Channel One

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**Channel One**

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Organization Information
Alias(es)
"One"

Status
Determinant

Location
Channel One Building (Territory One)

Affiliation
Robert Boseman
National Nightly News
Live & Spooky
Bits Of Your Life
Just The Job (Formerly)
Adrian Atkinson-Blimey
Jordan Rankly
Advance

**Channel One** is a television network in *Not For Broadcast*.

## Description

Channel One is a television network located within the Capital, and the primary broadcasting station for Territory One. It hosts a wide variety of televised programming, such as talk shows, sports, movies, documentaries, and most prominently, the National Nightly News.

## History

### Before The Game

#### The Early/Bannon Years

Channel One went on air around 1952 in the Capital, presumably making it one of the oldest television networks in Territory One. The channel's programming at this time had the same variety as it would in 1984, although adhering somewhat to the tastes and sensibilities of the day, with shows like "Gerry Mumpton's Circus of the Extraordinary" and "Existential Musings" being some early programs. It may also be speculated that the National Nightly News, or a predecessor to it, may have started airing around this time. Coinciding with these older sensibilities, the channel would be far more prudish on what words could pass their censors, with "crap", "fudge" (As a substitute for "fuck"), and even "fart" being subject to censoring.

One of the channel's notable earlier celebrities (Or at least a celebrity heavily affiliated with the channel) was Graham Bannon, father of future news reporter Patrick Bannon. Though vain, rude, and difficult to work with, Graham nonetheless was a famous figure of Channel One, with a major role in Channel One's telethon in 1954. Future TV personality and Prime Minister Peter Clement would also get his start at Channel One, working as a stagehand under Graham, whom he'd later describe as a "right tightwad."

At some point in 1954, Channel One would host the First Annual St. Fanny's Hospital TV Fundraiser for Dying Children, to raise money in order to save a sick girl named Suzie Button. However, an unknown incident around the Capital blocked all traffic in and out of it, and effectively all of the producers, entertainers, and audience members, who were on the same buses to the city, were unable to arrive to show and stuck "somewhere near Jamstable." The resulting show was a disaster, with Graham inadvertently making watchers at home hate him, tanking his career, and performers having to be scrounged up from the crew and people on the street. Only a last minute rallying from Peter Clement saved the show and garnered the $20,000 needed to cure Suzie.

Despite the near failure of the telethon, Graham's career would remain intact, and he would continue working with Channel One. In 1956, Graham would meet with Marie Murphy, who would create the script and production ideas for a bold television project called *Dying Is Another Man's Job*. Under the pretense of himself as the creator, he would pitch it to a number of different studios, likely including the channel. Many were astounded by the work, saying it would "revolutionize entertainment", and studios would clamor to produce it. Bannon himself would create an entire soundstage for it.

However, after production began in 1957, the entire production would be beset by one disaster after another. Graham's urgent and shoddy production management would lead to accidents across the set, and conflicts with Marie who sought credit. At one point, he would burn her original scripts and presumably other evidence from her in the sound stage's projection room to stop people from knowing who created the work, causing it to spread out. Graham or the media would then pin the blame onto Marie, while attempting to change the script. Soon after, Marie would suffer a fatal accident, which Graham would cover up to appear as though she committed suicide.

Following this, the production would never recover, and would soon be cancelled. With hopes for superstardom dashed and so much money sunk away, Graham would retreat from the public eye and ignore his family. Marie would continue to be blamed for the production's failure however, being referred to as the "Costume Girl Who Ruined Everything." This caused her spirit to roam the Bannon Soundstage, attacking anyone who entered out of vengeance. Any attempt to repurpose the studio would subsequently fail, with "none surviving".

#### Post-Bannon Years

*Just the Job*, a D.I.Y. home improvement show hosted by Peter Clement in the 1960s, produced by Robert Boseman, would be featured on the network to much acclaim and fame. It ran for eleven series and won several awards during its broadcast, and would become the platform that launched Peter into becoming a national figure. Later shows hosted by him like *Wake Up! It's Saturday* and *Petey* would also be produced, or at least syndicated, by Channel One.

