Acclaim Announces TV Contest Winners
Acclaim TV has announced their TV Contest winners for Fall/Winter 2008:
PILOT/MOW CATEGORY
WINNER
SHIFTING GEARS by Sarah Newman (pilot; drama)
A young female race car driver receives a second chance behind the wheel, but she'll have to learn to balance the world of racing and her small-town family life.
FINALISTS
THE CONFESSION by Jim Macak (MOW; drama)
A female attorney teams up with a young cop on a disability leave with AIDS to clear a mentally handicapped man of a murder charge.
CARDIAC CARE by A.J. Devlin (pilot; comedy)
After suffering a heart attack, a high strung basketball coach joins a monthly crew in a cardiac care program.
TRIBES by Michael D. Zungolo (pilot; drama)
Instability and paranoia invade two communities when a farmland is occupied by a cult.
TWO HARBORS by Jim Macak (pilot; drama)
A deputy, still reeling from a bitter divorce, seeks a haven for her two boys in an isolated community on Catalina Island.
SIDES by Jennifer Bogush (pilot; comedy-drama)
Seven aspiring actors try to realize their dreams in New York.
SPEC SCRIPT CATEGORY
WINNER
CALIFORNICATION by Simeon Goulden
"Past Imperfect/Future Conditional"
Hank returns to the Big Apple to meet with a publisher and is offered a huge advance for his next work--provided he stay in New York.
FINALISTS
DEXTER by Charlie Robinson
"Hunters and Gatherers"
30 ROCK by Devanshi Patel
"No Soap Radio"
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS by Michael Adams
"Baby Bumps"
BOSTON LEGAL by Kathy Lange
"Golden Shower?"
IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA by Danny Palumbo
"The Gang Goes Too Far"
Updated: 02/22/2009
Additional Contest Info:
ScriptLinks
Post Your Script Here!THE GEPETTO PROTOCOL
To stay "real" in the real world after their last creator dies, an action figure, fashion doll, superhero, anime girl, and crash dummy—now real flesh and blood—must find new believers in ten days or be forgotten forever, and get help from two kids and their dad at a cosplay convention.
GALERIJ
As an art authenticator collects twelve 17th century Dutch Brohm family portraits, she learns the dangers of reuniting the portraits—the Galerij—when an art expert warns her the collection will revive the Brohm family and unleash them into present day society, where they'll resume control over and castrate European trade.
DEAD STATES
A group of resilient small town teens struggle to carve out a new future after a series of TEOTWAWKI events crush the U.
Rod Knock
A newly single man encounters many comical mishaps in his work and social life, but he must prove himself worthy to his deriding buddies and his Latino lady friend.
THE WETTEST SPRING
In the late 1980's, Kurt Maxwell battles puberty and locker room myths, a family in the midst of dissolving, and on top of everything else, he must conquer Date Math at middle school.
THE LIGHT MAN
A woman at a music festival passes off two children to the light toy vendor.
PRETTY
Who can you trust when everyone loves you to death? When a trophy wife is manipulated by spouse and friends, she better find a way look out for herself or lose everything -- including her life.
Time Travel: Many Happy Returns
Two simple-minded brothers work part time at a science lab and find machinery in an unauthorized area that unknowingly transports them to Spain years before their time.
CLEAN LIVING
When her actor boyfriend delays marriage claiming money woes, Isabel tries to turn her inherited Smalltown cleaning service into a quick buck.
Med Frenzy - A Conspiracy
A single woman encounters an international unknown skin ailment and cannot get medical help, but in her desperate search for relief discovers the cause and a conspiracy between powerful government and industry entities—but who can she trust to investigate her claim? 9 locations
