The way the left screams and has tantrums, they would most likely bully away most sponsers. If sponsers would stand up and realize we are the many, a lot of more conservative and honest programming would be developed. We need to start being just as publicly vocal as the extreme left.

Screw broadcast TV, or even the cable networks. Do it on Hulu or Netflix. Or, probably even better distribute with Amazon's video service. Yes, you would have to pay for the episodes. But, it has already been shown that people will pay for quality. Also, mini series might still be to limiting of a format. Make it a couple of seasons and have to room to pace it right. A load of extra dialog would need to be written, but with the space a very good job could be done.

What if someone did a reimagined miniseries focused on the political intrigue about rank-and-file workers? Some of it could focus on motor plant workers who turned against one another as they competed for the best sob story. Somehow it could tie in with people in the other places Dagny went searching for the motor. It could also related to the small towns that were facing politically-biased rationing toward the end of the book. There's a lot of material for good writers to draw from. And it would not be open to the criticism that it focuses on top executives instead of the rank-and-file.

I don’t know that a miniseries like that could even happen. They would have a hard time finding advertisers and sponsors. There are MANY companies that are, at least in public, adopting the self-destructive policies and attitudes of the looters and moochers. The production of quality products and services is taking a backseat to public popularity externally and leveraging diversity and affirmative action internally.

I think the only sponsors that would have the stroke AND finances to pull of something like this would be the firearms industry, and most of them are keeping their heads down preferring to advertise exclusively within the firearm community. It’s a shame really. I would love to see a PSA from a company like Ruger talking about the Supreme Court decision stating that police are under no obligation to protect anyone and that personal protection is a personal responsibility. I think gunmakers are just too concerned about being targets of liberal looters right now.

aglialoro said it an interview last year that he'd like to produce a mini series one day:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/billfrezza/2...

the article also says he wants to bring Rand's lost character, the priest, back for this last movie.

Have it done as a self-limiting, three-year series. Take one season for each of the three parts of the book. Each chapter can be told in depth in 2 or 3 hour episodes. If necessary, take 2-3 episodes to tell each chapter. The chapters themselves are already subdivided within the book, so this would not take too much editing to accomplish. A television series is much better suited to telling the story of Atlas Shrugged; besides, Rand loved television! If it airs on a commercial network, then the chapter subdivisions, where possible, could "break" after the commercials air. Sponsorship might be something of a roadblock,but maybe the Koch brothers could chip in!

I'd love to see a miniseries of AS *if* it's really good. The movies have good parts in them, but the movies, taken as a whole, are only fair. I know that Rand, when the producer of Godfather wanted to do AS, insisted upon having absolute ultimate control of what appeared on the screen. This was refused, so Rand just went away from it:(

Look at the popularity of Downton Abbey. I too would love to see a mini series of the book. I have heard that Amazon is thinking of doing original programing ala NetFlix, so that might be a good avenue.

I would love to see it as a mini series. The scripts would be closer to the novel that way (I would think) . Lets hope the really rake in on the movie to be able to consider it

I would love for a channel like the BBC or the SyFy channel to do the miniseries. Do it futuristic and grittier than the movies have been. Although I enjoy the movies, the effects of economic collapse should be a lot more devastating than what we've seen. People starving and freezing to death; the totalitarian aspect of the govt. Should resemble more the old Soviet Union.
Hope someone has the courage to do this one day. Perhaps Dinesh D'Souza or Glenn Beck.