Boseman would at some point work his way up from producer into becoming the owner and boss of Channel One Though temperamental, he appeared to steer the network well over the course of his tenure. Around 1975, Graham's son, Patrick Bannon, would be hired to work on the National Nightly News as a reporter, possibly helped into the job with nepotism.

Sometime by 1984, the National Nightly News, a daily news broadcast held 6pm nightly, would become one of the channel's most popular programs. Hosted by Jeremy Donaldson, it became a trusted source of news in Territory One, and as such had enormous sway on public opinion and habits, with even the ads shown on it majorly affecting the companies they advertise for. Jeremy, as well, would become a face trusted by much of the public, given his devotion to "the truth" and skepticism towards all figures. The organization also had Megan Wolfe as Culture Correspondent, and Robyn Shorte and Patrick Bannon as news reporters. Colin Sprong, Jennifer Hartley, and Dave would also have been working behind the scenes as sound technician, floor manager, and vision mixer respectively, while Alex Winston would have been hired to work as a lowly janitor.

Around this time, Channel One was also producing shows with a bent towards intelligent programming. It produced *Incisors*, hosted by Dr. Adrian Atkinson-Blimey, where he would interview and intensely question guests about themselves and subjects of the day, and also broadcasted documentaries and films. However, other, cruder forms of entertainment would also make part of its line-up, such as *The Quotation Game*. *Live & Spooky*, a late-night paranormal reality show hosted by Wayne De Spiritwhistle, would also begin airing, exploring supposedly haunted places (While really setting up effects).

The channel's newscasters also played a pivotal role in setting the events of *Not for Broadcast* into motion. Prior to the start of the game, Jeremy Donaldson would work with Patrick Bannon to reveal a major sex scandal involving then-Prime Minister Jacob Hamilton-Mann. This event forced him to call for elections, allowing Advance the opportunity to achieve a landslide victory.

### Episode 1

#### Day 1: The Election

*Main article:* Day 1: The Election
On November 8, 1984, the National Nightly News covers the election and Advance's landslide victory. Prior to the broadcast, Dave flees the country in fear of the incoming government's policies, not informing anyone beforehand. Just before it begins, Dave calls into the Broadcast Room to Alex, who happened to be in the room to clean, advising them on how to do a broadcast and telling them they could take his job.

The program's segments that day included brief headlines on the election, Rymmington-Svist and the Flard market, and Johnny Hamsleeves; An interview with Laurence Blunderclatch and sneak peek at his new movie, *The Medicated*; And a live broadcast of Advance's acceptance speech by newly elected co-Prime Ministers Peter Clement and Julia Salisbury, where they first announced the passage of the Assets and Wealth Act. Despite having never been a broadcast engineer before, Alex performs adequate enough and would return for future broadcasts. Their arrival at the position is not noticed by anyone, or at least by Boseman, despite receiving wages for the broadcast afterwards.

#### Day 8: The Fallout

*Main article:* Day 8: The Fallout
The National Nightly News broadcasts on November 15, 1984, with Alex continuing to work as a vision mixer for the program, and Dave returning one more time to advise them. In the program's first segment, following a number of headlines, Jeremy holds a panel discussion between economist Katie Brightman and sensationalist author Alan James on their opinions of Advance, a week after they came to power. In the second segment, Jeremy talks with people across the country on the subject of law and order, garnering opinions on the country's judicial and criminal system from a lawyer, a chief constable, and a reformed convict. In the final segment, Geoff Algebra and his theater troupe are interviewed about his new play, *Hey! Friendship!*, which was made possible through funding by Advance. The troupe also performs a scene and musical number from the show for viewers at the end of the program.

After the program, a retrospective "Best of" is held of *Just the Job*, followed by Megan Wolfe interviewing former Prime Minister Jacob Hamilton-Mann on why his government failed. The rest of the evening consists of Blunderclatch's *Bullet Man* airing and the National Weather Report. Depending on if Alex chose to air the commercial or not, the broadcasting day would either drive the sales of Rymmington-Svist's new holiday toy, Mr. Snugglehugs, through the roof or see it largely ignored, either creating or preventing a massive tragedy that Christmas season when many children unwrapped the defective toy.

