Family sitcom in the High Frontier

Even if mine sucks, it is a good idea, and I wish that it (or a
better one) was on the Sci-Fi channel or something.

Island One, as depicted in this series, is a Stanford Torus. It has
been modified slightly from the Stanford Torus described in the 1976
NASA publication SP-413 Space Settlements: A Design Study. These
changes have been made in light of various scientific discoveries and
technological improvements that have been made in the years (decades,
even!) between 1976 and 2004.

Each episode of Island One will present scientific information and
the possible technology of the near future, hidden in the story
itself. Also, one of the actors/actresses will give a brief,
multimedia summary of each show's "featured sci/tech." This allows
the network to count the entire hour as "educational programming,"
thus winning brownie points with the feds and parents' groups.

The stories themselves will focus on one or more members of the Ching
family, who are:

Mother = Ladonna Ann Carver Ching
Father = Benjamin Franklin Ching
Teenaged Son = Ly Jessy Ching
Under-Ten Daughter = La Toya Syulin Ching
Son's Girlfriend = Michelle Marie Charlotte Bonet
(who is not a regular member of the cast until the 2nd season)

The pilot would be a two-parter, and would be about the Ching family
moving into the Island. The regular series would pick up a year and
a half later, when the second Island One is half-built. If the
series lasts into a second season, then some eps would involve visits
to the other Island. Some other things that might constitute
storylines:

La Toya wants to go with her friend and her friend's family on a
solar yacht trip that will last a weekend. Her parents wonder if she
is old enough to go on such a trip without them. La Toya resents
being treated like a baby.

Ly is having trouble maintaining his grades, because of the time he
spends on his social life and sports (he's a jock and ladies man).
He is in danger of being kicked off the Z-Golo (zero-gravity team
sport) team if he can't pick up his grades.

Ben and Ladonna are both up for promotions at their respective jobs,
each is spending more time on their respective jobs to impress their
respective bosses, and each resents the other for not spending enough
time with the family (while failing to recognize that they are guilty
of the same), and the kids resent them both. What a mess.

Michelle, after corresponding with Ly for two thirds of the first
season, is finally arriving at Island One. Will a relationship was
beautiful over cislunar distances survive personal proximity?

And so on.

Xenophile (who is magnificent at not finishing the things he starts
writing 8*( )