Name My TV Series: Catchy Title Ideas for Your Pilot
Concept
A short guide that helps creators generate memorable, marketable titles for a TV pilot by focusing on tone, genre, audience, and hook.
What it includes
- Title criteria: clarity, memorability, emotional tone, uniqueness, searchability.
- Quick checklist: 6 questions to evaluate title fit (genre match, protagonist focus, stakes, brevity, keyword presence, trademark/similarity check).
- 5 starter formulas: e.g., The [Role] of [Place], [Single Word] & [Single Word], [Name]’s [Secret], [Verb] the [Object], [Number] [People/Days/Rules].
- 20 sample titles across drama, comedy, thriller, sci‑fi, and family genres (ready to use or adapt).
- Branding notes: subtitle vs. single-word title, logo considerations, domain/social handle checks.
- Pitch line templates: one-sentence loglines matching title choices.
How to use it (quick steps)
- Pick genre and main hook.
- Use a formula to draft 8–12 candidates.
- Run the checklist and eliminate until 3 remain.
- Quick audience test: ask 5 people for first impressions.
- Final legal/name availability sweep.
Deliverable
A one-page PDF with the checklist, formulas, 20 sample titles, and 6 pitch-line templates — ready for sharing with collaborators.
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