User blog comment:Doctor Quirkenstein/Reflections on a Wiki/@comment-25052433-20150601003728

In my opinion, the most difficult challenge when defending the Lost Episode genre lies in the fact that the formula is pretty basic, and there is only so much that can be done with it. Regardless of what show people choose to base their pasta around, the basic foot print is almost always identical from story to story.

-Normal show, almost always children's programing.

-Main character comes in contact with show via:

DVD/VHS from garage sale, flea market, Ebay...etc.

Weird Youtube video.

Employee of production company finds the secret vault.

Weird glitch on the television which allows the show to broadcast.

-Quality of show is almost always grainy or has static.

-Voices don't sound quite right.

-Color quality is darker or warped.

-View watches show and begins to go insane, or writes a journal telling of the show and warning others to avoid it.

That pretty much sums up about 95% of the Lost Episode pastas that come our way. I would think that if you really wish to get a story posted here within that genre, you'll have to really find such a unique, new way to approach this style that it stands out enough to avoid the blacklist on its own merit.