#### Day 56: The Telethon

*Main article:* Day 56: The Telethon
Almost two months after beginning work as a vision mixer, Alex Winston's presence is finally learned by Boseman. Having heard they've performed sufficiently, but wanting to see how they perform with his own eyes, Boseman brings Alex to the Challenge Room and sets up old broadcast footage from a 1954 telethon gone awry on the machine. He tasks them to mix together the footage, avoiding the occasional tear while also following the stricter standards of censorship at the time, to witness Alex's broadcasting abilities for himself. Alex manages to cut the broadcast together satisfactorily enough for Boseman, and so he decides to keep them on the job, remaining the National Nightly News' primary control room operator.

#### Between Days 56 And 85

In mid-January of 1985, rising tensions between the country and foreign nations are discovered by Channel One. Wanting to be the first to break it, Boseman orders everyone from the National Nightly News to work around the clock so they could break it first. He calls up Alex, who happens to be preparing for an anniversary getaway over the weekend with their spouse, to have them come into work too, expecting their arrival by 8am the next morning.

If Alex decides to come to work, they will presumably help the news team break the story first, even as the work itself is tiring and costs them an anniversary. If they decide not to, Alex will return next Monday to sour looks from their colleagues and a note from Boseman at their workstation saying he's disappointed in them.

#### Day 85: Live & Spooky

*Main article:* Day 85: Live & Spooky
On January 31*, Live & Spooky* begins airing an episode exploring the abandoned Bannon soundstage, with Patrick as a special guest. Along with him and Wayne are Doctor Amara, who creates the EMF devices for ghost detection, and Bannon's assistant Holly. Boseman also assigns Alex to monitor the broadcast and deploy all of the spirit effects, working under the supervision of Dianne.

While the broadcast begins normally, things get stranger over time, both in the abandoned soundstage and in the broadcast room itself, until it's clear that the ghost of Marie Murphy is haunting the location. At some point between the first two segments, the sole cameraman Gavin is killed by Marie and dragged into the vault where she died, while one-by-one, each of the remaining ghost hunters are attacked by the ghost.

Eventually, thanks to Alex's guiding, the truth about Marie Murphy and the Bannon Soundstage is revealed, and Holly tells her she knows what happened. Satisfied, she hands over the film for the original version of "Dying Is Another Man's Job" to her before disappearing. Patrick then swoops in and attempts to stop Holly from revealing the tape and ruining his father's reputation, but is stopped when she throws a handful of dust in his face, inciting his allergies. She runs off with the film, while the true credits for the production are revealed showing Marie's role in the project. The grateful ghost of Marie appears before Alex one more time before passing on.

#### Between Days 85 and 153

Though the full aftermath of the Bannon Soundstage episode aren't known, it's almost certain that the reveal of the truth ruined the then-late Graham Bannon's reputation. As Patrick feared as well, the truth, combined with his attempt at preventing it, lead to him getting "punished" with sports desk coverage. As Sportsboard sweeps the country, Bannon is assigned to cover and comment on the games, whether he wants to or not.

If Alex has high suspicion of Advance, they will receive a flyer on their control panel while broadcasting in March one evening, which they take to mean that "Clearly someone is trying to tell you something."

By mid-April of 1985, Megan Wolfe is promoted from culture correspondent to co-anchor of the National Nightly News, working alongside Jeremy Donaldson. Meanwhile, Patrick is sent to cover the 1st Annual Sportsboard Championships, covering them up to the finale.

#### Day 153: The Tempest

*Main article:* Day 153: The Tempest
On the evening of April 9th, a storm racks the Channel One building. Due to age or shoddy construction, a number of leaks occur throughout the building, affecting the newscasters and staff. Despite this, the possible dangers, and complaints throughout, the National Nightly News still begins. Advance also begins mandating government PSAs to be aired at least once during broadcasts on this day.

If Alex played the Mr. Snugglehugs advert on Day 8, Jeremy and Megan will issue an official apology on behalf of the team and Channel One for playing it, resulting in the many casualties that resulted from Snugglehugs exploding on children. The first segment will then see Robyn sent to interview the Tadlocks, whose child, Timmy Tadlock, was maimed by one of the Snugglehugs. If Alex didn't play it, the Snugglehugs will instead be mentioned in a brief headline, as a disaster thankfully avoided, while Robyn interviews the Somerset-Bentleys, who saw much of their vast wealth taken under the Assets and Wealth Act and who are now planning a major protest by going nude.

