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Today's LAT looks at the New York Television Festival, a showcase of independent TV projects currently being circled by a predictably hit-hungry swarm of Hollywood vultures. But despite the obvious comparison to the entertainment industry's annual orgy at Robert Redford's resort, NBC's Kevin Reilly says that the fest's not exactly Sundance:

Still, industry leaders warn that it's unlikely the New York event will bestow creators of indie TV with the kind of instant buzz that Sundance has given winning filmmakers.

"It's not entirely analogous, because those movies were ready-made products you could go and acquire," said Kevin Reilly, president of NBC Entertainment. "With this, at best, there's probably something that's going to be a presentation for something that becomes a pilot for something that could eventually become a series."

"That being said," continued Reilly, the stress of heading a fourth-place network seemingly carved into his furrowed brow, "we're going to buy every half-baked idea we can get our hands on. I'm hearing really great things about a show two thirteen year-olds from Providence shot with their webcam about a school crossing guard with irritable bowel syndrome. I think it's going to provide excellent protection for Joey next season. Matt LeBlanc can't carry this network all by himself."