The Writers Guild of America “Find a Writer” search is fun. IMDb has a ton of ads these days and the WGA site is, in contrast, calm and text-based. See TV and movie writing credits for writers such as Naren Shankar, Gretchen J. Berg, Glen A. Larson, Susannah Grant (the writer of Erin Brockovich), Jane Espenson, Callie Khouri (the writer of Thelma and Louise, who also evidently worked on a pilot with Steven Bochco), and Joss Whedon’s father and grandfather. Or check out the season-by-season writing staff of shows such as Psych or Saturday Night Live. And if you search for “pilot” and choose the “other” tab you see a long list of intriguing TV pilots that did not make it to series.