WI TV cheap?

NapoleonXIV

Banned
WI TV shows were restricted by law to having a budget no greater than the modern equivalent of $50,000, this being an ironclad FCC regulation upheld by SCOTUS 9/0 since 1935?
 
WI TV shows were restricted by law to having a budget no greater than the modern equivalent of $50,000, this being an ironclad FCC regulation upheld by SCOTUS 9/0 since 1935?

Apart from the inevitable supreme court ASBage, I'd say we get a lot more reality TV, a lot sooner. Movies are more popular, too.
 

Sachyriel

Banned
We'd see low-budget porn more and more often. Something cheap to produce.

Also, special effects become episodes.
 
It's not terribly implausible. Say it is regarded as a corporate welfare approach pushed through Congress by Hollywood lobbyists and/or the cinema industry. The idea is to keep TV a local medioum, sort of radio with pictures.

It would certainly have a major impact. Much more live content is likely - hey, if you pay a concert or sports event $30,000 to broadcast its content, it doesn't *matter* that the show cost millions to set up, right? Theatre plays, cheap series formats. Local flavour would pay better (cheap to produce, and not outcompeted by high-end common-denominator TV). Documentaries would get better billing without TV movies.

And then there are legal questions. If I set up a 'movie production' company and make a mid-budget movie for cinema release (say, on four screens in North Dakota) and then lease broadcasting rights to TV stations nationwide, is that legal? What about 'cinema series'?
 
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