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A selection of
Awards
Television
Runner Up
Written By
Tray Epps
Logline
After a stint in rehab, a washed-up former child star scrambles to claw his way back into the limelight — juggling hustles from conventions to OnlyFans — while trying to reconnect with the daughter and family he’s long neglected.
Format
Television
Genre
Comedy
Comps
Master of None’s exploration of identity and reinvention
Meets
The Comeback’s biting look at faded fame
With an element of
Fleabag’s tragicomic intimacy
the Story
Once upon a time, Wyatt Lloyd Levitt was going to be the next big thing. A child star with charm to spare, he had the looks, the timing, the smile. But fame doesn’t grow with you — it eats you alive. Now, after a stint in rehab, Wyatt is back in the UK, clinging to the shreds of his past celebrity, chasing a spotlight that’s grown colder and smaller. Infomercials, reality show conventions, even OnlyFans — Wyatt will try anything to claw back the relevance he believes he deserves. His father-turned-manager-turned-leech is still hanging around, his estranged daughter is suddenly back in the picture, and his manager Harley has drawn a hard line: six months to prove he’s worth it. But the reunion of The Spellmans — the sitcom that once made him famous — threatens to bring everything crashing down. Old wounds, new hustles, and the question at the heart of it all: if fame was the best thing that ever happened to you, who are you when it’s gone?
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The "Story Behind the Story"
Yes, it’s true: I was a failed child actor. I grew up imagining the mall discovery, the Hollywood story, the E! True Hollywood profile. But I was never discovered. And yet the fantasy — the hunger for recognition — never fully leaves you. With Runner Up, I wanted to explore what happens when the dream almost came true. When you’ve tasted just enough success to believe it was meant for you, and then it slips away. Wyatt is funny, tragic, maddening, and deeply human. His story isn’t just about chasing fame — it’s about chasing love, family, and the validation he never got as a kid.
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Key Themes
At its heart, it’s about the hunger to be seen — the validation that fame once gave and the emptiness left behind when it fades. It explores generational damage as a daughter inherits the fallout of her parents’ ambition, the toxic pull of nostalgia, and the blurred line between recovery and relapse. Beneath the humor and absurdity is a deeply human story about ego, love, and the impossible desire to rewrite the past.
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Project Status
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A selection of
The World
The story lives in the messy, unglamorous side of UK celebrity culture — convention halls, cheap cafés, and reality TV gigs where nostalgia is currency and failure is permanent. It’s a world where the spotlight is small, the stakes feel enormous, and every attempt at reinvention teeters between comedy and tragedy.
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