{"id":4652,"date":"2013-09-26T16:19:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T16:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4652"},"modified":"2013-09-26T16:19:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T16:19:53","slug":"spaceflight-reality-show-and-a-mars-neo-western","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4652","title":{"rendered":"Spaceflight reality show and a Mars neo-Western"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeff_foust\/status\/383193896983224320\" target=\"_d\">Jeff Foust<\/a> comes a pointer to a reality show based on a spaceflight contest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2013\/09\/sony-pictures-tv-sets-space-travel-series-as-space-heats-up-as-reality-frontier\/\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2013\/09\/sony-pictures-tv-sets-space-travel-series-as-space-heats-up-as-reality-frontier\/\">Sony Pictures TV Sets Space Travel Series As Space Heats Up As Reality Frontier &#8211; Deadline.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/2013\/09\/26\/reality-series-plans-to-blast-celebrities-into-space-americans-respond-by\/\" target=\"_d\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/2013\/09\/26\/reality-series-plans-to-blast-celebrities-into-space-americans-respond-by\/\">Reality series plans to blast celebrities into space, Americans respond by hoping they don\u2019t come back &#8211; Fox News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And a pointer to a Mars Western: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2013\/09\/cw-buys-mars-drama-from-mentalist-duo\/\" target=\"_d\">CW Buys Mars Drama From &#8216;Mentalist&#8217; Duo &#8211; Deadline.com<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Written by Szentgyorgyi, <em>Red<\/em> is described as a neo-Western drama about the first human settlement on Mars and life on this new frontier, centering on the relationships between the town\u2019s female sheriff, a doctor and a criminal. WME-repped Szentgyorgyi and Heller executive produce for Warner Bros. TV where Heller is under an overall deal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Jeff Foust comes a pointer to a reality show based on a spaceflight contest: Sony Pictures TV Sets Space Travel Series As Space Heats Up As Reality Frontier &#8211; Deadline.com Reality series plans to blast celebrities into space, Americans respond by hoping they don\u2019t come back &#8211; Fox News And a pointer to a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4652\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spaceflight reality show and a Mars neo-Western<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,14,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-sci-fi","category-space-participation","category-space-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1d2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14867,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14867","url_meta":{"origin":4652,"position":0},"title":"Videos: &#8220;Star Craft&#8221; with Loren Grush of The Verge","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Loren Grush, who reports on spaceflight at The Verge, has started a video series called Star Craft. 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