In the second segment, the Sportsboard Championship finals are broadcast between Ellie Striker and Tommy "The Fingernail" Harris. Although nude protestors similar to the Somerset-Bentleys interrupt the event, the finals broadcast largely goes smoothly, with everyone declared the winner at the end as they had been with prior games. However, things begin to deteriorate in the studio as bolts of lightning strike the broadcast tower, shocking people through their microphone packs and causing the controls in the broadcast room to become electrified. Despite the danger, and Boseman himself remarking how Dave was put into a coma the year before by the machine, Alex continues working on it and maintaining the broadcast, often getting zapped in the process.

In the final segment, Megan interviews co-Prime Ministers Peter Clement and Julia Salisbury, who announce the creation of Transition Centres for elderly who are ravaged by old age. The interview goes smoothly until a series of lightning strikes on the broadcast tower shock Peter through his microphone pack, causing the foul-mouthed politician to burst into fits of swearing with each shock. Peter, after attempts to remove it and getting his foot stuck in a bucket, leaves and lets Julia finish the interview, before Jeremy signs the program off for the evening. However, one especially harsh shock to Alex as they play the last ad renders them comatose, and they are sent to the hospital soon after. Boseman, out of some form of kindness, pays for the room and leaves a note for the nurses to tell Alex they could have the week off to recuperate once they wake up.

Assuming no other issues came up afterwards, the rest of the evening largely consists of reruns of the Sportsboard finals broadcast, a Sportsboard retrospective by Patrick Bannon, and the premiere TV adaptation of *Hey! Friendship!*

#### Day ???: The Lockdown

*Main article:* Day ???: The Lockdown
During their shock-induced coma, Alex dreams of running a broadcast under surreal circumstances. In it, the world has been put under lockdown for five weeks due to Mrs. Snugglehugs running rampant across the world in search of their husbands, with everyone at the National Nightly News, except Alex, is broadcasting at home. Alex has to rid the broadcast tower, and later the broadcast room, of Snugglehugs while keeping the broadcast rolling. Dave also calls throughout the broadcast, claiming he's suddenly returning to get his job back.

In the first segment, Jeremy and Megan interview Sophia Rymmington, alongside "psychic scientist" Delia Lywell, for the former's role in creating and response to the Snugglehugs crisis. In the second segment, Megan holds another panel discussion between Katie Brightman and Alan James to discuss the lockdown. The segment then shifts to Jeremy, who speaks with Patrick, who is supposedly reporting "from the streets," only to reveal he's actually at home in his bathroom. Shortly after, Patrick finds his home has been invaded by Snugglehugs (Secretly sent by Jeremy), who attack the reporter before cutting out his feed.

In the final segment, Jeremy begrudgingly hosts a quiz show called "National Nightly Lose" alongside Tommy Harris. The quizzing is cut short however when Geoff Algebra and other guests decide to perform a song from his new children's musical, *Mr. Bear Lowers His Expectations*, on the show. The segment finally ends with Megan Wolfe, dressed and acting in number of ways depending on Alex's relationship with their family, giving one last word and speaking to Alex. The dream ends as she, Jenny, and Dave call Alex telling them to wake up, before Snugglehugs suddenly attack them all at once.

### Episode 2

#### Between Days 154 and 232

The day after their accident, Alex reawakens, and presumably spends the week off as per Boseman's note, with someone taking their place in the mean time, before returning. For a while after, however, the VCR that exploded during the previous broadcast remains broken, and Alex has to reuse one of the other two for broadcasts. The phone was also ruined, yet remained in use.

In early summer of 1985, if Alex sympathizes with Disrupt enough, they'll be invited to a meeting by members of Disrupt on the building's thirteenth floor. They either ignore the invite or accept it and participate, and after the meeting ends, one of the members asks Alex if they would like to join them. Alex then either chooses to join or refutes.

