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	Television pilot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The concept for a pilot is generally "pitched" to network executives by a producer or writer.
		Pilots usually run as the first episode of the series, unless the series ended up being so different from the pilot that it wouldn't make sense (in this case the pilot, or portions of it, is reshot or rewritten to fit the rest of the series).
		A backdoor pilot is a television movie, other TV special event, or even an otherwise normal episode of an already established series that is being used as a trial balloon—if audiences respond and ratings are good, the studio or network may order subsequent episodes from the creators.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Television_pilot (1264 words)

	Pilot - The TV IV
		The pilot usually goes on to be the first episode of the series, but sometimes casting changes or rewrites are ordered by the network, so a new first episode will be shot.
		Backdoor pilot: A pilot episode filmed as a either a standalone movie so it can be broadcast even if it is not picked up as a series; or a pilot that is actually filmed as an episode of another series, which would make it a spinoff in a way.
		A network may order roughly 20 pilots each season for consideration, but only about a dozen will be picked up to be made into the series, and the other pilots will most likely never be seen again.
	tviv.org /Pilot (381 words)

	Ellroy Confidential
		The TV movie is based on the autobiographical book Detour : A True Hollywood Story by Cheryl Crane, the daughter of Lana turner who killed her mother's gangster boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato, when only 14 years old.
		A pilot was shot in april 2000 around Los Angeles.
		NBC originally purchased the show as a two-hour TV movie-backdoor pilot in 1998, but the project was lost in the shuffle of management changes that hit the network in the fall of that year.
	www.edark.org /ellroy/english/tv_project.html (548 words)

	Post-traumatic stress disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On the other hand, conservative groups such as psychiatrist Sally Satel, who is affiliated with the conservative American Enterprise Institute, say "an underground network advises veterans where to go for the best chance of being declared disabled." The institute organized a recent meeting to discuss PTSD among veterans.
		In the pilot episode ("Serenity") of Firefly, Malcolm Reynolds (played by Nathan Fillion), the captain of the spaceship Serenity, experiences symptoms of PTSD.
		In the final episodes of the anime TV show Neon Genesis Evangelion, the character Asuka experiences flashbacks pertaining to her mother's mental breakdown and suicide, impairing her ability to pilot her Evangelion unit and later driving her to become a social recluse.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Post-traumatic_stress_disorder (3734 words)

	Television pilot - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia
		It is usually longer than normal episodes (often twice the normal length) and is intended to get network programming executives, and later the public, interested in the series.
		Some pilots can be just a few minutes long (ex: 10 minutes or less); however, such pilots will not be shown on the air unless more material is subsequently padded into them to make them at least twenty-two minutes in length, the actual duration of a nominally "thirty minute" program (taking account of commercials).
		Star Trek is the most famous example of this situation.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Television_pilot (916 words)

	Knight Rider Encyclopedia Articles @ 209.197.89.145 () (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the pilot episode, undercover police officer Michael Arthur Long was betrayed and nearly killed by a gunshot wound to the head.
		In the pilot episode, both Devon Miles and Wilton stated that Michael actually resembled the face of Wilton himself as a young man. In the novels written after the series aired, it is described that Michael's reconstructed face was based on images of both a young Wilton and his son.
		In the pilot "Knight of the Phoenix", there are a few noticeable scenes where the nose is a mockup.
	209.197.89.145 /encyclopedia/Knight_Rider (5227 words)

	Sets explore '80s TV treasures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		They accosted her during the pilot, "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes," which is bundled with 21 episodes from 1984-85 on three discs.
		The famous formula was in place from the beginning: Older or established guest stars (Arthur Hiller and Brian Keith, for instance), a murder under Jessica's nose and her supersleuthing skills to the rescue.
		The pilot established how Jessica came to be a published author -- her nephew, Grady, slipped the murder mystery she wrote, to pass the time after her husband's death, to a publisher -- while still residing in her beloved Cabot Cove, Maine.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05078/473846.stm (1921 words)

	Catchlight Media
		In 1998 Levy directed the Fox pilot Hollyweird for executive producer Wes Craven (from which a series was ordered), and the MTV pilot Iggy Vile M.D., which Levy also created and executive produced.
		In 1999-2000, Levy directed the NBC pilot The Expendables, and served as Supervising Producer and staff director for the Barry Sonnenfeld series Secret Agent Man; Levy also directed four episodes of the critically acclaimed Fox network show Get Real.
		In 2001, Levy wrote and directed the two hour telefilm/backdoor pilot, “Invincible,” produced by Mel Gibson and Jet Li, and starring Billy Zane – it premiered on November 18, 2001, and was the highest rated original cable film of the year.
	www.catchlightfilms.com /jefery_levy.html (590 words)

	Scifi 411 - Upcoming TV Shows
		The pilot is scheduled for a June 28, 2006 premiere.
		In the pilot the sisters learn that they and their entire family are witches, including mother Sally, Aunt Jet, and Aunt Frances.
		The pilot should be turned into UPN by early May and if giving a green light, could get on the air by mid-September.
	scifi411.com /upcomingtv.html (16345 words)

