Our first FOX meeting (Part II)

Do you remember the Jerry and George’s pitch meeting with NBC?  We came in with one idea and a backup idea - nothing seemed to work.  Finally the FOX reality executive turned to us and explained that they were working on a NASCAR/American Idol program and did not think they had anymore room for another car/motorsport program - no matter how compelling or high concept.  Our program was not the right fit for a network running shows like: The O.C., That “70’s Show, American Idol, Nanny 911, House, and 24.  As this point she started asking questions (why I am not sure).  She wanted to know if we be interested in Jason Priestley or Ian Ziering hosting the program. 

I figured we were a better fit for BRAVO or Discovery.  Missy then surprised everyone by asking permission to take the show to another part of FOX - the reality executive was a little startled - she just finished telling us it was not a good fit but now Missy was threatening to take it away.  The reality executive couldn’t really object so Missy had one of her assistants get George Greenberg on the phone - he runs Fox Sports.  She promised to get us a meeting with George later in the week so we left - a little deflated but excited that we might have found a better venue for the program.