Graduate students in general hold a special place in the society and not just in school. On the one hand, the university considers them as students to suck tuition and other fees, however, on the other hand they are considered as employees to do hard labor for a bare minumum wage with a few vacation days. Whoever came up with this model did a splendid job. The payscale for an entry-level undergrad student is much higher than that for the Senior Graduate student or even Post-doctoral researcher for that matter, let alone the extra hours invested by these academians. Being a Grad student in school, however, has lots of positives. They are the frontliners in the battle field called 'Research'. They are the workhorses of the PI's (Project Investigators). They constantly unearth a lot of fundamental concepts in research & technology which was abandoned by the Industry just 'coz these concepts just don't 'spin' money! They are highly inept compared to their Industry peers but survive and produce maximum output with meagre resources.
And now, how cool will it be to have a TV show with a university setting that focuses only about Grad students? A TV show that protrays success, celebration, love, laughter, hate, anger, fear, embarrassment, pride, jealousy, melancholy, disappointment, bossy, arrogance, flirting, partying, and some PG-13 acts. There are over a million grad students out there in this world and they deserve a recognition in this form. The audience would certainly spare a commercial-interruped 30-mins to catch the life of these grads students LIVE should the corporate giants express their will to transform our ideas into actions!!!
