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6.22.2026 6:53 AM

TV Pitches To Appeal To A Millennial Demographic That Longs For A Time When Big Bowls Of Cereal Meant Comfort And Not The Realization That It’s All They Can Afford To Eat by Robert John Miller

TV Pitches To Appeal To A Millennial Demographic That Longs For A Time When Big Bowls Of Cereal Meant Comfort And Not The Realization That It’s All They Can Afford To Eat

Chex: Set in the buildup to y2k, an intramural checkers league is recruited by the CIA to infiltrate a retirement home that houses a suspected Nazi war criminal who is building a time machine. 60-minutes, FX.

Cap’n Crunch: A one-time hippie joins the military to make change from the inside, only to find herself rising through the ranks. 60-minutes, Paramount Plus.

Raisin Bran: A wholesome 1990s-style fish-out-of-water comedy about a guy bringing up a foster child, Brandi, known as “Bran” for short. 30-minutes, Netflix.

Corn Flakes: A tightknit group of Midwestern girlfriends move to Los Angeles to live their dreams, only to discover that substance is sometimes the cost of style. 30-minutes, HBO.

Frosted Flakes: A reality series that follows two of the actors from Corn Flakes after their fame leads them toward addiction. 60-minutes, Bravo.

Cheerios: A British family of butlers try to make a life together while being committed to the whims of other families. 60-minutes, BBC Four.

Apple Jacks: A car thief grinding by in New York City finds a magic lamp in the back of a vehicle and is granted three wishes, then must decide between a life of luxury or helping the city that has both given and taken so much from him. 60-minutes, Apple TV.

Lucky Charms: A docu-series that researches the provenance of Irish American family heirlooms. 60-minutes, PBS.

Kix: A slapstick revival of extreme and self-injurious prank comedy. 30-minutes, MTV2.

Froot Loops: Inspired by decades of playing ‘RollerCoaster Tycoon,’ an Oklahoma woman rallies her eccentric small town to transform itself into a theme park to save the community or face disincorporation. 30-minutes, CBC/Pop TV.

Count Chocula: A romantic fantasy set after a coven of vampires mysteriously loses its patriarch and the sudden disappearance dislodges centuries-old family aches that threaten to topple their cocoa empire. 60-minutes, AMC.

About the artist

Robert John Miller‘s work has appeared in places like Bending Genres, HAD, The Bulb Region, Maudlin House, Scaffold, Hawkeye and elsewhere, online at robertjohnmiller.com.