Development Services

The reel that
gets it greenlit.

Bad Manners has partnered with top production companies to create, package, and pitch original series and features to major networks, streamers, and studios.

Sizzle & Development Reels

The three minutes that sell the series. We shoot, cut, and score sizzle reels that make buyers lean forward — casting real characters, finding the format, and nailing the tone.

Pitch Packages & Decks

Show bibles, look books, and pitch decks built to travel — from first internal pitch to the room at the network. Every deck below started as a blank page at Bad Manners.

Creative Consulting

Script notes, story surgery, and packaging strategy for features and series — including an original scripted series currently being packaged with acclaimed British showrunner Dominic Minghella.

The Development Slate

Pitched. Packaged. Partnered.

Created and developed by Bad Manners in partnership with the companies below.

Project Wreckless show deck
Docu-Series · with Radical Media

Project Wreckless

At-risk youth learn to flip cars while flipping their own lives. Executive produced by F1 star Daniel Ricciardo.

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Beneath the Bleachers show deck
Sports True Crime · with A. Smith & Co.

Beneath the Bleachers

An irreverent sports true-crime series — SportsCenter meets Unsolved Mysteries meets Drunk History. Executive produced by ESPN Senior Writer Dan Wetzel and actor/director James Roday Rodriguez.

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Rebel Renos — The Mourgides Brothers
Renovation Series · with RIVR Media

Rebel Renos

An unscripted renovation series about 4 rowdy, tattooed, big-hearted brothers trying to rebuild Rochester while surviving each other. American Chopper meets Property Brothers.

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Moon Rock Hunters show deck
Investigative Series · with Main Event

Moon Rock Hunters

A NASA Special Agent tracks down missing and stolen moon rocks worth millions. Indiana Jones meets Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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Past Lives show deck
Original Series

Past Lives

What if your child's memories weren't their own? A chilling original format exploring the alarming number of young children suddenly remembering vivid memories of previous lives they couldn't possibly know existed.

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Upstate show deck
Original Series

Upstate

A darkly comedic, blue-collar crime series about a family deli in a working-class town, where everybody scams each other, blames each other, and nearly kills each other... but they never give up on each other. A Rust Belt Ozarks with the offbeat community of The Bear. Currently in development with showrunner Dominic Minghella.

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We develop with partners at every level — from indie producers to global production companies. Bring us the idea; we'll build the pitch.

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Development Partners
Anonymous Content Atlas Entertainment Radical Media A. Smith & Co. Cedar Park Sobini Films Authentic Entertainment Karga7 Main Event MY Entertainment RIVR Media