How does television work?

1. Hire JJ Abrams
2. (Fill in the blank)
3. (Fill in the blank)
4. Profit

For example, 2 could be a bowl of soup, and 3 could be a sleepy little town on the banks of the Colorado. Or 2 could be a triceratops sitting in on a UN hearing on global warming, and 3 could be an army of escaped convicts from the future. You could really put anything in here. 2 a pizza, 3 a hastily imbibed Corona Light. Socks. A toaster. You get the idea.

Can’t wait for the Abrams helmed spinoff Lost in Space.