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Eva Hwang – 2024 Pilot Winner (Hour)

The Tong

Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman in 1850s America, joins an underground organization of Chinese femmes who empower immigrants by teaching English.

Devi Snively – 2024 Pilot Winner (Half-Hour)

The Temp

In the (not necessarily) distant future, a struggling artist escapes her troubles by working as a temp for a human replacement agency, but when she loses her job and her own replacement steals her life, she must fight to get it back.

Yusuf Gad – 2024 Pilot Finalist (Half-Hour)

Saladin Quick

After dropping out of college, a Muslim stoner with a detective’s sixth sense and his transgressive Jewish best friend juggle dead-end jobs while trying to solve a string of workplace murders without getting fired or losing their high.

Kelsey Harper – 2024 Pilot Finalist (Half-Hour)

The Mouse

When Leah finds a mouse in her room, she befriends it, but when she discovers the mouse belongs to her neighbor and casual(ish) hook-up, Gus, she uncovers his expansive illegal animal smuggling ring. Leah, her chatty roommates, and the mouse are forced to go on the run from Gus and his accomplices. Girls meets Date Night (2010)

Riley Madincea – 2024 Pilot Finalist (Hour)

Xanudu

Los Angeles, The Great Depression - Two amateur detectives are called to the palatial estate of the richest man alive (now dead) only to find themselves entwined in his mysterious death and the future of his great utopia: Xanadu. Fargo meets Citizen Kane.

Kaytie Nielsen – 2024 Pilot Finalist (Hour)

The Royal Aquarium

In Victorian London’s decadent underbelly, at a vast entertainment complex of ill repute, an ensemble cast of women from all walks of life chart deviant paths to make money on their own terms.