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787:'s character, police officer Pamela Moran. The fourth-season episode "Murder in Charleston" was intended to serve as a backdoor pilot for the proposed spin-off. The episode sees Moran teaming up with an Atlanta-based detective on a murder that is related to a case she has been working on for the past three years. At the end of the episode, the detective encourages Moran to take a detective's exam, and to look for her if she is in Atlanta. In September 2010, however, Lifetime declined to pick up the project to series. 43: 594:. As backdoor pilots have either failed to sell or are awaiting audience reception from its one-time broadcast, networks will not advertise them as pilots, only promoting them as a "special" or "movie". It is thus often unclear to initial viewers of backdoor pilots that they are seeing a pilot of any kind, unless they have been privy to knowledgeable media coverage of the piece. 1403:, released in early 1979, with the series launching in the fall. In both cases there are substantial differences between theatrical and televised version: both BSG and Buck Rogers' theatrical pilots had recurring characters (Baltar and Tiger Man, respectively) killed off, the BSG pilot was extended for television, and the televised version of the 1294:, for example, would likely have considered "The Twisted Rope" its pilot because "The Man from Galveston" was only publicly exhibited in cinemas four months later. Even then, "The Man from Galveston" had an almost entirely different cast, and its main character was renamed to avoid confusion with the then-ongoing series. 417:
had both a premise pilot, "The Inheritance", designed specifically to air as the series' first episode, showing how Lassie's series owner, Jeff Miller, came to acquire her; and a proof of concept pilot, "The Well", showcased situations typical to the series, which aired well on into the first season
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in May, where they are added to network schedules for the following season (either for a fall or "mid-season" winter debut), and at the upfront presentation, the shows are shown to potential advertisers and the networks sell the majority of the advertising for their new pilots. The survival odds for
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airing 26-episode first seasons with the intention of following them up with a full 104-episode order if successful; both series failed to reach the threshold Allen sought, though they remained in limited production (three to four new episodes a year, mixed in with the first season) for a few years
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executives, who chose the final group of a few actors to audition for NBC executives; as they decide whether to purchase a pilot, network executives generally have ultimate authority over casting. Since the networks work on the same shared schedule, directors, actors and others must choose the best
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second produced episode, which opened with the same scene of the characters just stranded on the island (showing only those not re-cast), first; the story from the pilot from that point onward was largely reworked into a flashback episode which aired later (with several key scenes re-shot). Even
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Once they have been produced, the pilots are presented to studio and network executives, and in some cases to test audiences; at this point, each pilot receives various degrees of feedback and is gauged on its potential to advance from one pilot to a full-fledged series. Using this feedback, and
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Sometimes, too, viewers will assign the word "pilot" to a work that represented the first appearances of characters and situations later employed by a series – even if the work was not initially intended as a pilot for the series. A good example of this is "Love and the Television Set" (later
290:, for instance, showed the castaways when they had just become stranded on the island. However, three roles were recast before going to series, with the characters either modified or completely altered to the point where the pilot could no longer be used as a regular episode. As a result, 586:. They have variously been used as a place to show work still being actively considered for pickup, and as a venue for completed work already rejected by the network. With the decline of anthology series, backdoor pilots have increasingly been seen as episodes of existing series, one-off 1630:β€” broadcast during the summers of 1987, 1988, and 1989 β€” as original programming that addressed this issue, it was the last anthology series of unsold pilots. Unsold pilots aired as one-offs occasionally during the 1990s, but then the practice of broadcasting them ended almost entirely. 1415:
By the mid-1950s, the practice of television executives of ordering dozens of pilots for proposed television series each year β€” far more than their networks could possibly broadcast as series β€” had created a sizable body of unsold pilots that had never aired. By 1954, the American
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pilot usually takes place chronologically further into a series run than a premise pilot, to give network executives a better feel for how a typical episode would appear (since a premise pilot may have to deviate from a typical episode in order to properly introduce characters).
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This turned out to be an auspicious decision, because of various challenges which bogged down series production during the first season. The second pilot was also shown during that first season, as the third episode. The only major character to appear in both pilots was
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had committed to the first season before seeing any filmed content – yet it is routinely referred to as a pilot. The straight-to-series model is usually used when established talent is attached to a series, or it is based on an established property or franchise.
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A put pilot is a pilot that the network has agreed to broadcast either as a special or series; if it does not, it will have to pay substantial monetary penalties to the studio. This usually guarantees that the pilot will be picked up by the network.
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to recoup some of its costs even if the network chooses to not order the show. Sometimes, a made-for-TV-movie is filmed as a pilot, but because of actors not being available, the series intro is reshot for the first aired episode. The original
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or other distributor. A pilot is created to be a testing ground to gauge whether a series will be successful. It is, therefore, a test episode for the intended television series, an early step in the series development, much like
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In a 10/90 production model, a network broadcasts ten episodes of a new television program without ordering a pilot first. If the episodes achieve a predetermined ratings level, the network orders 90 more to bring the total to
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aired two episodes, named "Jude Emery" and "Mason Dixon's Girls", which served as a backdoor pilot complete with the Dukes cast interacting with the new characters. Ultimately, CBS passed on the two series in favor of a
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as Antonia "Toni" Blake, a wealthy widow and friend of Charlie Townsend's who ran a detective agency she inherited from her late husband. The agency was staffed by three handsome male detectives: Cotton Harper
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for each of the six main roles. She summoned 75 actors for each role to audition, and she then chose some to audition again for the show's creators. Of this group, the creators chose some to audition again for
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and airing them during the summer, providing television networks with a way of both providing fresh programming during the summer rerun season and recouping at least some of the expense of producing them.
