As I work on my suphero TV show idea, I'm running into some unforeseen difficulties. The first is coming up with superhero names that haven't been used. That's pretty tough since there are so many heroes out there but I think I'm doing alright. The one name I'm using that is a duplicate is Rubble, but I think that's just the name of a Transformer so I think I can get away with it.

The bigger problem is the name of the city that it takes place in. Right now I'm leaning towards Harding City, namd after one of our worst presidents. However, another issue I'm having is tone; I want it to have some funny stuff but still be more of a drama and I think that might push it too far towards being a straight comedy. I know they are big shoes to fill but I liked the tone of The West Wing; a lot of comedy but very much a serious drama.

The title of the show was already taken. I want to call it "The Dying Breed" but there was an indie horror film with that name recently. I don't think that should be too much of a problem either since nobody really saw that film. 

Anyway, I think the opening of the show I have is pretty good. Two acts are down and I'm just nervous about the actual case that they have to solve, whether there's enough going on. I'm going to go back and breakdown the pilots for NYPD Blue and maybe a couple other cop shows to see how the format is. Don't be surprised to see a future post about that.