Over the years, Channel 101 has grown into an elaborate community of talented people who work together on pilots, developing fruitful and interesting collaborations. To contrast, Mike McCafferty has thrown all notions of camaraderie and teamwork out the window for the one-man-band production, Quest. On the surface, the show is a journey for raisins, but at it's core it is an experiment in form: demonstrating that you don't need an ensemble of actors and elaborate locations to tell a good story. You don't even need a crew. You just need a McCafferty and a Camcorder.
Roots of Justice was the first show in 101 history to achieve prime time status through the disqualification of another pilot that otherwise would have been #5. The second episode provided its fans with more of what they wanted, but, as with the first episode, there weren't enough fans to keep this tree cop from being chopped down.
If you have a picture of an unmasked warrior, you can control them, so George Warrior sets out to find the man who has a picture of him and regain control of his own actions.
Morgan Locke and Rod Hassler team up with Channel 101 badass Derek Mears to create a slick, intense, action-packed show about a man looking for vengeance.
Hollywood Stuntman Derek Lightning was in search of the perfect Hollywood stunt when he lost his memory. Tracked by investigative reporter Tab Wilson and wanted for a series of crimes that he didn't commit, he now searches the greater Los Angeles area for his own identity.
Ryan Nagata, while overcome with separation anxiety for the elegant magician Shuzuki Thornburg (Your Magic Touched Me), wowed August 2006 audiences with an energetic and crisp spin-off focusing on Sex Crime Investigation. Gaining momentum in 2007, the spin-off eclipsed the original and began to reinvent itself with every episode. From the Japanese Mafia, to ghosts, to clones, to outer space, Your Magic Touched Me: Nights kept the energy fresh and exciting enough to last nine months of competitive screenings.
The show follows Michael as he surprises people at their homes, finds out what they have in their fridge, and then cooks a delicious meal. The secret ingredient is homicide.
Before anyone can forget their names, Yonda and Sloan of Wisconsin jump back into prime time with Fun Rangers. It isn't as high concept as "McCourt's" or "Chad Vader," but it's a testament to their ability to create great characters that carry a show to success.
"Intriguing, engaging, mystifying," those are words that describe Stripey. "Hilarious," that's another one. In an era of action-packed pilots and dynamic at-home effects, only Falconer & Tam could make a show about a bunch of guys sitting on a couch so entertaining. But with its second episode, Stripey walked out of all of our lives forever.
Blood Oath marked the arrival of some cool new young dudes that we hope stick around and make more shit. If their show suffered from anything, it was an intimidating and unrelenting sharpness. Like about half of all prime time shows, Blood Oath was exaguinated one month after it got voted back.
Dick Richards made history when it became the first "Chauncey" (a pilot unsanctioned by the selection panel) to go Prime Time. The Audience was charmed by its sophisticated look, and kept coming back for the story until finally, in June of 2005, Dick Richards' case was forever closed.