The Pitch - TNBC Ya grows up,ya grows up, ya grows up

With the death of Aaron Spelling there's now a vacuum for cheesy prime-time Soap Operas in the mold of Dynasty or Melrose Place. Desperate Housewives doesn't count since according the shows creators its a comedy...whatever. Anyway, I'm nominating one man for the position of heir to the throne. That man is Peter Engel, the King of TNBC, producer of Saved By the Bell, California Dreams, Hang Time, and City Guys among other classics. He's got a huge cast of characters that he can draw from that already have their own built in fan-base. A modern-day nitetime soap using TNBC characters is a can't miss!

Here's the pitch:

The show would be set in Los Angeles. Our focal characters, naturally, will be Zach Morris and his recently separated wife Kelly Kepowski. Zach is now an agent in Hollywood whose clients include, Ultimate Fighter AC Slater, retro 90's lounge act The California Dreams, relocated Morning Show DJs from New York Chris and Jamaal (City Guys), and Jessie Spano who ironically hosts a Martha Stewart type homemaking show while dating WNBA star Julie from Hang Time.

Zach's contemporaries in the Agent World include, Lisa Turtle of the Lisa Turtle Modeling Agency, Al Ramos (City Guys), and Sly Winkle who still habors resentment towards Zach for having the California Dreams stolen from him.

The Maxx,owned by L-Train, is now a restaurant-nightclub and is where many of the shows scenes take place. L-Train would be the moral center of the show ala Nat from the Peach Pit/Isaac from the Love Boat.

Seriously, the show writes itself from here. I dare you to tell me you wouldn't watch if you saw this in your TV Guide:

Kelly's road to reconciliation with Zach is blocked by former Lambada champion Melvin Nerdly. Sly steals Zach's Blackberry and Zach is forced to use his big-ass celphone. Jessie finds coke in Lisa's purse and has to face the ghosts of her own past addictions. Teddy and Julie enter the Venice Beach two-on two basketball tournament. Guest Starring: Mutha Fuckin' Snakes on a Mutha Fuckin' Plane's Anthony Anderson as Teddy

Seriously, yo...GOLD!

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