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Just in case watching the USS John F. Kennedy demolish the White House in trailers for "2012" wasn't enough, director Roland Emmerich says he wants to continue bringing you the story about the aftermath of his film ... on a weekly basis.

Emmerich told Entertainment Weekly that he is pitching a television version of his story to networks, saying there is "plenty to do in a TV show." Such a production would focus on life in 2013 and include the likes of Howard Gordon, an executive producer for Emmerich's film who has also worked on shows such as "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice."

"It is about the resettling of Earth. That is very, very fascinating," Emmerich said, adding that "2012" writer and producer Harold Kloser also would be aboard.

"We said to Mark, 'Why don't you do a TV show that picks up where the movie leaves off and call it '2013'?" Emmerich said.

Unfortunately, by the time such a show could get off the ground (like the fall of 2010), it wouldn't be very far off from the time period that the events of 2012 would happen in reality. Once the end of the world doesn't come, "2013" would have to continue as an alternate reality-style show, similar to "Jericho" on CBS and "Kings" on NBC, two programs that did not do very well in the long-run in terms of audience participation.

It looks like ABC is already at the front of the line for such a show, and could be an interesting grouping with some of its existing freshman fare like "FlashForward" -- which creates catastrophe when the world blacks out for more than two minutes to see their future -- and "V," which premiered to strong ratings Tuesday night.

If "2013" were to make it into series form, it wouldn't be Emmerich's first time being involved with television. He did produce "The Visitor" in 1997 and "Godzilla: The Series" in 1998. Neither really resonated well with television audiences.

For the full story from EW.com, click here.