I’m half-tempted to recommend this Onion story for a Sidewise Award:

New Alternate-Reality Series Puts 12 Strangers
On Island Where South Won Civil War

LOS ANGELES — CBS executives announced Monday that they have begun filming Antebellum Island, a new “alternate reality” series in which 12 strangers compete for $1 million while isolated on an island still under Confederate rule.

“Set to air in the spring of 2004, Antebellum Island gives us the unique opportunity to play with both social dynamics and recorded history,” CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves said. “The contestants on Antebellum Island will spend 60 days braving the elements, each other, and the unfamiliar customs and practices of a 21st-century Confederate States of America — all for a chance to win a cool million.”

Added Moonves: “That's one million in Union dollars, of course!”

What I’m really looking forward to, though, is The Man In The High Castle In The Outback, if it ever gets the green light.