Some of Channel One's programming begins to change during this time, with the influence of Advance creeping in. This includes the creation of shows with a bent towards Advance's policies such as a soap opera about a group of youths who are "excluded from the Go-Getters programme, and their inevitable demise." Other shows appear to be less critical or political.

#### Day 232: The Silence

*Main article:* Day 232: The Silence
In late June, the National Nightly News reports on a series of sanctions imposed on the Country by the World Council over its policies. In the first segment, after the headlines, Jeremy and Megan hold a panel with Prime Minister Peter Clement about the sanctions, alongside foreign ministers Ivan Vodovich of Irkistan and Bjerk of Svenland.

If Advance perception is high, the discussion goes well for Peter, with it eventually sidetracking from discussion about the sanctions into talk about their lives (Which Megan spins as being "human interest"). At the end, Peter speaks to the public, telling them to not "lose a wink of sleep" over the sanctions. If public perception is low, the interview will turn out poorly for Peter, leading to an outburst after the questions where he tirades against Channel One for its coverage, saying everyone will be happier as soon as it's under public ownership. He then apologizes and recomposes himself, before telling the viewers that the nation will prevail through the sanctions because "we don't back down to bullies."

After the first segment ends, Advance suddenly mandates censorship on speech critical of the government, which Boseman relays to Alex during the break. The second segment then begins, where Jeremy interviews upcoming rapper J-Zuss. While Jeremy initially sticks to cards asking about J-Zuss' music and life, he eventually probes into his politics, where the rapper makes clear his hatred of Advance. After it concludes, the show moves into his performance, spontaneously playing his new, anti-Advance single "Paint It Red" instead of "Mrs. Ludlow's Tears". During the performance, Jeremy learns about the censorship. After it ends, he goes on-camera to apologize to J-Zuss and the audience for any potential censuring of his language, saying that the National Nightly News seeks to be neutral without any interference.

In the final segment, Jeremy and Megan interview Geoff Algebra, alongside Tommy Harris and actress Phillipa Rayden, for a new show based on Tommy's life. Geoff reveals that the production, which appears nonsensical and mind-numbing, was entirely funded by Advance, who also encouraged its creation and made it free for public viewing, which galls Jeremy.

After the broadcast ends, the rest of the evening's programming consists of Sportsboard highlights, the season premiere of Incisors where Dr. Adrian is now interviewing a parrot, and a number of movies and other shows.

#### Between Days 232 to 296

*Main article:* Day 290: A National News Night
As the sanctions harden, and Disrupt drives up its rhetoric, Advance becomes more overbearing with its policies in this time, with options or advise becoming requirements. This includes broadcast regulations, with Channel One changing its programming to promote Advance or ignore anything critical of it either from direct government interference or pressure from it. Armed police, later rebranded as Community Cohesion Officers or CCOs, are also placed in the Channel One building to protect from Disrupt attacks, and perhaps to further push their presence on the station. All of this distresses Jeremy, who sees important coverage put on the sideline in favor of content which he views as outright vapid.

On August 24, the channel hosts its annual gala, which is mandatory for all employees to attend, with the prime ministers being special guests for this year. This also happens to coincide with an important Disrupt meeting at the same time. Jeremy, who often never attends the gala already, and immensely frustrated and afraid of the government's increasing interference, attends the Disrupt meeting instead, and is given instructions to perform for next week's broadcast. Unbeknownst to him, he wins an award for "Outstanding Contributions to Journalism," which Megan accepts in his stead.

Alex chooses to either ignore the invitation and spend the evening on their own, attend the gala, or, if they have joined Disrupt, attend their meeting instead. If they attend the gala, depending on their performance and sympathies, they may either be pushed to the back or win an award for "Best Newcomer to the Channel One Family." Depending on their support for Advance, Alex may also get to meet the prime ministers themselves, and receive thanks from Peter's Chief of Staff Gail who tells them to "let her know if she can help with anything." If Alex attends the Disrupt meeting instead, they meet with Piers Antony Gaviston-Ridley, just as he finishes talking with Jeremy, who says that Disrupt will need their help soon, and asks to act for them when the moment arises.

