ISLAND ONE, a prime time family sitcom set on the High Frontier

I've mentioned it from time to time. So here is the gist of it.

_______________ISLAND ONE_______________

The pilot would be a two-parter (or two-hour special), 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. The exotic background of
space would always be there, with the stories built around the joys,
fears, resentments, and life lessons that family sitcoms have built
stories around since there have been family sitcoms.

It would be like doing a family sitcom set in Hawaii (or a Kenyan
wildlife park [or space]): there would be plenty of visuals of palm
trees and beaches (or acacia trees and giraffs [or the curving
landscape and the vastness of space]), with the characters sometimes
eating papaya and surfing (or eating antelope and tagging wild
animals [or playing zero-G sports and doing space construction
work]), and maybe even an ep or two dealing with the fears of a
hurricane or tsunami (or poachers or a rogue lion [or meteroid
impact]). But ultimately the show would be about this family, not
about Hawaii (or Kenya [or space]). It would be about "You always
treat me like a baby!" and "You seem to spend more time on that job
than you do at home!" and "But Dad, why would a girl say she was
crazy about me and then dump me like that?" Ah, but it *is* taking
place in space, and there are those "featured sci/tech" moments at
the end.

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 will
allow the network to claim the entire hour as "educational content."
The stories themselves will focus on one or more members of the Ching
family, who are:

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

Each season would have from sixteen to twenty-four episodes, and
hopefully the show would last a few seasons.

__________ISLAND ONE__________
SEASON 1

Pilot, pt. 1
The Ching family is on the way to a space hotel. They are excited,
but also a bit nervous, especially Ly (13 years old) and La Toya (4
years old). Daddy is already up there, helping to build the Island,
and the kids and Mommy is an agricultural engineer, needed in these
final stages. They will stay in the hotel for the final three weeks
before moving into the Island. We actually see the Island (from the
outside) for the first time near the end of the ep. It is utterly
ginormous humonkious BIG!
FEATURED TECH: Launch Vehicles

Pilot, pt. 2
The Chings are finally moving into the Island. For the first time,
we see those grand, sweeping views of the interior (we saw some
little pics in the first ep, but nothing screen-filling). The
landscaping is incomplete, with sod squares visible on the rooftop
lawns (with some squares missing), and flower beds full of dirt and
no flowers yet. The park has trees, but the signs of recent planting
are clearly visible, and the waterfall keeps getting stuck. Half the
swing sets and teeter totters and jungle gyms and such are still
lying around in pieces, but the other half are ready to be played
on. Workers (over half of them robotic) are scurrying about
everywhere, getting the rest of the preparations done. 2,000 people
are moving in.
FEATURED TECH: Orbital Transfer Vehicles

Ep. 3
Pics up a year and a half from the day that the Ching family moved
into the Island. The population is now 8,000 and growing. The next
Island is being built, and is in fact two-thirds done. Next year,
people will be moving into it. The landscaping is complete, the
waterfall no longer conks out, and we see La Toya and friends
enjoying the jungle gyms, including a low-gravity one in a spoke.
Ly is now 15, and La Toya is 6. La Toya, isn't sure what to make of
the change from kindergarten, with its emphasis on play (though there
were indeed some academics), and the first grade, with its emphasis
on academics (though there is still play). In particular, she
questions the value of Earth history for those living in Space.
FEATURED SCI: Children's Brains

Ep. 4
Ben (Dad) and Ladonna (Mom) 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.
FEATURED TECH: Hydroponics

Ep. 5
Ben thinks that a proposed change in priorities (slowing down habitat
construction to speed up powersat construction) might enhance the
promotion he got the last episode. However, he also worries that
this switch, if it happens, will jeopardize the entire space
settlement movement. It would mean that the doubling rate of
habitats would be seven years, instead of three.
FEATURED TECH: Powersats
Ep. 6 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.
FEATURED SCI: Zero-G Motion, Newtonian Movement

Ep. 7
Ben's friend is injured in a construction accident. It isn't
permanently disabling or anything like that; the man just has to
spend a few days in the hospital. La Toya is now worried that her
father's job is too dangerous. Ly is too macho to admit to any such
concern, but he feels it.
FEATURED TECH: Vacuum Vapor Deposition

Ep. 8
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.
FEATURED TECH: Solar Sails & Light Sails