Episode 183: Humans of the Americas Written by Jim Brandon & Brian Singleton

Dead Pilots Society · Oct 23, 2025 · 1h 1m

Episode 183: Humans of the Americas Written by Jim Brandon & Brian Singleton

This month’s dead pilot is Humans of the Americas by Jim Brandon and Brian Singleton, whose credits include Animal Control (FOX), Mixed-ish (ABC), Black Monday (Showtime), and Arrested Development (Netflix).

Here’s the logline: A single camera comedy set in a small town neighborhood, that is actually a human exhibit. At a zoo. Run by robots.

It’s high concept, but not self-limiting—funny, heartfelt, and full of inventive world-building and great character work.

Humans of the Americas was read second at the last live…