Tossed Off is a new comedy series which parodies reality TV shows like "Survivor" or "Big Brother". Or Dateline NBC. Each episode is 1/2 hour long, and shot in traditional reality TV show style.

"Pariah Island" was a working title for the series, used in preproduction before the final title was set. It remains the name of the actual island on which Tossed Off is set. See the definition of "pariah" here.

Sort of. Tossed Off is being produced just like a regular network television program -- shot in hi-def to meet the latest network TV production standards -- but will be released on the internet only; at least, at first. It will look and feel just like a network TV show, but hopefully without the bad writing, lousy plots, unfunny jokes and obession with divorced lead characters. Oh, and less boob jobs. Even the producer's hookers are natural.

The Red Band Film Co., LLC is producing Tossed Off, under a separate entity, Tossed Off Project LLC. For more on The Red Band Film Co., visit www.RedBandFilmCo.com.

The show has just begun filming. Episodes are expected to launch in 2008.

We are not accepting any individuals for crew positions. For the latest casting information, visit the casting call page right here on the official site.

You may be able to win a speaking part in the show's pilot, "Arrival". Click here for details.

Florida. Not Los Angeles. Florida.

Tossed Off will be distributed online, through a huge variety of methods. This includes free downloads right here on the official site, streaming video, iTunes purchases, peer-to-peer file shares, torrents... you name it. Free versions will all be high quality web definition video - H.264 Quicktime and Flash video. Hi-Def versions will be available for a small fee for subscribers, and iTunes will charge a small fee for each episode purchased through them. Plans for either free or for-fee episodes on mobile phone carriers, such as Amp'd Mobile or Verizon Wireless are in the works. Once the season is complete, the entire season will be available for DVD purchase, with tons of extra content.

Tossed Off looks exactly like a reality TV show, but is fully scripted. Think "The Office" on NBC or "Reno 911" on Comedy Central.

Or "Meet the Press".

The first thing we did was hire a warroom full of attorneys to help ready us for that possibility. We are also being advised on how best to emphasize that Tossed Off is a parody - protected under current international copyright laws - and not intended to be confused with the real "Survivor" show.In addition, the actual Tossed Off is only slightly concerned with the game show aspects; other satirized elements of other TV shows are included, as well as completely new elements.

In short, there is no way any sane person will confuse Tossed Off with Survivor. That doesn't mean a network executive won't, though.

The online episodes will have material equivalent to normal network TV prime time comedies - TV14 or TVPG. In movie terms, this would be PG or PG-13. Swearing will be "bleeped" and nudity will be pixelated. Violence will be off-screen, and the jokes will be mumbled so you can't hear them. In fact, the entire episode may just be a white screen for a half hour, with John Tesh music playing. Happy? The DVD's may have additional material that is R (or TVMA) rated.

The behavior of the producers is expected to be NC17, especially when the liquor cabinet is open.

The main charactes are Mike Tanley (the host), Topo (his manservant) and the contestants of Team Flatus and Team Typhus.

That's what we'd like to know.

A highly alcoholic liquor that tastes like anise. Here's what Wikipedia says.

Someone wins. For Season Two, the entire show is recast, except for Mike Tanley and Topo, assuming either of them survive.

18 Americans have to spend a month or so on "Pariah Island", a deserted island of unknown location. During that time, Mike Tanley sets up team competitions and individual physical contests to whittle down (sometimes literally) the ranks, until only one player is left. Competitions include "The Barbed Wire Swallow Competition" and "The Testicle Toss". Sometimes players are voted off by other players, sometimes they get thrown out of the game by Mike, and sometimes they get killed. The rules are uncertain, however, since Mike is clearly out of his mind and never seems to interpret the game the same way twice.

The last player standing wins $1,000,000, or so it's assumed... because Mike nor anyone else every really promised that.

Click here for an island map.

Yes. Yes, there really is an island on this planet that not only has a Buddhist Brothel next to a Voodoo graveyard, but also a nuclear waste dump, a castration factory and thousands of active land mines.

And by the way, it smells like New Jersey in summer.

While the show is produced in Florida, the actual location of Pariah Island itself is a secret. Sorry.

For all the boring details of distribution plans, see The Red Band Film Company's page on its "Hybrid Distribution Model." Booooring. Whoever wrote that is a dullard.

Using an equally inane buzzword, Red Band intends on funding the entire thing using "Hypersponsoring." To you and me, that sounds ridiculous. But to ad execs, funny words like that are pretty much the best thing you can hope for in a work day. That, and maybe the chick down the hall will bend over just as you walk by.

Part of the hypersponsoring blather is a really neat concept - hypervideo. As you watch any episode of Tossed Off, virtually everything in the frame will be clickable: people, items on the beach, that hot guy's ass... you name it. They are sort of like Easter Eggs on a DVD, but we call them "coconuts" because any time you see a coconut in a shot, click it -- it's something cool. When you click, this will pause the player and open a link to some external bit of fun - this could be an interview with the actor, a behind-the-scenes tidbit, an actual episode script in PDF format, an audio clip, a podcast, an outtake, a cast audition tape... anything. We anticipate that each 30 minute episode will have at least an additional 60 minutes of additional content available through "coconuts".

Of course you won't HAVE to click on stuff to enjoy the show... but just knowing it's there makes you want to click, don't it? Oh yeah, it does.

Send your wads of cash to investors@pariahisland.com.

Not sayin'.