Next Stop: New York City TV Festival, Jan. 28 – 30
by Tessa Balc / Times of San Diego / Jan. 19, 2026
Ocean Beach got its own show this fall, and now it’s starting to garner some serious attention on the independent film circuit.
In October, Daniel Dyer premiered the first episode of “End of the 8,” named for the Ocean Beach location where Interstate 8 hits the Pacific Ocean. But OB isn’t just the show’s setting; the bohemian beach town also functions like a character in the show.
Dyer’s premier event sold out local bar The Harp. Clips disseminated on social media have led total strangers to yell “end of the f—–g 8” at Dyer when they see him around the neighborhood.
Now the show will travel across the country, premiering at the New York City TV Festival, taking place Jan. 28 – 30.
Beyond that, Dyer said they have been selected for the next round of judging for the Cannes Film Festival, nominated as quarter-finalists in the Los Angeles Film Awards and semi-finalists in the Indie Shorts Awards.
Once the show came to life, Dyer and co-producer John Cristini started to look for production companies to help finance the endeavor going forward in order to pay the people involved.
Dyer said that doesn’t just mean everyone working on the show gets some money — it also benefits the production schedule. People getting paid find time to schedule the work, that way the next episode isn’t a“thing that takes another year to make.”
He’s now aiming to finish up an eight-episode season.
Dyer is a commercial videographer. That means he spends most of his time writing or creating videos, but he said his work didn’t typically allow him to inject his own creativity into it. Looking for an outlet, he asked Cristini about filming skits.
For their initial shoots, Dyer said they were trying to find out if they could make something they might watch themselves. Liking how the videos came out, they decided the skits would make more sense in context, like an entire scene in a sitcom.
From there, his group of OB friends crafted a show about the lives of aspiring musicians — and about their neighborhood.
