Television executives discover freedom?

Apparently, network television is contemplating jumping onto the freedom bandwagon, or at least may be ready to embrace the unconventional, pro-freedom, political thriller. The following flash report was posted on today's Drudge Report:

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NETWORKS PLAN 'END OF AMERICA' SHOWS

The TV networks are getting edgier in their '06 pilot plans.

The nets have filled their development slates with a bevy of brave ideas and bold format experiments, VARIETY reports on Monday, including shows about THE END OF AMERICA!

ABC alone has at least two would-be shows set in post-apocalyptic America ("Resistance" and "Red & Blue") while Gavin Polone and Bruce Wagner are teaming for the comfy-sounding plague drama "Four Horsemen" at CBS (which also is developing "Jericho," about life in a small town after America is destroyed).

Says Fox exec VP Craig Erwich: "The creative community appears to be really inspired this year," he says. "It was an exciting time to be buying. I came away pretty encouraged about network TV."

Developing...

As an unconventional political thriller, Middle America has an obvious tie-in with any market developed for stories of federal/state conflict, or even red state/blue state conflict. While I understand that a couple of TV pilots does not a trend make, big waves do start out small, and Middle America is particularly well positioned to take advantage of any "freedom-breakout" that may spread across our evening TV screens courtesy of the networking programming executives...