Underplayed Gems

The 'Lights (2012)

The 'Lights poster
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United States
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A morning sports highlights show that ran on a loop, covering the previous day's games with narrated clips and on-screen stats. It was designed as an alternative to traditional sports programs and used an unseen narrator.

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What happens

The 'Lights was a daily morning sports highlights program on NBC Sports Network that launched in August 2012. Designed as an alternative to ESPN's SportsCenter, unseen anchor David Diamante narrated the previous day's games and highlights in a half-hour loop. An on-screen sidebar provided information, stats, and comments relevant to the game being highlighted. Its time-slot expanded from 7-9 AM to 6-9 AM Eastern Time during its short run. The program was placed on hiatus during the Stanley Cup Playoffs and was scheduled to be re-tooled to re-air in late August 2013. It later was removed from the schedule entirely. Its replacement was a loop of fitness programming under NBCUniversal's digital Radius brand, which aired six times in three hours. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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