The NYTVF Pitch Contest gives television fans the opportunity to pitch an idea for an original TV show for a chance to win $8,000 from IFC and Rainbow Media.

From the pool of submissions the NYTVF received, 50 were selected as semifinalists. From Monday, August 21st through Friday, August 25th, these 50 pitches will be available for viewing on MSN Video. Ten pitches will be introduced each day, and viewers are invited to watch the day's pitches and vote for their favorite. The top two vote-getters each day will be named finalists and will be invited to pitch their idea at a live Final Pitch event at the IFC Center in New York during the 2006 New York Television Festival. At this event, the finalists will pitch the ideas live to a panel of development executives, and one lucky winner will receive the grand prize of $8,000 from IFC and Rainbow Media.

To watch a pitch, click on the screenshot below. To vote, click on your choice in the voting box to the right, and press "Vote".

Daniel - American Sumo (135)

Todd - Don't Tell My Wife I'm a Cult Leader (204)

Any1Man Crew - Creatures of Comfort (380)

Will - Wax N Wayne (419)

Marty - Monsterface TeeVee (426)

Adam & Michael - Cream (476)

Josiah - Red Fish in the Lake of Innocence (552)

Billy - Turn Up the Heat: Cooking With America's Firefighters (7)

Dominic - Dore's Block (43)

Angry Bob - Cookin' with Angry Bob (60)