I’m not the type of guy to plan my night around a certain television program or invest in something like Tivo to make sure I never miss a show. But I do watch a lot of TV in general.

I watch sports, music, comedy and, as of late, war coverage. When I make it to class on occasion, I usually doze off and daydream about what I’ve been watching on TV before I left for class.

The last three weeks my TV censors have been on overload with the amount of exciting sports on TV coinciding with the non-stop war coverage. Needless to say, my daydreams have been of a sports/war combination.

In my column last week, I briefly touched on some similarities between sports and war. My initial reaction when I have these thoughts is it just isn’t right because sports are fun and war is dead serious.

Then I stepped into the shoes of an executive at the Fox network and ignored my conscience altogether exploring the sports/ war similarities even further.

What I came up with is that both sports and war involve strategy, uniforms, head-to-head action and physical exertion among other things.

But the key similarity between the two that I was finally able to put my finger on is the human interest. There are reporters on the front lines … but why? So the media can get us, the viewers, as close to the action as possible to get the best understanding for what is happening.

This is the case with sideline reporters at football games as well, same objectives and everything, just a little less tense.

You are probably asking why anyone would make these comparisons in the first place. Well, I’m stuck in my Fox executive shoes and the wheels keep turning.

All this thinking got me to a point where I saw the future, and that future includes Fox turning the human interest in war into sleazy television and ultimately a money-maker.

If they can make a joke out of marriage and true love on Fox, why not war?

The idea I fear is one of Fox finding two smaller, perhaps Third World countries, and getting them to go to war with each other while documenting every second of it. They would turn it over to Fox Sports and create a 12-episode show to be aired just after the last installment of “Joe Millionaire.”

There will be war analysts, much like a football analyst, who will probably be a retired general and he will give insight on what each country needs to do to prevail.

There will, of course, be the reporter on the front lines, most likely an attractive woman, like most football broadcasts you see. And Fox will probably put out some related merchandise and come up with a catchy title like “Real War.”

War clips (I just can’t use the word highlights) will replace hockey highlights on ESPN and some of the stars of the war will become worldwide celebrities. Sports fans will dig the competition, drama fans will dig the dramatic elements and protesters will get to do plenty of protesting.

This is what I see happening down the road as the world continues to blend the lines between sports, entertainment and real life.

You probably wanted me to write about something less dark on this beautiful Friday. So I will add that my pick for the Final Four is Kansas. I gotta root for those Iowa boys — whether they’re at war or playing sports.