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Couch Potatoes

When a dysfunctional suburban family discovers their sentient couch is Earth’s key to intergalactic diplomacy, they’re thrust from homebodies to humanity’s unlikely first-contact ambassadors.

Berthana Russell, a sarcastic sci-fi writer glued to the family’s sentient couch, narrates the chaos of her eccentric household: George, an inventor father whose gadgets routinely explode, and Savannah, a quantum physicist-turned-housewife struggling to keep them grounded. When their suburban “weirdness” threatens forced relocation, the family stages a disastrous dinner party—only for aliens to crash the event, revealing that Henry the couch carries quantum properties vital to galactic peace. Suddenly, the Russells, their nosy neighbors, and a frazzled government agent are swept into cosmic politics, with Henry at the center as an interdimensional comfort diplomat. Couch Potatoes is a satirical, heartwarming comedy about family, absurd invention, and finding belonging in the strangest of universes.

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Format:
TV Pilot
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Starring Roles For:
Beanie Feldstein (Booksmart)
Nick Offerman (Parks & Rec, Devs)
Toni Collette
In the Vein Of:
3rd Rock from the Sun
Solar Opposites (Hulu
Posted:
09/19/2025
Updated:
09/19/2025
Author Bio:
DANA WALL - Psychology/MBA/CPA/MFA powerhouse who managed Hollywood chaos before becoming full-time writer in 2022. Daughter of psychiatrist father and PhD English teacher/lawyer mother—basically raised in a think tank where Freud met Shakespeare met legal briefs. Turns industry insider knowledge into sharp fiction, poetry, and short screenplays, full length screenplays, TV pilots that audit souls and expose power's true cost.

Contest Results:
Filmmatic Comedy (Quarterfinalist) [2024]
Vail Film Festival (Quarterfinalist) [2024]
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