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being extensively reworked before its debut; while the concept and the "living next to the Golden Girls" setting was retained, the series ended up featuring different characters from those in the original
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A premise pilot introduces the characters and their world to the viewer; it is structured so that it can be run as the first episode of the series if substantial changes are not made between the pilot and
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factoring in the current status and future potential of their existing series, each network chooses about four to eight pilots for series status. The new series are then presented at the networks' annual
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Television networks use pilots to determine whether an entertaining concept can be successfully realized and whether the expense of additional episodes is justified. A pilot is best thought of as a
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for a full series, but may be broadcast on its own even if the full series is not picked up. The term may also be used for an episode of an existing television show that serves to introduce a
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Some television series are commissioned "straight-to-series" where a network orders a season without viewing any produced episodes, hence no episode is considered a pilot. For instance, "
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each for new shows from writers and producers. That fall, each network requests scripts for about 70 pitches and, the following January, orders about 20 pilot episodes. Actors come to
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pilot to work for with the hopes that the network will choose it. If it is not chosen, they have wasted their time and money and may have missed out on better career opportunities.
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outlets had led to an increase of original programming during the summer months and ABC, CBS, and NBC began to experience a decline in summer viewership; the launch of
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A number of summer anthology series consisting entirely or partly of unsold pilots were broadcast in the United States between 1956 and 1989. These series were:
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In other cases, an episode of the parent show may focus on one or more guest characters who have not previously appeared in the show. For example, the
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is generally regarded as a backdoor pilot for a series featuring the character Philippa Georgiou. The final two episodes of the CBS sitcom
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pilot utilized a different opening credits sequence and featured a newly added epilogue scene intended to lead into the weekly series.
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On a few occasions, pilots have been released as a theatrical films prior to the debuts of their respective series. Examples include
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notably gave a 13-episode pilot order to two series it never picked up, but would go on to longer runs on other networks:
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TV series had two pilots, neither of which became the premiere episode when the series was picked up. The first, titled
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for the remainder of the series; the pilot is still considered part of the series and released to DVD as such. Likewise,
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as a fourth major network in 1987 only exacerbated the problem for the former "Big Three" networks. Although CBS viewed
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estimates that only a little over a quarter of all pilots made for American television proceed to the series stage.
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theme song, which was originally done as a calypso number, was rewritten and recomposed to be completely different.
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estimates that only a little over a quarter of all pilots made for American television proceed to the series stage.
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An unsold pilot or "busted pilot" is a produced episode that is never broadcast or made into a television series.
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premiered on the evening of July 3, 1956, at exactly the same time as another anthology series of unsold pilots,
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that featured a version of the Cunningham family. It was in fact a failed pilot for the proposed 1972 series
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is credited as being one of the first series commissioned without a pilot. The model has seen a rise since
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A number of unsold pilots have been reworked into theatrically-released feature films, including
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used both a proof of concept and a premise pilot. Proofs of concept were particularly common for
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these new series are low, as typically only one or two of them survive for more than one season.
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titled "Bloodlines", served as a back-door pilot, revealed in January 2014 to have been titled
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fame) as Chris Cagney, but when she could not get out of her contract, they reshot it with
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for them. By spring, actors are cast and production crews assembled to produce the pilots.
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were particularly associated with using test runs for talk shows, with examples including
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itself did not have a separate pilot of its own. In a similar situation, the 1962 pilot
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productions set in the 20th century. The third season two-part episode "Terra Firma" of
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were featured as some of Eastland's new students. NBC did not pick up the new series.
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An earlier variant was the 13-episode pilot run; in the late 1980s and early 1990s,
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was given an opportunity to develop two series ideas, both of which were rejected.
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of the show that is to follow, because elements often change from pilot to series.
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On other occasions, the pilot is never broadcast on television at all. Viewers of
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had an almost entirely different cast from the series it was intended to pilot (
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from within the area or elsewhere in the United States and around the world to
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season 1, disc 1 (Beverly Hills: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2005).
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that was supposed to act as a backdoor pilot for a spin-off series starring
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In addition, a number of unsuccessful pilot episodes have been released as
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episodes aired as backdoor pilots that would not be picked up. The first,
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itself also included a backdoor pilot for a potential further spin-off –
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Casting is a lengthy and very competitive process. For the 1994 pilot of
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If a network orders a two-hour pilot, it will usually broadcast it as a
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with the intent to use it as a pitch for Fox and other broadcasters.
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also served as an unsuccessful backdoor pilot for a prequel series.
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had begun to consider the idea of packaging these unsold pilots in
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A historically important venue for backdoor pilots has been the
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that aired for six weeks in summer 2010), the final version of
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deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a
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A backdoor pilot is a film or miniseries that serves as a
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was edited from the unbroadcast pilot of a proposed 1958
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was edited and expanded into a two-part story, shown as
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Similarly, the backdoor pilot for the television sitcom
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approach for its new reality talent competition format
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Instead of a single pilot episode, an alternative is a
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serve as precursors to the start of larger activity.
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