	Elliott's the 'Man' for ABC; Plus Other Pilot News
		Additionally, UPN is looking to spin off its hit comedy "Girlfriends" by ordering a backdoor pilot to air as an episode of the long-running series later this season.
		Also picked up to pilot at CBS is "The Angriest Man in Suburbia," from Sony Pictures TV and studio-based Pariah, a comedy revolving around a husband and father who moves to suburbia and struggles to deal with the petty annoyances of daily life.
		The 20th Century Fox TV-produced comedy pilot, which originally was picked up in December with a sizable commitment, is based on a short film by and starring Hayes MacArthur and Jason Winer, about a tall handsome man and his short, average-looking best friend.
	www.backstage.com /bso/news_reviews/multimedia/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001882439 (675 words)

	AnneZo's Coffee Talk :: Pilot Fever
		Encore!") comedy pilot about a man from a conservative background who is betrothed to the daughter of a gay couple.
		Espositio was previous attached to the CBS comedy pilot "Harry's Girl" but bowed out of the project (Christine Taylor has since been cast).
		MERGE (LIFETIME, New!) - Lifetime has tapped Lisa Rinna to host a pilot for a new reality series which aims to come to the rescue of newly married couples who are trying to decide which of their personal possessions they should trash or stash in their new household.
	www.annezo.net /archives/001532.html (2747 words)

	melissajoanhart.net - news from hollywood reporter
		A Jim Belushi sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, another series based on the Sabrina the Teen Witch comics and a sitcom pilot starring Elizabeth Perkins are among the deals that ABC Entertainment president Ted Harbert told affiliates about Thursday.
		Brillstein-Grey also has a pilot order from ABC for a sitcom to star Perkins as a woman who moves to New York to start a new career and a new life.
		Harbert also told affiliates at their winter confab in Dallas that the network is in negotiations to buy a live-action half-hour sitcom based on the Archie Comics character Sabrina the Teen Witch.
	www.melissajoanhart.net /news/hollywood_reporter/005.shtml (317 words)

	TV on DVD: CSI: Miami - New Town, New Team - Different Feel, Same High Quality - Printer Friendly Page - DVD Reviews - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		CSI: Miami is a classic procedural mystery, focusing on forensics that spun off from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation via backdoor pilot, three years ago.
		The only similarities are the processing of the evidence and the determination of both teams to get their perpetrators.Over the course of the first season, David Caruso reaffirmed his ability as one of television’s best actors.
		In “Cross Jurisdictions”, [the backdoor pilot] Emily Proctor had tons of chemistry with David Caruso - in the first ten eps of the new series, Kim Delaney did not.
	www.eclipsemagazine.com /modules/news/print.php?storyid=1024 (535 words)

	n:zone TV - COMING SOON...?? - various n:zone - Your complete guide to television - reviews, news, features, interviews ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Also cast in the pilot is Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who will play one of the schoolmates, a serious man going through a dark period in his life.
		UPN is looking to spin off its hit comedy "Girlfriends" by ordering a "backdoor" pilot to air as an episode of the long-running series later this season.
		Fox ordered a pair of comedy pilots: "If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now," about a diverse group of people living at a temporary housing complex in Los Angeles; and "The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend," about a tall handsome man and his short, average-looking best friend.
	www.atnzone.com /tvzone/guides/feature.php?id=136 (926 words)

	Eighth Doctor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Eighth Doctor made his first (and to date, only) television appearance in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie, the first time the Doctor had returned to television screens since the end of the original series in 1989.
		Intended to be a backdoor pilot for a new television series, the television movie did not perform well, ratings-wise, in the United States, where it was poorly marketed and advertised by the FOX Network (and even pre-empted in some markets by televised sporting events).
		However, it was received well in the UK, attracting over 9 million viewers and generally positive reviews.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eighth_Doctor (2510 words)

	One of the Hollywood Ten: Blumquarters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		After the NBC execs looked at the pilot, they gave it a final reprieve and they called back the cast and made the pilot into a two-hour movie.
		Peacock developed the NBC Studios drama, from exec producers Keith Addis and Peter Noah (who penned the pilot), for fall consideration, before ultimately passing on it.
		Given the timeliness of the subject matter, NBC Studios execs, in conjunction with Addis' Industry Entertainment, scrambled to resurrect "War Stories" as a two-hour backdoor pilot.
	www.goldblum.com /html/warstories.shtml (366 words)

	Integration through the backdoor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Furthermore, incentives for increasing linkages may be weak within USAID as it is not currently clear whether the benefits would outweigh the costs.
		Given this, USAID might consider a small pilot program to evaluate the relative costs and benefits associated with cross-sectoral program design and impact assessment.
		Close monitoring of the costs of running the pilot program and the savings associated with their findings would help USAID quantify the tangible benefits of enhancing linkages between agriculture and biodiversity conservation sector activities at the mission level.
	www.worldwildlife.org /bsp/publications/africa/182/Intregration.htm (173 words)

	Center for Immigration Studies
		In other words, American immigration policy was set on "automatic pilot" in 1965 and the engine shifted into high gear in subsequent laws.
		By this route, many aliens commit fraud and abuse, fully intending to use "temporary" lawful entry as a backdoor to permanent residence.
		All these factors create certain expectations among foreigners who otherwise would be perfectly satisfied to remain in their home country for the rest of their lives.
	www.cis.org /articles/2006/back106.html (8285 words)

