Shows that weren't picked up for a series/never came to be.

VG_Addict · 08-18-2022, 08:32 PM

One thing I think some people don’t realize is how many TV shows never make it past the pilot. Even getting a network to greenlight a pilot for your show is a major accomplishment, as sometimes, a show will be scrapped before it even gets to air, or never makes it past production For every show that gets picked up, many more shows don’t even get past the pitch.

So, let’s have a thread discussing shows that didn’t make it past their pilot episodes, and faded into obscurity.

There was going to be an animated Buffy series called, appropriately enough, Buffy: The Animated Series. Unfortunately, it never got to air.

*Coola Yagami* · 08-18-2022, 08:33 PM

Battletoads. I don't care, I liked it and it could have a fun season or two alongside all the similar shows like Biker Mice and Toxic Crusaders.

NeonTurtledude · 08-18-2022, 08:41 PM

the Modifyers (2007) had potential, but considering what happened to one of the creators, more episodes are unlikely

*triplexxx* · 08-18-2022, 08:55 PM

There was that Space Usagi pilot, didn't get picked, although they do have that Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles that came out on Netflix recently.

~~Leo656~~ · 08-18-2022, 09:01 PM

Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura did a pilot called "Tag Team" about wrestlers who became cops, or some such. That's pretty obscure.

*ZariusTwo* · 08-19-2022, 01:34 AM

The most famous Marvel example was "Pryde of the X-Men", which featured Wolverine with an Australian accent. It was the basis for the popular X-Men arcade game of the time.

There was also the Bill Bixby MCU where the intent was to use an annul Incredible Hulk TV Movie to launch backdoor pilots for other heroes like Thor, Daredevil, She-Hulk etc, as well as bring closure to things like the Nicolas Hammond Spider-Man. Two of those movies got made, but Bixby eventually died so they stopped.

~~Leo656~~ · 08-19-2022, 02:07 AM

And the Daredevil pilot that was supposed to spin out of his Hulk movie cameo got turned into "Dave Dragon", which also didn't get picked up. But it's the same actor and (terrible) costume as "Daredevil" from the Hulk thing, they just tried to go ahead and do the show without the Marvel license but it didn't work.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 08-19-2022, 04:00 AM

Mutanimals didn't even get a pilot episode.

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 08-19-2022, 08:29 AM

There was a litle-known TV sitcom (early 90's, if memory serves) called Scorch, about a teenage dragon who crash lands in a weather reporter's back yard during a storm, and ends up as his "puppet" side-kick on the news. It only lasted for about 6 episodes, despite being pretty funny. (Think if Jeff Dunham had been a weatherman with Peanut-as a dragon- as his "weather buddy" on the news!)

Hamato Yoshi · 08-19-2022, 11:51 AM

Doziers D*ck Tracy 60s
MASH spin off fea Radar as cop

08-18-2022, 08:32 PM	#1
VG_Addict Mouser Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 10	Shows that weren't picked up for a series/never came to be. One thing I think some people don’t realize is how many TV shows never make it past the pilot. Even getting a network to greenlight a pilot for your show is a major accomplishment, as sometimes, a show will be scrapped before it even gets to air, or never makes it past production For every show that gets picked up, many more shows don’t even get past the pitch. So, let’s have a thread discussing shows that didn’t make it past their pilot episodes, and faded into obscurity. There was going to be an animated Buffy series called, appropriately enough, Buffy: The Animated Series. Unfortunately, it never got to air.

08-18-2022, 08:33 PM	#2
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 15,716	Battletoads. I don't care, I liked it and it could have a fun season or two alongside all the similar shows like Biker Mice and Toxic Crusaders. __________________ "I was down with TMNT once, but then they changed what TMNT was. Now what I was down with is no longer TMNT and what TMNT now is seems weird and scary. And it'll happen to YOU." Check out my blog for Comic Reviews and other things. https://markepicblogofrandomness.blogspot.com/ I also started The AEW Crew, the All Elite Wrestling Fan Club! https://www.facebook.com/groups/637508120044168/

08-19-2022, 01:34 AM	#6
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,501	The most famous Marvel example was "Pryde of the X-Men", which featured Wolverine with an Australian accent. It was the basis for the popular X-Men arcade game of the time. There was also the Bill Bixby MCU where the intent was to use an annul Incredible Hulk TV Movie to launch backdoor pilots for other heroes like Thor, Daredevil, She-Hulk etc, as well as bring closure to things like the Nicolas Hammond Spider-Man. Two of those movies got made, but Bixby eventually died so they stopped. __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

08-19-2022, 08:29 AM	#9
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	There was a litle-known TV sitcom (early 90's, if memory serves) called Scorch, about a teenage dragon who crash lands in a weather reporter's back yard during a storm, and ends up as his "puppet" side-kick on the news. It only lasted for about 6 episodes, despite being pretty funny. (Think if Jeff Dunham had been a weatherman with Peanut-as a dragon- as his "weather buddy" on the news!) __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

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08-18-2022, 08:41 PM	#3
NeonTurtledude Hench Mutant Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 383	the Modifyers (2007) had potential, but considering what happened to one of the creators, more episodes are unlikely

08-18-2022, 08:55 PM	#4
triplexxx Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,818	There was that Space Usagi pilot, didn't get picked, although they do have that Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles that came out on Netflix recently.

08-18-2022, 09:01 PM	#5
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura did a pilot called "Tag Team" about wrestlers who became cops, or some such. That's pretty obscure.

08-19-2022, 02:07 AM	#7
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	And the Daredevil pilot that was supposed to spin out of his Hulk movie cameo got turned into "Dave Dragon", which also didn't get picked up. But it's the same actor and (terrible) costume as "Daredevil" from the Hulk thing, they just tried to go ahead and do the show without the Marvel license but it didn't work.

08-19-2022, 04:00 AM	#8
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan Overlord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 10,481	Mutanimals didn't even get a pilot episode.

08-19-2022, 11:51 AM	#10
Hamato Yoshi Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 950	Doziers D*ck Tracy 60s MASH spin off fea Radar as cop