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| Got a great idea for a TV show? Pitch it! | Got a great idea for a TV show? Pitch it! |
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| Deadline: September 12 at 3pm ET | 8pm BST | Deadline: September 12 at 3pm ET | 8pm BST |
| It’s fall television time, and after a summer of reruns, the biggest US network TV shows are back with new episodes. But premiere season is also a time for new shows to try and make a name for themselves, and get picked up for a second season. Dozens of pilots will make an appearance this year – and in honor of TV rookie season, we want to know what else you'd add to the lineup. | It’s fall television time, and after a summer of reruns, the biggest US network TV shows are back with new episodes. But premiere season is also a time for new shows to try and make a name for themselves, and get picked up for a second season. Dozens of pilots will make an appearance this year – and in honor of TV rookie season, we want to know what else you'd add to the lineup. |
| Send us your ideas for what should be on primetime. We’ll put your TV pitches in front of an expert audience for review and publish the best on the Guardian. | Send us your ideas for what should be on primetime. We’ll put your TV pitches in front of an expert audience for review and publish the best on the Guardian. |
| Do you have a notepad somewhere full of brilliant ideas just waiting to be heard? Have you always wondered if you could have made it in the writers room? Are you trying to right now? Do you hate-watch primetime TV and think you could do it better? | Do you have a notepad somewhere full of brilliant ideas just waiting to be heard? Have you always wondered if you could have made it in the writers room? Are you trying to right now? Do you hate-watch primetime TV and think you could do it better? |
| Send us your pitches – and be sure to use your best prose, because “the expert audience” we mentioned earlier is actually a panel of writers and producers behind some of the most successful television shows of the decade: | Send us your pitches – and be sure to use your best prose, because “the expert audience” we mentioned earlier is actually a panel of writers and producers behind some of the most successful television shows of the decade: |
| Amy Sherman-Palladino is best known as the creator of Gilmore Girls and Bunheads. | Amy Sherman-Palladino is best known as the creator of Gilmore Girls and Bunheads. |
| Larry Andries worked as a producer and writer on Supernatural, Alias and Six Feet Under. | Larry Andries worked as a producer and writer on Supernatural, Alias and Six Feet Under. |
| Dee Johnson is currently an executive producer and writer for Nashville, and has also worked on The Good Wife, ER and Melrose Place. | Dee Johnson is currently an executive producer and writer for Nashville, and has also worked on The Good Wife, ER and Melrose Place. |
| Stuart Heritage writes about television, film and music for the Guardian. | Stuart Heritage writes about television, film and music for the Guardian. |
| Melissa Myers is a TV agent for WME in Los Angeles. | Melissa Myers is a TV agent for WME in Los Angeles. |
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