One of the unique parts of the New York Television Festival is the Independent Pilot Competition which is really why I’m going down for it. Let’s meet some of the official selections!

There are two screening blocks of drama at the festival with five pilots in all. Drama 1 screens Wed Sept 21 at 9:15 pm and again Friday Sept 23 at 7:30 pm. The shows are Finding and Powerless.

Finding Hope created by Diane Namm is about a teenage girl running away from an abusive home.

Powerless is from writers Thom Woodley and Johnny North who have collaborated on a bunch of web series: The All-For-Nots, The Burg and All’s Faire.

If you’re going to be in New York for the New York TV Festival please come to one or both of the Ruby Skye P.I. screenings: Tuesday Sept. 19 at 6:30 and Saturday Sept 24 at 3 p.m. We’ll be there on Saturday giving out buttons and posters.Tickets are free! Please come out and see the shows.

The New York TV Festival’s Independent Pilot Competition screenings will be held at Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick Street, Tribeca). Forty-eight independently produced pilots will be screened over the course of the week. You can watch all the trailers on YouTube.

The New York TV Festival is going to include other cool events: Damon Lindelhof’s keynote and more.

But wait. Are you in Philedelphia? You can attend a screening of Ruby Skye P.I. as part of First Glance Philadelphia in October 13-15. Deets very soon!