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Planetary Broadcast Network

Alternate 1953. The nightly news is cheerful, the radiation is casual, and the USS Nebrahoma has vanished in the Pacific. As well-funded micro-nations declare independence and the robots ask for personhood, anchor James Dixon keeps calm and stays on the air — all the way into the Bermuda Triangle.

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The news is cheerful. The radiation is casual.

Alternate 1953. The Planetary Broadcast Network transmits nightly from the Hertz Building in Rocket City, Maine York — on 107.3 MC, 1480 A.M. and Channel 7, reaching 46 states and low earth orbit.

Anchor James Dixon is unflappable. He files by radiophone from wherever the story is. And this season the story is everywhere: a vanished aircraft carrier, impossible airships, micro-nations with suspiciously generous Senate funding, and robots who would like to be people.

The tonal key is sincerity. Fantastic technology and atomic-age absurdity are reported with composed newsroom confidence. The audience supplies the irony.

Created by Chris Cundey · Lost Island Entertainment · Pitch visualization by Idea Engine Pitch Studio

Planetary Broadcast Network frame
James Dixon. Chief anchor, PBN Evening News. Keeps calm and stays on the air.
James Dixon. Chief anchor, PBN Evening News. Keeps calm and stays on the air.
The USS Nebrahoma. Lost in the Pacific. Everyone denies the airships. Everyone's denials have caveats.
The USS Nebrahoma. Lost in the Pacific. Everyone denies the airships. Everyone's denials have caveats.
Admiral Lillian Stern. Early sixties, French twist, penetrating eyes — and a rare, charming smile. Missing with her ship.
Admiral Lillian Stern. Early sixties, French twist, penetrating eyes — and a rare, charming smile. Missing with her ship.
Tiny island republics declare independence — Nurowwa, Possum Island — backed by airship technology no superpower can match.
Tiny island republics declare independence — Nurowwa, Possum Island — backed by airship technology no superpower can match.
Dixon interviews Vice Admiral Euphrasia de Lestonnac and Captain Henry Penn, who accuse the Navy of stealing their tech.
Dixon interviews Vice Admiral Euphrasia de Lestonnac and Captain Henry Penn, who accuse the Navy of stealing their tech.
A Jetsonic Aerostar crash is blamed on its robot autopilot, Lindbergh. It wasn't Lindbergh.
A Jetsonic Aerostar crash is blamed on its robot autopilot, Lindbergh. It wasn't Lindbergh.
Adam. Robot leader of the Robot Personhood movement. Peaceful — for now.
Adam. Robot leader of the Robot Personhood movement. Peaceful — for now.
Peaceful protest becomes a riot at the Capitol: Legionnaire crowd-control bots and the First Lady's Gravity Scouts.
Peaceful protest becomes a riot at the Capitol: Legionnaire crowd-control bots and the First Lady's Gravity Scouts.
The Adventures of Fission Girl — the radio serial inside the broadcast, mirroring the main plot.
The Adventures of Fission Girl — the radio serial inside the broadcast, mirroring the main plot.
Sponsors like Plutonium-R-Us. Dark satire, sold with a smile.
Sponsors like Plutonium-R-Us. Dark satire, sold with a smile.
The Bermuda Triangle. Purple clouds, blue lasers, a colossal airship — and the Nebrahoma. Season One ends with the signal cut.
The Bermuda Triangle. Purple clouds, blue lasers, a colossal airship — and the Nebrahoma. Season One ends with the signal cut.
Planetary Broadcast Network frame

All imagery in this lookbook is AI-generated visual development (Seedream 5.0 Pro via OpenRouter), art-directed by a human, building on the property's existing selected character art. Story, world and broadcast audio are the creators' own produced work; AI was used for visualization only.

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