The New York TV Fest has only three Family series amongst its official selections for the Independent Pilot Competition as opposed to 5 dramas, 5 animated series and a whopping 28 comedies. There are even 9 nonscripted pilots in the festival. The Family pilots, including Ruby Skye P.I. will screen Tuesday Sept 20 at 6:15 and again on Saturday Sept 24 at 3:00. Get your free tickets here and join us. It’s going to be fun!

The Adventures of Chipman and Biscuit Boy from the pens of Darren Moroney and David Smith is an animated series about ptotato-chip brothers Chipman and Chipler. The pilot screens Tuesday Sept 20 at 6:15 and Saturday Sept. 24 at 3:00 p.m. on the same bill as Ruby Skye P.I. Come out and see them both!

Crib Notes is a modern Schoolhouse Rock for books, turning classic novels into musical comedies. It’s written, directed and produced by Joe Narciso.

Fifteen-year-old Ruby Skye sees mysteries wherever she looks and she’s determined to solve all of them. Smart, stubborn and determined, Ruby makes a lot of unfortunate choices in her pursuit of truth, justice and, well… personal curiousity. Ruby Skye P.I. is a live-action comedy mystery and the product of many many people’s work, but I’m the one who gets to go to New York!

The New York Television Festival is devoting all of Friday September 23 to Digital Day. There will be five panels, a live pitch session, two screenings, an IAWTV mixer and a party with WGA’s Digital Council.

I’m excited about the IAWTV panel which is subtitled “A Producer’s Guide to Funding Projects”. The panel features three people I really want to hear speak: Paul Kontonis, of Digitas who I met at an IAWTV party in Austin during SXSW, Yancay Strickler, one of the founders of Kickstarter and Rob Barnett, founder of My Damn Channel.

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. 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) in Theatre 1. 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, episodic premieres and more.

But wait. Are you in Philedelphia? You can attend a screening of Ruby Skye P.I. as part of First Glance Philadelphia on Sunday October 16 at 3:15 pm. Get your tickets now!

The pilots in Comedy 3 are all comedy takes on dramatic formats: a cop show, a doctor show and family drama. Catch them on Thursday Sept 22 at 9:00 pm and Saturday Sept 24 at 4:30 P.M.

OB/GY Anne is a comedy about a romantically challenged gynaecologist from writers Joseph Saroufim and Debbie Singer (who also stars).

Two Jasperjohns is about the ridiculous trials and quasi-tribulations of nine gay brothers from writer Vinny Lopez.

MID: Murder Investigation Unit created by Dirk Voetberg is a comedy about an elite police squad.

Comedy 2 offers up three pilots on Tuesday Sep 20 at 8:45 pm and again on Thursday Sept 22 at 7:30. These ones may have sketch or anthology feel to them, certainly two and perhaps Paid Programming — with its infomercials — does as well.

Bear Force One from award-winning writer Andy Mogren parodies a different movie every episode and is filmed entirely on green screen.

Paid Programming, created by John Mokate, is about the owners of a struggling video production company who dream of making the best infomercials around.

The Chris and Paul Show is sketch comedy – they describe it as Abbott & Costello on LSD which is pretty intriguing. Here’s the trailer:

Read more about the New York TV Festival: Comedy 1, Drama 1, the premiere of Prime Suspect and the keynote by the amazing Damon Lindelof. And don’t forget to reserve tickets to see Ruby Skye P.I. on Saturday Sept 24 at 3 p.m.!

An American remake of the gritty and taut Brit TV thriller Prime Suspect? Colour me skeptical. The series premieres on Global and ABC on Sept 22 but I get to see it a day early. The new series — written by Alexandra Cunningham (Desperate Housewives, NYPD Blue), directed by Peter Berg (NBC’s Friday Night Lights) and starring Maria Bello (A History of Violence) in the role made famous by Helen Mirren — is being screened as part of the New York Television Festival’s PrimeTime progra. The screening is Wed Sept 21 at 7 p.m.at the SVA Theater (333 West 23rd)Tickets are free!

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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) in Theatre 1. Forty-eight independently produced pilots will be screened over the course of the week. You can watch all the trailers on YouTube.

I’m headed to the New York Television Festival in a couple of weeks because Ruby Skye P.I. is an official selection in the Independent Pilot Competition.

Yesterday, I showed you the teasers of the pilots that will be screened as part of Drama 1. There are way more comedies on tap than dramas though; nine screening blocks made up of a whopping 28 shows!

Comedy 1 seems to be the sexy block! Check out Milf Money and Half-Share on Thursday Sept 22 at 7:45 pm and again Friday Sept 23 at 6:15pm at the New York TV Festival.

In Milf Money — written by Rene Ashton — three struggling single moms and the pastor’s wife embrace a new profession: prostitution.

Spend the summer on Fire Island in a Half-Share with Mac who is fresh out of a 14 year relationship and not quite ready for his five eccentric roommates. From writers Sean Hanley and Jesse Archer.

There’s a lot of other cool stuff going on the NYTV Fest including a keynote by Damon Lindelof and two screenings of Ruby Skye P.I: Tuesday Sept. 19 at 6:30 when the festival opens. And again, Saturday Sept 24 at 3 p.m. when we’ll be there giving out buttons and posters. Tickets are free! Please come out and see the shows.

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!