television

  1. THE KINGFISH

    AHC: Earlier Fourth Television Network?

    Nowadays, with access to streaming services like Netflix, Hulu/Disney+, Max, Amazon and their abundance of content, we hardly think about how we access the content (films and shows) we consume. Yet 50 years ago, that was an entirely different story. With the exception of the educational PBS and...
  2. Types and popularity of Russian series without communism

    At the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, Russian culture experienced its heyday, giving writers such as Tolostoy, Dostoyevsky, ballets such as Swan Lake and others, being defined as the best or at least one of the best in the world. but after the Bolshevik coup it declined, and to...
  3. TV & Film Cross-overs that never happened

    In the spirit of the film and TV threads I thought I'd start one for cross-overs that never happened. * Father Brown - A Marple In Kembleford (2014) While visiting her old friend, Mrs McCarthy (Sorcha Cusack), Miss Jane Marple (Julia McKenzie), assists Father Brown (Mark Williams) in...
  4. Jay_Maxu

    Ease on Down the Road: A Motown-MGM Timeline
    Threadmarks: Side A: The Two Lions - Track A1, Encountering the Backlots

    Berry Gordy Jr. and Suzanne de Passe. ("classic.motown.com" and "facebook.com") … How the start of Motown’s next, bold era is often simplified. Often, it’s simply put as [Berry] Gordy having always had his idea and simply done it. As it usually is, however, the truth is far more complicated...
  5. JaguarCD

    American and Canadian pop culture in a TL where crime dramas flop and other changes

    I'm curious what the television and film landscapes in America and Canada would look like with some big changes. What would happen to TV if for some reason, crime dramas/police shows massively flopped after the 60s? Also, what would happen if anime and tokusatsu was somewhat more popular than...
  6. Otakuninja2006

    KiX-ed!: The History of Kix in America
    Threadmarks: 2017: It Begins

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GET KIX-ED! AND ANIMATED TO THE MAX WITH KIX! AND ANIMAX: SONY PICTURES LAUNCHES 2 NEW NETWORKS IN THE US [Tokyo, Japan - January 18, 2017 / Culver City, California - January 17, 2017] - Sony Pictures Television is excited to announce the launch of two of its new...
  7. Alternate History of Television

    This channel Futuretro on Rumble has some short videos I found featuring a series of alternate TV histories. I don't know if they're all in the same timeline. Here are links to all of them. King of Queens is an 80s fantasy MASH in outer Space Mad Men 2060 AD. (now they start developing plots...
  8. VVVVVV

    The Star Wars Story: how George Lucas and Steven Spielberg held Hollywood hostage for 20 years

    A short introduction before we get started: My name is Vee, and my first attempt at a timeline was an adject failure by virtually all standards. I entered into it with little preparation and quickly felt overwhelmed and abandoned it, but I never stopped thinking about what it could have been...
  9. Best Pop Culture Licenses That Never Happened (or haven't happened)

    Inspired by these three threads: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-best-movies-never-made.11413/ https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/top-tv-shows-never-made.51488/ https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/best-tv-episodes-never-made.538711/ Ever watch an anime...
  10. Kimch2004

    Doctor Who: Adventure in the stars

    Hi Y'all it's me @Kimch2004 bringing you a new TL hope you enjoy it's about Doctor Who
  11. Otakuninja2006

    TL-2K23: The Official Thread
    Threadmarks: Welcome to TL-2K23!

    ............ Greetings. Welcome to my first timeline of two-thousand and twenty-three...... The theme and focus of this TL should be obvious given the title and tags. Now, without further ado. I introduce you to my newest TL: TL-2K23! So, how about we get started on this adventure...
  12. Otakuninja2006

    A Movement Called Animerica - An Official Timeline by Otakuninja2006
    Threadmarks: WELCOME TO THE ANIMERICAN MOVEMENT

    This is my new test timeline to legitimately test out the waters and see how/what I do before going to bigger stuff. This timeline is focused on a earlier start in otaku culture in the United States of America. This will also cover the animation, broadcasting, television, gaming, children's...
  13. TheKennedyMachine.

    The Mouse Who Sold The World (Walt Disney Lives)
    Threadmarks: Introduction; The Greatest Showman

    The Mouse Who Sold The World The Incredible Story of Walt Disney, America's Showman __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Part I: America's...
  14. Thought experiement: What if LBJ went into the news business instead of politics?

    This is my first post here but the idea has been burning a hole in my pocket and I’d like to discuss it with anyone who has thoughts. Now you can interpret the above question however you want. I think that's what makes it a thought provoking one because there are so many avenues to explore. My...
  15. MoistLasagna

    AHC: Earlier Adult Swim

    Simply put, have Adult Swim first come on to the air at a plausible date earlier than 2001. Ideally, after Cartoon Network launches in 1992.
  16. Emperor Max

    TL: Doctor Who: Hartnell’s Five Seasons (Production History)
    Threadmarks: Season 4 (Hartnell)

    FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT USING READER MODE, START WITH THE INTRODUCTION ON PAGE 7 Inspired by several other Doctor Who production history TLs on here. The POD is that Hartnell goes on for five seasons instead of three and a bit. THE TENTH PLANET "A serial which isn’t particularly brilliant or...
  17. WI: Truman goes into television instead of politics?

    I was combing through my family records the other day, and a convoluted idea took shape. Harry Truman decides to do television instead of politics. This means he’s never chosen as FDR’s vice president, and he never becomes president at all. Considering how active he was with social justice...
  18. MoistLasagna

    AHC: Earlier Channel 4

    Simply put, have the British TV network Channel 4 first come onto the air at a plausible date earlier than 1982. Ideally, after the launch of ITV in 1955.
  19. GameBawesome

    Entertainment in a Confederate Victory

    This is seems like a minor idea, but I’m curious about. In a POD where the Confederate States of America won independence around 1862, with international recognition from Britain and France, and war-wariness from Copperheads and Civilians of the North. In the post war borders, the CSA gains...
  20. WI: Nickelodeon with its own version of Adult Swim

    What if Nickelodeon developed its own equivalent to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim? How successful might it be, and what might it look like?
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