY-ed?
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