How It Works
- Anyone, anywhere submits a pilot that is five minutes or less.
- The creators of the prime time shows watch all submissions.
- They pick the best ones to be screened.
- At the screening, a live audience watches the new pilots and new episodes of the prime time shows.
- The audience votes. Top 5 shows become the new prime time lineup.
- Repeat.
What is Channel 101?
Every month, five-minute TV shows are screened for a live audience in New York City. The audience votes to renew some shows and cancel others.
The top five shows become the new "prime time" lineup; losing shows are banished as "failed pilots" and "canceled shows."
The next month, prime time shows return with new episodes, pitted against each other and a crop of fresh new pilots.
At Channel 101, your entertainment destiny is in your hands. If you like a show, nurture it with your votes and it will bloom into a series. If you don't like a show, it goes away. Wouldn't it be great if "real" television worked this way?
We need you.
Watch our shows. Then make one.
Submit a pilot episode of a TV show five minutes (or less) in length. You could be the future face of Channel 101: NY! Visit the submission guidelines page for details.
Channel101 was originally created by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab in LA. For information about the LA show, check out la.channel 101.
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