Here are the 2025 TV SEMIFINALISTS! 

Our finalists will be announced on July 8th!

HOUR PILOTS

39 hour semifinalists out of a total of 592 entries. 

A Land Fairer Than Day by John Allis

Affectionate by George Tonelli

Amelia Goes Home by Nanci Gaglio

Apple Falls by Kristin Burniston

Back Roots by Delaina M. Waldron

Born in the Wayeb by Lee E. Cart

Cafe Unamerican by Goldie Jones

Coffin Club by Ariana Keswani McGinn

Comfort Falls by Scott Kirkpatrick

END_LOOP by Eric Dies

Exodus Divided by Jermaine J. Williams

Fixation by Alexander Jeffery & Paul Petersen

For to Fade by Niky Pasolini

From Dust by Phoebe Roberts & Bernie Gabin

Gun Moll by Aaron Dehn

Hiding in Plain Sight by Joshua Young

Hush Money by Brittani Ward

Mohawk for Idiot by Omid Niliaram

Mr. Cowboy by Nehemiah Segure

Preying On Unicorns by McKinley ‘Mac’ Bundick, Jr

Renaissance Town by Albert M. Chan

Samurita by Natali Ortiz

(Shallow Runners) by Julia Driscoll

Snake OIl by Sarah Marsh

Snake Oil by David Salisbury

Stealing Charlie Chaplin by Josh Madden

The Blackwoods of Buffalo Ridge by Noel Bastien

The Faith Experience by Alexandra Stimmel

The Last Asshole by Warner James Wood

The Lost Years by Joshua Swenson

The Magnolia Project by Amy Dellagiarino

The Ravines by Jacob Small

The Six by P.J. Hennigan

The Yellow King by DT Yang

Thermidome by Eric Lotter

Veiled in Vegas by Ruben Gutierrez Jr

Walnut by Chase Pierce

Where The Dogs Are by William O’Donovan

Written By Henrietta Bloom by Robin Shushan

 

HALF-HOUR PILOTS

19 half-hour semifinalists out of a total of 332 entries. 

Abandonment Issues & Other Problems by Sophie Wentzel Lewis

Airport Bar by Liam Matthew Fallows

Auxiliary Police by DT Yang

Bad Seeds by Gemma Juan & Josh Pomorski

Bastards of Young by Alberto Nissim

Grounded by Sarah Bishop

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

LA-tinas by Steve Miranda

Most Wanted by Brad Crowe & Cat Youell 

Movin Company by Devin Githara-Pipkin

My Favorite Narcissist by Diane Thomassin & Michael Miceli

Open by Jess Burgess

So Help Me by Amanda Beardsley & Steve Jacques

The Arrangement by Mark Boutros

The Big Time by Erick Torres

The Reiving Lands by Christopher Maudsley

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