At some point, the broken devices in the Broadcast Room are replaced. The broken VCR is replaced with a silvery new model, and instead of a phone, a new intercom system is wired into the room.

#### Day 296: The Heatwave

*Main article:* Day 296: The Heatwave
A week after the gala, the National Nightly News broadcasts in the middle of a national heatwave, affecting everyone in the building. Many are drenched in sweat, especially Jeremy who has to take his blazer off, and seems far more tense than usual. Alex also has to manage the broadcast while trying to keep the valve's for the power box from overheating using a finicky fan.

In the first segment, Jeremy introduces the headlines again, before leading into a number of individual reports from across the country. First was Megan, reporting from Shining-On-Sea, who speaks with scientist Anna Burns to find the reasons for the heatwave. She's followed by Robyn Shorte, reporting from Scritchford, who speaks with winners from Advance's recent Team Membership Lottery, and finally by Patrick Bannon, reporting from Grizzleford, who sees how the heatwave is affecting "the smelliest town in the country." While the camera is off him, Jeremy gripes about the inane coverage, the CCO in the camera room, named Andy, and the heat, and even snaps at Jenny. After the segment ends, a tape with the Disrupt logo is placed into the Broadcast Room.

In the second segment, a pained Jeremy begins by interviewing a group of people with bizarre uncontrollable behaviors called "Take Us Seriously", seeking greater recognition from society. The interview turns south when one of the guests, Brian, who can only speak truthfully, makes statements about how people think Jeremy is just "Team fuckpuppet" and how Advance are "pulling his strings." This leads to him being arrested by the CCO and a struggle between the two. In the heat of the moment, Jeremy tries to stop the CCO and then grabs his gun, taking the room hostage.

He demands the guests to leave, while Jenny, Andy, and the rest of the crew stay and lock up the doors and keep rolling. He tells the audience that he's sick of the one-sided or banal news, and wants to bring back the "real" stories, before demanding that Alex loads the tape placed into the Broadcast Room and play it during the break. Boseman chimes in and tells Alex not to play the tape, saying "we don't negotiate with terrorists" (Or "armed lunatics" depending).

If Alex plays the tape for break 2, the audience and crew at Channel One discover that Alan James is the spokesperson for Disrupt. When the feed returns, Jeremy questions Jenny and Andy about the state of the news and what it all even means anymore. As the segment ends, Jeremy realizes the predicament he put himself in, and gives a speech about how no one is willing or able to ask the important questions anymore. He then prepares to shoot himself, while Jenny begs him to stop and tells Alex to cut to the ads. If Alex does, the feed ends and Jeremy is stopped and arrested off-camera. If not, Jeremy wishes the viewers to "Have a peaceful night," one last time, before pulling the trigger, after which the feed cuts.

If Alex doesn't play the tape, an irate Jeremy berates them for not doing so, before interrogating Jenny and Andy about the meaning of CCOs and what news was rejected. During a tirade, he accidentally shoots cameraman Aaron, who needs immediate medical attention and can't leave unless the doors are unlocked. Jeremy accepts, and tries to get out one more piece of news about scientists, but Jenny unlocks the doors before he can get it out, with security officers storming in. In a stand-off with the officers, who demand him to drop the gun, Jeremy hesitates. Jenny pleads with him to drop his gun and tells Alex to cut to the ads. If Alex does, the feed is cut and Jeremy either drops his weapon or is knocked down and able to be arrested. If not, Jeremy, not wanting to face prison, raises his weapon to shoot, only to be gunned down by all the officers.

#### Between Days 296 and 371

In the aftermath of the Heatwave incident, depending on if he was either arrested or died, Jeremy is either brought to Betterment or laid to rest. Aaron, if he was shot, manages to survive, while Megan becomes the sole anchor for the National Nightly News.

During this period, the sanctions escalate into direct warfare between Advance and members of the World Council on the Continent, which would come to be known as the 20 Week War. Channel One changes its content to adjust to this, with shows like *Ration Kitchen* hosted by chef Jordan Rankly and a nightly War Report give by the late news team. Content also continues to be influenced by Advance's guidelines, with the production of the television play *When Katie Went Abroad*, about a woman's "battles to survive the cruel administrations of our neighbours", while *Incisors* goes from an "interrogation" of guests to more of a chat show. posters are also placed in areas like the broadcast room reminding people about rationing.

