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Channel101: NY

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About Me

Every month, five-minute TV shows are screened for a live audience in New York City. The audience votes to renew some shows and cancel others.

The top five shows become the new "prime time" lineup; losing shows are banished forever.

The next month, prime time shows return with new episodes, pitted against each other and a crop of fresh new pilots.

At Channel 102, your entertainment destiny is in your hands. If you like a show, nurture it with your votes and it will bloom into a series. If you don't like a show, it goes away. Wouldn't it be great if "real" television worked this way?

channel102.netScreenings are the first Monday of every month, at 7 and 8:30pm, at Pianos Bar in Manhattan. See you there.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

We need you.
Watch our shows . Then make one.
How It Works:
Anyone, anywhere mails in a pilot that is five minutes or less, on a miniDV tape.
The creators of the prime time shows watch all submissions.
They pick the best ones to be screened.
At the screening , a live audience watches the new pilots and new episodes of the prime time shows.
The audience votes. Top 5 shows become the new prime time lineup. All new shows not in the top 5 are failed pilots ; all returning shows not in the top 5 are cancelled .
Repeat.
For more inspiration, check out Channel 101 , our ancestor and mentor.
Send questions or comments to: [email protected]

My Blog

Monday, Pianos, New Time, Free

102's next live screening will be Monday Feb 4th at a new venue: Pianos Bar, 158 Ludlow St. There will now be TWO screening times, 7 and 8:30. Admission is FREE, so bring all your cheap pals. Future s...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:31:00 GMT

102 Screening NEXT MONDAY

The next live screening is Monday, March 26th at Tribeca Cinemas. Shows at 8pm and 9:15pm. Five dollars this time, as we need to replenish our coffers.Tribeca Cinemas54 Varick Street (at Laight Street...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:58:00 GMT

NYC | Channel 102 Screening | MONDAY | FREE!

Next screening is Monday, Feb. 26th at Tribeca Cinemas. 8pm and 9:15pm, both free. We'll hand out numbered tickets to both shows starting at 7:30pm in the bar. Stand-by lines, if needed, will be in th...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:17:00 GMT

January Screening Results

Biggest crowd ever at Monday's screening. Thanks to everyone's patience as we dealt with an impromptu second screening. The new Channel 102 prime time:#1 - The Defenders Of Stanepisode 4144 votes - 68...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:01:00 GMT

FREE Screening on MONDAY

Our live screening is this Monday at Tribeca Cinemas. Doors open at 7:30pm, show starts at 8pm. It's 102's first free screening in years. There's a great bar right there for meeting before and afterwa...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:48:00 GMT

November's Screening Selections

The Prime Time Panel has met, and after reviewing 25 submissions - "the best batch I've seen yet" according to one panel member - the following five were selected as the cream of the crop:The Rewinder...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:39:00 GMT

Channel 102 is Next Monday!

As you read this, Channel 102 show creators are losing sleep as they edit their latest shows. They have been pouring their blood, sweat, tears (lots of tears!), time and money into these five minute ...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:39:00 GMT

November Screening News

Two important notes have been handed down to us from 102 HQ, so we wanted to share the info here:1. The November screening will be at Tribeca Cinemas. Anthology is nice, but Tribeca is smaller and has...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:02:00 GMT

Channel 102 Poster - Free to download and print

Our next Channel 102 screening is coming up the first week of November and we're taking submissions from everyone, everywhere of 5-minutes-or-less videos to go head to head for audience votes in New Y...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:32:00 GMT

September Screening Results

Out of 88 total votes:Prime Time: Invisible City 77 SIAS 74 Dr. Miracles 72 Defenders of Stan 67 American Cookbook 66 Failed: CCIF 41 The Winds Of Time 21 Canceled:Bicycle Thief 22
Posted by on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:37:00 GMT