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Maninhartsford t1_j1xaqm8 wrote

I bet the CBS pilot "Friend Me" from 2012 is a real winner

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HRJafael OP t1_j1xax4u wrote

Looks like there's something here for everyone.

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JapaneseViolinist t1_j1xd0s5 wrote

This is great news, /r/datahoarder and /r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH will be happy to hear this

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logicalnoise t1_j1xd1vk wrote

This is really pretty cool.

EDIT: Grabbing these, there's bound to be sometjhing cool right?

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HRJafael OP t1_j1xdw38 wrote

Replying to logicalnoise (#1,105,954)

I already have lol. There's the "Gilded Lilys" pilot from ABC trying to make an American Downton Abbey, the "Big Thunder" pilot also from ABC based off the Disney park ride, and "Drew" which was CBS' attempt to make a Nancy Drew show a few years before the CW made theirs.

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VinylmationDude t1_j1xfrqy wrote

Immensely disappointed that 20 Questions isn’t about the game

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Doom_Art t1_j1xgq3h wrote

Longshot but any chance Game of Thrones: Bloodmoon is in this leak?

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2635northpark t1_j1xif8z wrote

New Car Smell? That was the title of a Homeland episode .

Biker Chef? Don't want to know what's cooking...

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TheSeventhAnimorph t1_j1xnqn9 wrote

And they'll probably be down by tomorrow due to this post drawing attention to it...

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jnhf24 t1_j1xok2b wrote

Nice. Thanks for this.

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Micahman311 t1_j1xqips wrote

I wonder if they have the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend pilot that was shot for Showtime and had Michael MacDonald (MADTV - Stewie) as Daryl.

I absolutely love Pete Gardner, so I am happy he replaced Michael, but I'd still love to see that pilot.

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ElectricPeterTork t1_j1xrpnm wrote

Replying to HRJafael (#1,107,986)

A quick google shows it was Shonda Rhimes does Downton in the US starring Captain Jack Harkness.

Julian Fellowes wasn't involved, so it wasn't the actual Downton prequel that morphed into The Gilded Age.

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stringrandom t1_j1xsysd wrote

Replying to comped (#1,107,679)

I stand by the idea that god was The Machine from Person of Interest, and that the whole show is an extension of PoI.

(But officially, it ends without explicitly showing the answer.)

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DippySwitch t1_j1xtjwn wrote

I would shit myself if Fincher’s Utopia pilot was on there but alas it is not

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lonelygagger t1_j1xv9t2 wrote

I was crossing my fingers for Charlie Kaufman's How & Why, but no dice.

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catcrapmakesmevomit t1_j1xz37b wrote

Daddy tomato, mommy tomato and baby tomato are walking down the street...

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AmericanHistoryXX t1_j1y04ur wrote

Long live Internet Archive. I'd been wanting to watch the Gone Hollywood pilot, and they deliver again.

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HalloweenBlues t1_j1y09q7 wrote

Damn I was hoping the Tremors pilot with Kevin Bacon would be on there.

Also "Under Suspicion- The Retarded Witness" wow, that's something

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Kevbot1000 t1_j1y6n6s wrote

I tried doing a YouTube series a number of years back where we reviewed unaired TV pilots. Shot 4 episodes, but only released 2. Really wish I kept up with it, this day would have been fantastic.

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rammo123 t1_j1y7c2c wrote

The irony of "Most Likely To Succeed - 2010 Unaired Pilot" featuring on the list.

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mouse6502 t1_j1yadc0 wrote

Replying to 2635northpark (#1,106,785)

New Car Smell Pilot:

We spray everything with Ozium-D. Let it de-ionize, vacuum the spray out with a de-ionizing machine. Hit it with high pressure compressed air, then wet-dry vac it to extract the remaining liquids. We top it off with one of our seven air fresheners - in your case, I would recommend the Jasmine, or the Potpourri.

me: Wow, what kind of guy would the (well established car wash)* attendant assume would take Jasmine or Potpourri? Is he a single, thin, neat man? Is he indifferent to his friends lives? Is he childlike with a particular affection towards Superman? Is he a.. funny guy? I'm picking up such a vibe just from the first moment here

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strangway t1_j1yk4zh wrote

Please tell me Fox Force Five is here 😎

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safe-word t1_j1yqu4p wrote

During the mid 2000s, I remember pilot episodes would end up on torrent sites. Usually around the beginning of summer. I recall watching Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The leaked version was slightly different.

