Note serial slots for story grouping (Paul's idea)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/living-network-proposal.md

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 The intelligence layer should notice these from matching titles, then propose them as possible stories with the evidence, for approval. It must never pair them on its own.
 
+**Serial slots (Paul, 4 November 2026):** today a story is booked whole and back to back, or not started when it doesn't fit.
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+The intelligence layer should also know a show's regular slots. Suppose Doctor Who has two slots on Paradox and part 1 airs in the first one. Part 2 could then go in the second slot, or in the show's next slot, like a serial. That suits stories too long for one block, and channels that run a show at a fixed time.
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+The setting would be chosen per channel or per show, by Paul. The guarantees stay the same:
+- parts in order;
+- no gaps of more than a day or so;
+- never a later part without the earlier one.
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 **Later:** within each channel's rules, approved kinds of suggestion may be booked without asking each time. Every booking still carries its explanation.
 
 ## What stays as it is