The Networks: On the Air
The Networks: On the Air Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
On the Air Expansion Cards
IMPORTANT: These cards are not included in the base game but available separately.
Star Cards
Cross-Promoting Star: If you put a Promo on this show, you may place it without rotation for free. This is an ongoing effect for as long as this Star is on the Show.
Gray Fox: The first time you put this Star on a Show, it goes on the show rotated. If it is still on its gray side when you cancel the Show it is on, it returns to your Green Room instead of being discarded. The second time you put it on a Show, it goes on the show without rotation.
Industry Veteran: When Developing a Show, if you place this Star on its rotated side, you do not have to pay the show's Development cost.
Product Placement Master: When you Sign this Star, immediately draw 1 Ad from the top of the Ad deck. Do not get the Landing Bonus for the Ad you drew.
Rerun Guy: When the Show Rerun Guy is on is canceled, Rerun Guy goes to your Rerun area, counting as a Rerun Show of 5 Viewers. Discard Rerun Guy to the bottom of the Star deck after scoring it.
Seductive Foreign Star: Rotate if you have no Network Cards after playing all Network Cards for your Develop Show action.
Versatile Actor: If you spend $3m during any Develop Show action while this Star is on one of your Shows, the Show this Star is on is considered to be of any one Genre of your choice. You may only use this power once per Develop action.
Network Cards
Lawsuit: Any players with less than the amount they must give you give whatever they have with no further penalty. Players with no money give nothing.
Network Shakeup: You may move any number of Stars or Ads across Shows in your Lineup. You may do this with multiple Stars and Ads across multiple Shows. You must honor the destination Shows' Prerequisites, unless you played All-Star Cast on a Show, in which case that Show may still hold 1-2 extra Stars. You may not change the rotation of a Star or an Ad with this card.
Reboot: Choose any single Season from any Show in your Archives and score that number of Viewers. Of course, you will not score Stars or Promos. If choosing a value in the Show's first Season, use the higher number.
Sound Editor: This card may seem silly at first. But it is the most accurate depiction of life as a sound editor that you'll find anywhere.
Show Cards
Angry as Heck: You may only double this Show's value and discard its Stars if you are scoring during Seasons 4 or 5. You may not do this during endgame scoring. You must discard these Stars, even if they would normally go somewhere else (Gray Fox and Rerun Guy, for example).
Car Chases Without Context: All Stars and Ads must go with any Show you move between timeslots. Do not rotate any Stars or Ads you move using this card, even if they now meet their condition.
Eternal Zest: Only score the bonus for 5 Shows of the same Genre when Developing this Show; you do not get the bonus for 3 Shows of the same Genre as well.
National Rain Delay League: If you have 2 Ads, and at least one of them is a Promo, you still score the Promo's Viewers as normal, as well as its income as both money and Viewers.
Plaster Piece Theater: You may draw the third Star the moment you get two Stars on this Show. Do not pay for the third Star. You may have to rotate the third Star to its bad side, if you do not meet its condition. If you use an Attach action to discard the third Star, you may not immediately draw a new replacement; you must replace from your Green Room.
Truly Annoying Show: If this Show has 2 Stars with no upkeep, they score a total of 7 Viewers instead of their printed value. Stars rotated to their bad side count as Stars with no upkeep.
Editorial notes: The printed IMPORTANT note ends with a sentence thanking Kickstarter backers; that acknowledgment is omitted as credits. The page's top half (Split Season, Star Sponsor, Sweeps Week, Syndication) is base-game text and is not included here. No setup or ruleset changes for On the Air were available in the source.