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If Historical Rivalries Were
Reality TV Shows

Full TV Pitch Documents

What if history's greatest rivalries, alliances, and catastrophes had been captured by reality TV cameras? Edison electrocuting things for ratings. Henry VIII handing out roses (and beheadings). Socrates getting voted off the island for asking too many questions. Each show comes with cast bios, a full 10-episode season guide, confessional interviews, and devastatingly honest critical reviews.

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Beheading

Featured Show · Bravo

The Real Housewives of Florence

Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, and Donatello compete for patrons and throw Renaissance-era shade. Leo never finishes anything. Michelangelo is angry about everything. Raphael is too pretty.

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Featured Show · ABC

The Bachelor: Tudor Edition

Henry VIII hands out roses to 6 contestants. The rose ceremony is... different. Confessionals get progressively darker. The host reads legal disclaimers. Only 2 of the 6 contestants attend the reunion.

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The Full Lineup

All 11 Shows

Each show comes with a complete TV pitch: cast bios, a 10-episode season guide, confessional interviews, reunion show preview, and critical reviews. None of them got renewed.

Edison vs Tesla: Current Wars

A competitive reality show where Edison and Tesla face off in weekly invention challenges. Edison keeps stealing ideas. Tesla can’t get funding. The judges are biased. Someone electrocutes an elephant for ratings.

Discovery+

Hamilton vs Burr: Founding Frenemies

Buddy comedy turned political drama. Hamilton writes 30-page confessionals. Burr refuses to state an opinion. Washington mediates. Jefferson stirs the pot from France. The season finale is... permanent.

Bravo

Cleopatra & Rome: The Real Housewives of the Ancient World

Cleopatra navigates alliances with Caesar and Mark Antony while managing palace drama, asp-related incidents, and the ultimate table-flip moment in ancient history.

Bravo

Deadliest Catch: Golden Age of Piracy

Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, and Calico Jack compete for the biggest haul on the high seas. Scurvy is a recurring subplot. The parrot has its own confessional camera.

Discovery

The Real Housewives of Florence

Bravo

The Amazing Race: To the Moon

USA vs USSR in an epic race format. The Soviets take early leads but their equipment keeps breaking. Kennedy gives a halftime speech. Armstrong’s confessional redefines branding.

CBS

The Bachelor: Tudor Edition

ABC

Viking House Hunters

Norse families search for the perfect coastal village to raid, settle, or burn. The realtor keeps getting threatened. Budget discussions involve longships.

HGTV

Survivor: Ancient Greece

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Diogenes, Pythagoras, and Epicurus are stranded on an island. Socrates questions everyone’s strategy until they vote him out. Diogenes lives in a barrel. Tribal council never reaches a conclusion.

CBS

Big Brother: Cold War Edition

The USA and USSR are locked in a house together with hidden cameras, secret alliances, and a confessional booth shaped like a bunker. Neither side trusts the other. The diary room sessions are classified.

CBS

Wild West Chopped

Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Billy the Kid, and Calamity Jane compete in a cooking competition using only ingredients available in 1880s saloons. The mystery basket includes rattlesnake and whiskey. Always whiskey.

Food Network

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I would have given this show a rose, but I'm told the last person who received one from this particular Bachelor was subsequently beheaded.
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Chris Harrison
Host — The Bachelor: Tudor Edition (fired after Season 1)

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If Historical Rivalries Were
Reality TV Shows

The Real Housewives of Florence

The Bachelor: Tudor Edition

All 11 Shows

Edison vs Tesla: Current Wars

Hamilton vs Burr: Founding Frenemies

Cleopatra & Rome: The Real Housewives of the Ancient World

Deadliest Catch: Golden Age of Piracy

The Real Housewives of Florence

The Amazing Race: To the Moon

The Bachelor: Tudor Edition

Viking House Hunters

Survivor: Ancient Greece

Big Brother: Cold War Edition

Wild West Chopped

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