If Alex met the prime ministers at the Channel One Gala back in August, Gail will speak with them in the broadcast room early November to warn them that "Something is happening. Something big," and to bring any family they have on the Continent back home as soon as possible.

#### Day 371: The 20 Week War

*Main article:* Day 371: The 20 Week War
On November 13, 20 weeks since the sanctions began and just over a year after Advance was brought into power, the National Nightly News continues broadcasting, with the main topics being on the war. Before the broadcast, Boseman installs a new sound effect mixer on the broadcast machine to provide audience sounds on live shows.

Boseman learns that Disrupt is expected to hack the show, and tells Alex to avoid these hacks. During the first segment, after headlines discussing gains by Advance, Megan interviews Peter Clement, speaking from his home in Lanfordshire. If public perception of Advance is high enough, Megan finds a sober prime minister and speaks with him with little fuss, as she asks him questions about his life. If public perception is high, she'll find the prime minister in a drunk and surly state and probes him far more, asking how he intends to finish the war. The prime minister goes into a rant about "fucking plans", and then tells Megan that "you're becoming more like him every day."

In segment 2, Megan interviews Li'l C, an upcoming new popstar. Midway through the interview, Li'l C introduces her new fashion line to the audience, which was made through a network agreement (Although Alex may break it by playing a Disrupt hack instead). At the end, Li'l C performs her new single "These Babies Gonna Bring You Home", referencing the war and containing many nods to Advance and its policies.

After the second break, the third segment begins with Megan interviewing Geoff Algebra once again, now called Geoff De Plume, who says he has remarried and was commissioned by Advance once more, this time to make a "pro-Team sitcom," which will air during the National Nightly News. The sitcom, called *The Noticeboard*, premieres right after the interview, starring Tommy, Phillipa, and Geoff playing several different roles as members of a small community.

In this episode, Postman Ray (Tommy) learns from Mrs. Craven (Phillipa) that "hooligans" have vandalized her shop, which she blames on the local youth. When Brad (Geoff), the "coolest guy in the village," enters, they immediately assume the worst about him, saying he'll vandalize the noticeboard. However, Brad says that he's actually there to post his résumé for tutoring, saying that "Maths is important," and says he has actually helped tutor Mrs. Craven's granddaughter. Ray and Mrs. Craven apologize, and the three prepare to hug it out. Depending on Alex's choice of sound effects, they either keep to the appropriate sound and make the show a success, use the wrong ones and turn it into a failure, or single out Tommy with boos to ruin his life.

Before the episode could fully end, a loud rumbling is heard which shakes the entire studio, before the power to the station, and the entire Capital, goes out. It returns in time for the broadcast to come back on, with a feed to the newsroom returning to give breaking news. Megan tells the audience that nuclear bombs were just detonated in four major foreign cities, with a death toll estimated into the millions. She then cuts to an emergency broadcast from prime minister Julia Salisbury for citizens and leaders. She announces that the bombs were placed by Advance agents, with more in 58 other urban centers. She then states that Advance will detonate them unless the enemy admits unconditional surrender and submits to occupation from Advance to have their territories become part of "the New Future." Alan attempts to hack into the broadcast meanwhile, expressing his shock and dismay at the detonations.

Megan follows the announcement with a speech, where she either takes a triumphant note on the detonations (High Advance support), attempts to comfort the audience by saying that things may just be getting better soon (High Disrupt support), or discussing what Jeremy would have said if he were still broadcasting (Jeremy is dead, regardless of faction support). In all three, she concludes the broadcast by saying "My name's Megan Wolfe. Let's make tomorrow better."

### Episode 3

#### Day 713: An Academic Exodus

*Main article:* Day 713: An Academic Exodus
Channel One is revealed by Boseman to Alex Winston to have finally been taken into Public Ownership.

## Trivia

* Channel One has 851 company training videos.

## References

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2. ↑ https://notforbroadcast.fandom.com/wiki/File:ShadowsScandals%26Scavengers.png