On the Lot is a short-lived reality show competition produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett. The show, which aired on FOX, featured filmmakers competing in weekly elimination competitions, with the ultimate prize of a million dollar development deal at DreamWorks. On the Lot premiered May 22, 2007, and aired Tuesdays.

The contest structure was similar to that of American Idol, with the initial episodes narrowing 50 semi-finalists down to 18 finalists. After the audition stage, the program was comprised of a 1-hour show where movies were screened ("Film Premiere") followed the next day by a half-hour results show ("Box Office"). Viewers could vote each week for their favorite directors, which resulted in the elimination of the directors with the lowest vote totals. Votes could be made online at thelot.com, in addition to landline calls and Verizon text messages, and was permitted for two hours after the show.

Originally scheduled for separate episodes on consecutive nights, the "Film Premiere" episodes eventually aired on Tuesday nights at 8:00PM/7:00PM CT, with voting results as part of the following week's episode, as of May 31, 2007 . The show also aired in Canada (on CTV) , on People+Arts in Latin America, on FOX8 in Australia, on STAR Movies in Asia, and on STAR World in Pakistan, India and Israel. The show also aired on SABC 2 in South Africa from July 19 until early August, when it was abruptly removed from the schedule.

An On the Lot forum moderator announced on August 26, 2007, that the show's website "forums [would] close at the end of August." , and by August 31, the entire official site had been reduced to a congratulations page for the winner and a redirect to Fox's homepage.