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WhenRobLoweRobsLowes t1_j1z2c0h wrote

Man, this is wild. "Drew" might be worth a watch.

I was hoping "Exit Strategy" was on there (Ethan Hawke leads a CIA team that helps agents with blown covers escape bad scenarios) but no dice.

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Triskan t1_j1z5x24 wrote

Replying to downonthesecond (#1,109,868)

Eeeeh, it's been almost a century. Time flies too. Or even better actually.

Anyways, I did hope we'd get the never-aired GoT pilot but I guess HBO really want to keep that one in the dark.

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Detective_Dietrich t1_j1z7x0c wrote

I was hoping to find "Dear Diary", the Bebe Neuwirth failed pilot that was shown in theaters and won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. No luck.

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jfstompers t1_j1zbczv wrote

Still looking for the US version of The IT Crowd

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nimcau2TheQuickening t1_j1zf7su wrote

Are people aware there’s a link to click on with the entire list? Why are they asking what’s on the list?

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PlayedUOonBaja t1_j1zgpry wrote

That first one, 1% on HBO, is interesting. It's from the same year Sons of Anarchy premiered and the shows look very similar with a bunch of actors that would later appear on Sons. I wonder which show inspired the other? Just browsing through it I can see why they dropped it. seems like just 3 or 4 scenes of the bikers sitting around eating in various places. Also Sons definitely had better casting for the main crew. These guys just look too much like actors playing a part. Kurt was smart to hire a few real bikers to fill out his cast.

Also no "Open" pilot which is a major bummer. Who the fuck casts Anna Torv on a raunchy artsy HBO show about Sex and Lesbians and then cancels it before airing the pilot!?!

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kwelch66 t1_j1zklw6 wrote

I'm gonna check for the Wonder Woman (2011) pilot .

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tecphile t1_j1zlswd wrote

I wait for the day when we can see the unadulterated disaster of the GoT original pilot. Y'know, the one where it was too stupid dark to see anything (a harbinger of things to come) and Dany and Catelyn were played by Tamzin Merchant and Jennifer Ehle respectively.

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Quiggold t1_j1zltyp wrote

I wonder if we'll ever get the infamous original GoT pilot

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HRJafael OP t1_j1zxptp wrote

Replying to WhenRobLoweRobsLowes (#1,114,965)

I watched "Drew" last night. It deviates greatly from the books and uses the character names. Still, it was an interesting watch and it did give off the vibe of "The Nancy Drew Files" which was a books series in the 1980s that was darker and grittier than the classic books. Not sure about the NYC detective angle but I guess they didn't want to do another small town mystery series yet again (not that the NYC choice was any better).

This was passed over by CBS who decided to pick up "Doubt" instead, which was another pilot written by the same people who wrote "Drew". That ended up being cancelled so it's up in the air whether or not "Drew" would have done better or not.

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Evening_Major_8184 t1_j208xqh wrote

for any greg giraldo fans "gone hollywood" is a talk show pilot of his

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Hooterdear t1_j20l2lx wrote

The Mastersons of Manhattan- 2007 Molly Shannon sitcom

TaxMan - 2010 Martin Short sitcom

Single with Parents- 2008 Alyssa Milano, Lloyd Bridges , Annie Potts comedy

Wright vs Wrong - Patrick Fugit, Cheryl Hines, Debra Messing, Carrie Fischer! comedy, Funny!

Reckless - 2010 Patrick Fugit espionage drama

Under Suspicion: The Retarded Suspect - staring my brother.

It Take a Village - 2010 Leah Ramini comedy, Funny!

