TV Winners and Finalists

2025

WINNERS 

HOUR PILOT

Selected from 592 hour pilot submissions

Gun Moll by Aaron Dehn

HALF-HOUR PILOT

Selected from 332 half-hour pilot submissions

The Reiving Lands by Christopher Maudsley

FINALISTS 

HOUR PILOT

3 out of 592 hour pilot submissions

For to Fade by Niky Pasolini

Gun Moll by Aaron Dehn

Mr. Cowboy by Nehemiah Segure

HALF-HOUR PILOT

3 out of 332 half-hour pilot submissions

Movin Company by Devin Githara-Pipkin

The Reiving Lands by Christopher Maudsley

Tread the Boards by Gregory Abbey

SEMIFINALISTS 

HOUR PILOT

39 out of 592 hour pilot submissions

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 PILOT

19 out of 332 half-hour pilot submissions

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

QUARTERFINALISTS 

HOUR PILOT

120 out of 592 hour pilot submissions

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 PILOT

58 out of 332 half-hour pilot submissions

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

2024

WINNERS

HOUR PILOT

The Tong by Eva Hwang

HALF-HOUR PILOT

The Temp by Devi Snively

FINALISTS

HOUR PILOTS

3 out of 607 hour pilot submissions

The Royal Aquarium by Kaytie Nielsen

The Tong by Eva Hwang

Xanadu by Riley Madincea

 

HALF-HOUR PILOTS

3 out of 396 half-hour pilot submissions

Saladin Quick by Yusuf Gad

The Mouse by Kelsey Harper

The Temp by Devi Snively

SEMIFINALISTS

HOUR PILOTS

19 out of 607 hour pilot submissions

Anchor by Hunter Cantrell & Caleb Bollenbacher

Aris by V.P. Evans

Beware Miracles by Alan Canode & Justin Rossbacher

Bluebird by Max McGillivray

Brother Baba: Late Registration by N. Fituri Scown

Cra by Jay Adams

8-Man by Jack Larkin

Marco in the Morning by Tomás Mercado

Matchbox by Josh Billig

Montecito by David DeGusta

Nobody’s Horses by Courtney Graham

O’Ryan’s Alley by Robert J. Bowman

Sins Of Our Fathers by Juan Ramirez, Jr.

The Cage by Dan Jolley & Shawn deLoache

The Royal Aquarium by Kaytie Nielsen

The Teachers in Room 215 by Maggie Mulloy

The Tong by Eva Hwang

Wounded Healer by Lindsey McCann

Xanadu by Riley Madincea

 

HALF-HOUR PILOTS

11 out of 396 half-hour pilot submissions

Don’t Leave Me This Way by Elise D’Haene

Heavens Prep by Chase Badgett

Manpurse by Eva Hwang

Saladin Quick by Yusuf Gad

Sober Living by Kasi Brown & Brandon Walter

Soul Shadows by Sam Tracton

The Big Time by Erick Torres

The Mouse by Kelsey Harper

The Temp by Devi Snively

Upward Miami by Claudia Cifuentes-Filippa

Woke by Greg Kaufmann

QUARTERFINALISTS

HOUR PILOTS

53 out of 607 hour pilot submissions

Abel’s Baby by Hallie Stephenson

Alliance by Suzanne Griffin

America Jonze by Zareh Artinian

Anchor by Hunter Cantrell & Caleb Bollenbacher

Aris by V.P. Evans

Badinage By Night by Dani Gomez

Beware Miracles by Alan Canode & Justin Rossbacher

Blue Orleans by Liam Callander & Jeff Kennedy

Bluebird by Max McGillivray

Brother Baba: Late Registration by N. Fituri Scown

Care Source by Matthew Nicholson

Companions by Alexis K Zaccaria

Cra by Jay Adams

Crusader by Lonnie Martin

Dead Serious by Isobel Houseman

8-Man by Jack Larkin

EL Titan by George Perez

Esperanza by Jamee Decio

Father, Son, Warlord by Marc Ryning

Faye by Teresa Sullivan

Fires Underground by Anna Theresa Cascio & Gordon Rayfield

Hardened by M.B. Stevens

Jericho Road by John Paul Cooney & Robyn Reiter

Judges & Kings by David Newton

Marco in the Morning by Tomás Mercado

Matchbox by Josh Billig

MedicoLegal by David DeGusta

Melvin by Jeremiah Nemeth

Montecito by David DeGusta

94 Block by Azrael Torres

No Man but the Devil by Alexander Thephavong

Nobody’s Horses by Courtney Graham

O’Ryan’s Alley by Robert J. Bowman

Polybius by D.T. Yang

Red State by Brian Leitten

Sins Of Our Fathers by Juan Ramirez, Jr.

Summer Springs by Chaz Harris

The Cage by Dan Jolley & Shawn deLoache

The Driskill by Andrew Varhol

The Dry Cleaner by John Hibey

The Facade by Imani Parker

The Fountain by Link York

The Lost Gods of Memphis by Jon-Carlos Evans

The Morning Star Collection by Jonathan Murphy

The Move by David Loitz & Malosi Scanlan

The Privateers by Whitney Hamilton

The Royal Aquarium by Kaytie Nielsen

The Teachers in Room 215 by Maggie Mulloy

The Tong by Eva Hwang

The Worm Hole by Sarah Chaisson-Warner

Wounded Healer by Lindsey McCann

Xanadu by Riley Madincea

You Were a Knight by Justin Horowitz

 

HALF-HOUR PILOTS

34 out of 396 half-hour pilot submissions

A Sitcom by Brandon Silberstein

Alpine Vet by Tyson Breuer

Autumn in Highland Park by Dwayne Colbert

Baby Steps by Julia Delmedico

Battlefield Butterflies by Paramita Roy

By the Book by Noelle P. Wilson

Bye Bye by Olivia Wezdenko

Conquex by Brandon Silberstein

Dakota Wild by Dillan Ostrom

Diarégnum! by George Acavalos

Don’t Leave Me This Way by Elise D’Haene

Drive The Net by Robert P. Matheson

Frankenberg by Alene Latimer

Heavens Prep by Chase Badgett

Juno Quest by Duncan Groves

Just Another Life by Sid Pandey

Manpurse by Eva Hwang

My Lady Garden by Sally Llewellyn

Nexus by Ivan Gartner

Raw Balloons by Phillip Minter

Saladin Quick by Yusuf Gad

Sober Living by Kasi Brown & Brandon Walter

Soul Shadows by Sam Tracton

The Big Time by Erick Torres

The Folklore Files by Warren Lane

The Mess by Mashael Alqahtani

The Mouse by Kelsey Harper

The Prince by Josh Freeman

The Temp by Devi Snively

Upward Miami by Claudia Cifuentes-Filippa

Waffle House by Jeffrey Charles Morgan

Woke by Greg Kaufmann

Zaug, Slayer of Joy by Matt Moen

Zombie Football by Jarrett Fisher-Forester