Author: Victoria Grimme

Coal Bridge is a high school sports drama about a young, Black financier who leaves behind a lucrative career in Manhattan for the chance to rebuild a high school wrestling program in an economically depressed, southwestern Virginia coal mining town. Drawing on his past experience as a college wrestler and gifted with an innate ability to see value where others don’t, he will put together a team of raw talent that will challenge the established, competitive programs in the region, while upending the social order in this insular, Appalachian community already struggling with losses brought on by poverty, mental health, and the opioid crisis. Coal Bridge will explore the themes of race, class, and personal sacrifice.

Written by Jon Pineda & Khris Baxter.

Pilot and pitch available upon request.

Augusta Locke is a limited series about a restless but resourceful young woman who must forge her own path after finding herself unexpectedly pregnant and on her own in the precarious patriarchal society of early twentieth century Wyoming. With just her wits to support her, she must survive trial after trial, including an assault by her stepfather, a lengthy separation from the man she loves, the birth and subsequent kidnapping of her daughter, and the designs of men who want to subdue or destroy her — all while trying to find work and a place to call home. Based on the novel of the same name by William Haywood Henderson, Augusta Locke will explore themes of sexism and self-determination.

Big House Designs is a half-hour comedy-drama about a troubled but shrewd political wife slash reformed beauty queen who partners with an incarcerated fashion designer to create and launch the most celebrated and inclusive new brand in the fashion industry. Armed with an Ivy League education, a flair for business, and powerful connections, and bolstered by her new partner’s singular vision and talent, she aims to prove that, at least in this case, the clothes really do make the woman. Working against her are the obstruction of her husband — the newly elected Governor of Texas — and his powerful father; a “law and order” criminal justice bureaucracy that prizes the status quo; and the temperament of her intriguing new partner. Big House Designs will explore race, class, gender, and identity at the crossroads of haute couture and the American federal prison system.

Created By Amy R. Martin & Khris Baxter.

Pilot and pitch available upon request.

Out of more than 10 million lawsuits filed in the United States each year, the Supreme Court decides fewer than 100. Hobson’s Choice is about the men and women who are hell-bent on getting their cases to the High Court—and the one woman who knows how to make it happen.

Laura Hobson stands alone—the top woman Supreme Court advocate in the country. In truth, she’s one of the only women in the job—an exclusive club that otherwise looks like the Iowa caucuses: old, male, and white. Underappreciated at the white-shoe DC law firm where she has toiled away, Laura finally wakes up, walks out, and vows to start her own firm.  

But Laura soon realizes she a problem, several actually: no office, no employees, no clients, and no idea how to build a law firm. As our story unfolds, she cobbles together a team of brilliant and deeply flawed lawyers and a series of headline-grabbing cases—cases destined for the High Court and that take on the status quo on guns, the death penalty, sexual harassment, cryptocurrency, and more. And if she makes history in the meantime? Well, that’s just the job. 

Created by Khris Baxter & Paul Thompson.

Pilot and pitch available upon request.