	:: Amy Grant :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		NBC will be making “Three Wishes” come true in a new special/backdoor pilot starring five-time Grammy-winning artist Amy Grant in an unscripted format in which Grant will lead a team of experts to a small town to help make the hopes and unbelievable dreams come true for deserving people.
		Said Grant: “When I heard about this show, I was extremely moved by NBC and the production company’s concept to provide incredibly positive changes in the lives of different people.
		Seeing the initial prep work the producers had done for the pilot episode gave me reason to look at my own life -- and remind myself, once again, to never underestimate the impact that one life can have on another.
	www.amygrant.com /view_article.php?story=314 (479 words)

	Movie-List Forums - View Single Post - Suture Girl and other upcoming shows on Sci-Fi
		SUTURE GIRL: Another 2-hour backdoor pilot, this time based on a character from the pages of Todd McFarlane's SPAWN comic book series.
		The pilot is written by Alan McElroy (writer of the SPAWN movie).
		The pilot script was written by John Harrison (writer/director of FRANK HERBERT'S DUNE mini-series) and Don Opper.
	www.movie-list.com /forum/showpost.php?p=35891&postcount=1 (864 words)

	tv terms glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A backdoor pilot refers to a pilot that is initially developed as a telefilm with the option to be turned into a series.
		The backdoor adjective refers to the secondary or "backdoor" option of turning it into a series.
		A couple of recent examples: the WB's "The Lone Ranger" and ABC's "Nancy Drew." Both movies were aired with the intention that if they did well, the network could turn them into series.
	www.unfiction.com /~tienle/tv/glossary.html (127 words)

	GALACTICA.TV - March 2003 News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At one time Fox had ordered a Battlestar Galactica pilot, but it was shut down due to Fox's desire that director Brian Singer focus all of his attention on directing the first X-Men film (see "Fox Shuts Down New Galactica Series").
		Twelve entire planets are wiped out in the pilot; entire civilizations destroyed and the survivors are on the run from the enemy.
		As established in the pilot, the Colonials had fought the robotic Cylons for a thousand years, yet when the Cylons announced that they wanted to declare peace, the Colonials jumped at the opportunity.
	www.galactica2003.net /articles/0303.shtml (5851 words)

	Your Complete Guide To The NBC Fall 2003-2004 Season Pilots
		Description: A two-hour backdoor pilot for a dramatic series that explores America's efforts to counter terrorist activities following 9/11/01.
		Description: A comedy series about a charismatic governor in the vein of Bill Clinton, his love/hate relationship with his idealistic speechwriter and the skeptical journalist who is working to bring him down.
		Description: A family comedy centering on a couple who have been married for 4,000 years and have a son who looks 15, but is in fact 3,985 years old.
	www.allyourtv.com /0304season/pilots/nbc.html (578 words)

	C21Media: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Celador is being tight-lipped about the US pilot pick-up, saying it's "too early" to comment on the deal.
		Celador International's md Adrian Woolfe is understood to be exec producing the half-hour US backdoor pilot.
		Back in August, Wong told C21 that she had acquired a new Celador format but declined to name which one, perhaps for fear of repeating what happened with Wife Swap.
	www.c21media.net /features/detail.asp?area=74&article=21772 (250 words)

	Crew - Kevin Burns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Synthesis is chiefly involved in administrating and developing all rights and interests concerning Irwin Allen's television and film franchises including Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, Land of the Giants, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
		In 2002, Burns executive produced a Fox Network pilot for a new Time Tunnel series.
		He also developed a two hour TV Movie/"backdoor pilot" for a new Lost in Space series, based on his original story.
	www.lismemories.com /lis/cast/crew/burns (404 words)

	Zap2it - TV news - Director Jan De Bont Heads To USA
		Looking to fill up their schedule after the loss of WWF programming, USA hopped on the pilot about a young woman discovers she has telepathic powers and learns how to control them.
		The two-hour pilot is gaining popularity, with shows like "Dark Angel" and the sophomore season premiere of "The West Wing." While the FX Network also expressed interest in the show, they weren't able to commit to such a lengthy pilot, according to Foster.
		"FX wanted to develop the script and see how it came in and potentially shoot a pilot, which is a totally reasonable approach and common, but USA decided they were prepared -- based on all the work we had done thus far -- to shoot a two-hour backdoor pilot," Foster said.
	tv.zap2it.com /tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271\|61852\|1\|,00.html (343 words)

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		We are now revising the pilot script and are wondering if the two hour pilot is the expected standard or if your are better off doing a jam packed 1 hour pilot?
		However, every once in a while a network will consider doing a "backdoor pilot," which is a 2-hour original movie that is designed to spinoff into a one-hour weekly series.
		The movie will be divided into the 7-Act Structure, peaking at the end of each act with "cliffhanger" endings before going to commercial break.
	www.hollywoodlitsales.com /cgi-bin/faq/faq_view.pl?index=5555 (223 words)

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