Kings of Van Nuys - John Leguizamo, Christopher Lloyd sitcom

Married Not Dead - 2009 Matthew Lillard, Leah Ramini, Jonathan Silverman sitcom

Matadors - David Strathaim legal ensemble drama

Secrets Froma Small Town - Jack's Dad from Lost, another guy from Lost, Denise Richards

World of Trouble - Idris Elba action

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youarockandnothing t1_j20rjm8 wrote

Replying to Maninhartsford (#1,105,639)

That show did get a season pickup but was shelved. It's very morbid but I still want to know if that show was really shelved because of the co-creator's death or if there were other reasons. I'm not sure how morale on the set would've been if they were forced to keep shooting so maybe that really is why. Pretty tragic story as the guy was pretty well-liked in the sitcom industry.

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RoShamPoe t1_j218sq0 wrote

Still sad over the loss of Global Frquency

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SmurfyX t1_j21fbx7 wrote

Replying to Quiggold (#1,118,798)

God I would bet no, I think pretty much everyone who worked on it agreed it was ass bad, like the original cut of Star Wars. Maybe someday deep in a physical release but I doubt anyone who worked on it is clamoring for it to see the light of day.

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jblanch3 t1_j21i9gr wrote

The documentary filmmaker Michael Moore was involved in the development of a series in the 90s called Better Days, which took place in a midwestern town where their auto plant went under. I believe it was to star Jim Belushi and Chris Elliot? He talked about it once on his podcast. It sounded interesting and seemed set to have the social commentary that Moore was known for. Which was a problem. He said it was set to air in the fall, CBS I believe was going to pick it up, the audience scores were really good. Then top advertisers threatened to pull their advertising since it wasn't going to be a corporate friendly show and CBS deep-sixed it. I'd always wanted to see that pilot.

Pity, just checked and it's not on there.

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nibor t1_j21jdm2 wrote

Replying to safe-word (#1,113,041)

Same with the Bionic woman remake where the sister was a deaf girl, that was 2007.

I think I only recall this because the lead was a UK soap actress Michelle Ryan who got a US break and then the show flopped.

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bflaminio t1_j21q9o6 wrote

The one I want to see is the Agents of SHIELD spinoff Most Wanted. Still hoping that one surfaces someday...

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reddig33 t1_j21sxi2 wrote

“The Coven” turned out to be a bad Charmed knock off. Has some good actors in it, including Illyana Douglass. But the show is very CW paint by numbers. Stuff like this makes me think of all the hard working people in Hollywood who get so excited when they land a pilot.

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reddig33 t1_j22doo2 wrote

Replying to reddig33 (#1,132,658)

“The Way” is another witchcraft-centered pilot with some pretty big names. Jane Alexander, Peter Strauss, Andrew McCarthy, all slumming it in some corporate intrigue nighttime soap opera where rival corporations are owned by different families of actual witches. Weird concept. Felt very ABC but actually appears to be a Paramount/Sony coproduction? Not sure where the fad came from that every show needed to be about witches.

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bros402 t1_j22jykd wrote

I just watched the pilot of Drew and I am pissed that CBS didn't pick it up, I want more of it. Fuck.

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ohmydefy t1_j238c8e wrote

Replying to clain4671 (#1,106,869)

Reddit, for the last time

A pilot that gets negative feedback and requires changes is not a failed pilot, that’s exactly what it’s there for.

GOT bad, upvotes to the left

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reddig33 t1_j26swoy wrote

“Life On The Hill”: not too bad for a sitcom. Surprised it didn’t get picked up (though hopefully they would have dumped the voiceover).

Wendy Malick plays a Nancy Pelosi like figure on Capitol Hill, and Mark Moses from Desperate Housewives is her foil from across the aisle. Plot is focused mostly on the misadventures of the younger subordinates who try to keep things working in her office. Think Spin City meats HIMYM. Also features Michelle Trachtenberg of Buffy fame. Humor could have been just a touch more cynical. Fun potential for additional humorous caricatures of lobbyists, senators, etc. as the show went on.

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