Here are the 2025 TV QUARTERFINALISTS! 

Our semifinalists will be announced on July 1st.

 

HOUR PILOTS

120 hour quarterfinalists out of a total of 592 entries. 

A Dirty Habit by Jessica Hof

A Land Fairer Than Day by John Allis

A Village by Nicholas Bouck

Affectionate by George Tonelli

Amelia Goes Home by Nanci Gaglio

Ankharis by Lambert Bouley

Apple Falls by Kristin Burniston

ARC by J M Kellerman

Aris by V.P. Evans

Assisted Dying by Susan E Sneeringer

Autopilot by Bill Birney

Back Roots by Delaina M. Waldron

Baptiste by Chauncey Chester

Beware Miracles by Alan Canode & Justin Rossbacher

Black Oak by Hannah Fasick

Blackfire by Renji Philip

Blood Reign by Conrad Rivers

Boardwalk Bossanova by Augustine Troppe

Born in the Wayeb by Lee E. Cart

Bread and Circuses by Larry H. Pollack

Cafe Unamerican by Goldie Jones

Chairman by Daniel Hurst

Children of the Night by Michael J. Bowler

Coffin Club by Ariana Keswani McGinn

Comfort Falls by Scott Kirkpatrick

Cycle Four by Leah Sarbib

Devil Good by Goldie Jones

Downwinders by Mark Donnell

Drip by Yusuf Gad

END_LOOP by Eric Dies

Esteban by Mark Gallini

Exodus Divided by Jermaine J. Williams

Fair Youth by Lawrence Wells

Fires Underground by Anna Theresa Cascio & Gordon Rayfield

Fixation by Alexander Jeffery & Paul Petersen

Fool by Scott Sandler

For to Fade by Niky Pasolini

Forget. Me. Not. by Alice Coleman

From Dust by Phoebe Roberts & Bernie Gabin

Game Over…? by Thabo Mhlatshwa

Gap Year by Peter Andrews

Gross Prophet by K. Robinson

Gun Moll by Aaron Dehn

Half-Life by Ian C Anderson

Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? by Leora Randall-Tavori

Hiding in Plain Sight by Joshua Young

Hock by Tessa Hoffe

Hush Money by Brittani Ward

In-Justice by Clive Morris

Jane Phillips by Melanie Villines

Jimmy Gatz by Wally Marzano-Lesnevich

M-PATH by Phil Borg & Julian Dezotti

M.O.T.H.E.R. Of The Gods by Daniel E. Eldridge

Meme Girls by Matthew Manson

Mohawk for Idiot by Omid Niliaram

Montecito by David DeGusta

Mount Ascension by Warren Bouchier

Moving Lydia by Susan  Holgate

Mr. Cowboy by Nehemiah Segure

Nowhere Man by Tim Williams

Of Myths and Men by Rene Marcelle

Oklahoma by Victor Bauer

One Out To Midnight by Dale Moore & Becky Baker

Our Business is Death by Mark Zakeri

Oxis by Zoe Reid

Past Tense, Future Perfect by David DeGusta

Paternity Leave by Michael Kreie

Perps by Nick Fanego

Phoenixia by Dima Iyudin

Piper by Melanie Villines

Pizza Palace by Ralph Michael Anglade

Precursor by Steve Brown

Preying On Unicorns by McKinley ‘Mac’ Bundick, Jr

Quash by John F. McCarney

Ranger Stone by John McKinney

Red Blood by Moshe Leibovich

Red Hawk Stories by Michael Gonzalez

Renaissance Town by Albert M. Chan

Revolution by Charlotte Keneipp

Riptides by Leah Sarbib

Royal Magic by Janey Feingold

Samurita by Natali Ortiz

(Shallow Runners) by Julia Driscoll

Smudge by Guy Pridy

Snake OIl by Sarah Marsh

Snake Oil by David Salisbury

Spectrum by Tom Scurlock

Stealing Charlie Chaplin by Josh Madden

Storm on the Sea by Lenny Pappano

Taxidermied Youth by Brenna Kwon

The Atlanta Way by Tony Lucadamo

