I have a vision of a future where programmers compete in televised events like athletes. This future is similar to present day South Korea and their televised startcraft competitions. I want to watch a show that alternates between showing source code and then programmers writing it. I imagine these athletes (programmers) would be sponsored by companies like starbucks and logitech.
A sign of a programmer athlete is a mighty clicker muscle. The clicker muscle is the one that flexes whenever you click your mouse.
Do you have any ideas for other geeky challenges that could be televised?