The Blackwoods of Buffalo Ridge by Noel Bastien

The Devil’s Angel by John Conn

The Disruptor by Donna Douglas Walchle & Jeff Rose

The Faith Experience by Alexandra Stimmel

The Fountain by Link York

The Halo Effect by Link York

The Last Asshole by Warner James Wood

The Last Dating Show by Kurtis Theorin

The Lost Years by Joshua Swenson

The Magnolia Project by Amy Dellagiarino

The MinuteMen by Jay Sharron

The Other L Word by Sofia Sujad

The Out-Of-Timers by Michael Natoli

The Privateer by Arthur S. Chancellor

The Ravines by Jacob Small

The Setback by Aslan Kemal Gulman

The Six by P.J. Hennigan

The Sound of Ruins by Kris Bart

The Yellow King by DT Yang

Thermidome by Eric Lotter

This Girl’s Secret by Greg Rempel

UnBlinded by George Tonelli

Veiled in Vegas by Ruben Gutierrez Jr

Vidua by Rob Rock

Walnut by Chase Pierce

Wheels Up by Molly Skubak

Where The Dogs Are by William O’Donovan

Why Are You Weeping, Sister by Anne Arrandale

Written By Henrietta Bloom by Robin Shushan

HALF-HOUR PILOTS

58 half-hour quarterfinalists out of a total of 332 entries. 

A-Run Courier by Malcolm Nicholas

Abandonment Issues & Other Problems by Sophie Wentzel Lewis

Airport Bar by Liam Matthew Fallows

Aquadora by Lee Harris & Euphemia Clavering

Arcana unLtd by Pam Moser

Armor of God by Sasha Tolmachyov

Auxiliary Police by DT Yang

Bad Habits by Michael Cumes

Bad Seeds by Gemma Juan & Josh Pomorski

Bastards of Young by Alberto Nissim

But What If? by Liliia Stasiuk

Campus Police by Brad Crowe & Cat Youell

Campus Police by Chase Pierce

Empty Nesting by Ramon Velez

Fast Break by A.J. Castro

Fish Crimes: Aquatic Victims Unit by Molly Vogel

Frederick & The King by Alex Hirz

Garden Variety Aliens by Cat Girczyc

Grounded by Sarah Bishop

Hard Sell by Aaron Seale & Bobby Ross

I’m Not Thinking About You by Tara M. Gilmore

LA-tinas by Steve Miranda

Love and Other Stuff in the Time of COVID by Paula Murrain

Might and Magic by Branden Scruggs

Most Wanted by Brad Crowe & Cat Youell 

Movin Company by Devin Githara-Pipkin

My Favorite Narcissist by Diane Thomassin & Michael Miceli

My Friend Bryan by Jordan Dumbroff

My Lady Garden by Sally Llewellyn

NICU by Ralph Michael Anglade

Open by Jess Burgess

Public Servitude by Amr Kotb

Retail by Jay Oh

Rumble City by Steven Trolinger

Sarah Can Help by Simon Frank & Emma Katz

So Help Me by Amanda Beardsley & Steve Jacques

Sober Living by Kasi Brown & Brandon Walter

Spectrum by Tom Scurlock

Surrogate Mom by Maria Soscia

The Arrangement by Mark Boutros

The Big Time by Erick Torres

The Closers by Kevin Vincenti

The Final Sunset by Bryan Matthews

The Glen by Jonathan Hollin

The Hollow by Dave Moutray

The Ice Plant by Colin McGreen

The Last Medici by Wyatt Marks

The Lesser Kingdom by Marina Zivkovic

The Littlest Warrior by Brad Farrar

The Pro by Cassie Matheson

The Reiving Lands by Christopher Maudsley

Thornwood by Nicolo Roni

Toast by Elizabeth Fox

Tracy And The Little Things by Chloe Tuck

Tread the Boards by Gregory Abbey

What the Hell is Wrong with Lily Meyers? by Wyatt Marks

White Male Privilege by Jeff Blevins

Wong Way Out by Cynthia C. Ching